The model is unique to Montpellier and encompasses two exhibition centers and an art school: l’Hôtel des collections, an exhibition center for public or private international collections, La Panacée, contemporary art center and ESBA (Montpellier Art School). MoCo been called an art “ecosystem” and pulls three major venues together to bring a diverse and enormous range of contemporary art to the city, as well as supporting and training artists. This will be a major exhibition that sets the tone for the artistic ambition of Montpellier. The MoCo project also encompasses Montpellier’s art school, the École Supérieure des Beaux Arts, and the city’s contemporary art center, La Panacée. First held in 2013 at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the returning project is organized by the same team of curators: Nicolas Bourriaud, art critic, curator and co-founder of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and La Panacée MOCO in Montpellier and Andrea Petrini, globetrotter, culinary journalist, creator of the Gelinaz! From June 29 to September 29, 2019, immerse yourself in one of the most eclectic universes of contemporary art of the last 20 years. Incubation and Exhaustion 2018 In collaboration with Studio Manuel Raeder . There’s something for all art fans here – whether you like modern, classic or street art. Montpellier in the south of France has elevated its arty status with the launch of MoCo – Montpellier Contemporary in 2019. MOCO: Montpellier Contemporary, an arty ecosystem. Her work s t r e t c h e s out, s l o w s down and speeds up industrial and post-industrial production processes to make them visible to herself and to others, and to attune us to the multiple embodiments and disembodiments involved. Recipient of the 2018 Wolfgang Hahn Prize, she held a survey exhibition at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne in the same year. 25 x 20cm, fre/eng.
It’s the perfect place … Montpellier’s new contemporary art institution will consist of three separate elements: a fine art school; La Panacée, an exhibition centre for emerging artists (a modestly sized site which opened in 2013 and was formerly dedicated to digital arts); and the main venue, a public art museum. A new institution for the arts in Montpellier, the MOCO brings together the Panacée and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole around the Montcalm Hotel. _ 25,00 € Sous la dir. La Panacée is one of the three venues which make up MoCo. Caroline Achaintre “Permanent Wave” at MOCO Panacée, Montpelier, 2019 ©MO.CO. © Martin Freiherr von Hagen The private lives of non-human entities, 2020. MoCo #1 2017 > 2019 MoCo = La Panacée + Ecole des Beaux-Arts + Hôtel Montcalm Le Centre d’art contemporain La Panacée fait désormais partie du MoCo (Montpellier Contemporain), une structure multi-sites inédite, dédiée à l’art contemporain, qui inclut également l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier et l’Hôtel Montcalm (ouverture juin 2019). Ainsi, le MOCO-Hôtel des collections, la Panacée et l'Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole sont réunis au sein d'un Etablissement Public de Coopération Culturelle (EPCC) unique et dont la Présidente est Vanessa Bruno. Alice Channer is an artist working with sculpture. The Musée Fabre, La Panacée, MOCO We thought it was going to rain yesterday, so we kept the Fabre for last — this is Raoux, one of its much collected artists, in his niche on the outside wall. Temperatures were high and so was the turnout on June 29th for the opening of MoCo, also known as “Montpellier Contemporain”, a new art centre, or as some c. Montpellier opens new art centre called the MoCo, or the Montpellier Contemporain, which brings together The School of Fine Arts and “La Panacée… Installation view of Chronotopic Traverses, La Panacée-MoCo, Montpellier, France, 2018 Photo: Marc Domage And if you’ve only got 24 hours in Montpellier, here are … Montpellier Contemporain (Moco), a fusion of two exhibition venues and an art school, is the initiative of Montpellier’s mayor since 2014, Philippe Saurel. MOCO brings together the Superior School of Beaux-Arts of Montpellier, the Panacée exhibition center dedicated to emerging designers and, since the end of June, a hôtel of contemporary art collections housed in the renovated Hôtel Montcalm. A new institution for the arts in Montpellier, the MOCO brings together the Panacée and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole around the Montcalm Hotel. de Nicolas Bourriaud. This district of contemporary creation untis the artistic scene of the south of France. Center of Contemporary Culture of the City of Montpellier, the Panacea is part of the MoCo (“Montpellier Contemporain”). Pauline Faure, exhibition coordinator. Housed in the former Royal College of Medicine, this space upholds a tradition of innovation. For its inauguration in the heart of Montpellier, MOCO will host around 50 works from the Ishikawa collection. Further solo exhibitions include South London Gallery, UK (2019); La Panacée-MoCo, Montpellier (2018); La Triennale di Milano (2018); and Centre Pompidou, Paris (2016). Nicolas Bourriaud, curator. An exhibit of selected Llhuroscian artifacts was organized in 2017 by La Panacée, MoCo (Montpellier Contemporain), City of Montpellier, for the multi-artist exhibition entitled PLURIVERS. La Panacée exists as one of three strands of the eventual Art Center of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole which also includes an art school–The ESBAMA–and the future MOCO. Caroline Achaintre, MOCO, Montpellier, Oct 5, 2019 – Jan 5, 2020 Written on October 5th, 2019. Maarten Spruyt, Het HEM, NL. Montpellier Contemporain, Photo: Marc Domage . There was always a flirtation with street art and a regular summer arts festival but MOCO has really put the city on the map as a hub for all things conceptual. Le MoCo – Montpellier Contemporain est une structure multi-sites inédite, dédiée à l’art contemporain. Fusing the previously separate Montpellier art school, its local contemporary art centre La Panacée and the Hôtel des Collections, MoCo was relaunched as one big structure in the summer of 2019 as the flagship project of the former mayor Philippe Saurel, with the clear aim of putting the city on the international art map. Elle inclut La Panacée, l’École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier (ESBAMA) et l’Hôtel Montcalm (3500 m² près de la gare Saint-Roch). Montpellier Contemporain, Photo: Marc Domage The opening of the art museum, Montpellier Contemporary (MOCO) is the latest development in a city embracing art. Nouvelle institution artistique à Montpellier, le MoCo rassemble la Panacée et l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier Méditerranée métropole autour de l’Hôtel de Montcalm. It’s exhibitions are provocative, exciting and at times a bit baffling but always fascinating. Caroline Achaintre, Permanent Wave Tapestry, watercolours, basketwork and ceramics are traditional techniques that Caroline Achaintre uses to create her carnival of the absurd. ill. en noir et en coul. MOCO Montpellier Contemporain is an arts ecosystem, ranging from arts training related activities to art collections. Located in the former historic Royal College of Medicine and specialises in emerging art. Montpellier : La Panacée - MOCO Montpellier Contemporain ; New York : Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 2019, 116p. A new artistic institution in Montpellier located next to Montcalm Hotel, the MoCo includes the Panacée and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Montpellier Méditerranée. The private lives of non-human entities, 2020. Estrid Lutz “The Body of Tears” at MOCO Panacée, Montpelier, 2019-2020 ©MO.CO. Digital color print Dimensions variable . La Panacée Centre of Contemporary Culture is at the heart of the ambitious MoCo (Montpellier Contemporain) project, supported by the Montpellier School of Fine Arts (ESBA) and the Hôtel de Montcalm. La Panacée livret … To continue your cultural discovery of Montpellier, come to discover la Panacée (Panacea), located in the former Royal College of Medicine in the old Montpellier. He is the director of Montpellier Contemporain (MoCo), an institution he created, gathering the La Panacée art centre, the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the future MoCo Museum, which will be opened in June 2019. Chapter 3hree cur. He was the director of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de … The model is unique to Montpellier and makes this city an irresistible lure for art lovers. "The project arose from a political commitment," says the mayor, Philippe Saurel, also chairman of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. La Panacée est l’ancienne Université de Médecine, devenue tour à tour faculté de pharmacie, école de droit et laboratoire national de santé au XX e siècle. The Hôtel des Collections is the newest and final piece of Montpellier Contemporain – or MoCo – an institution which fuses the previously separate Montpellier art school (the ESBA), its local contemporary art centre La Panacée and the Hôtel, into a single organisation, with Bourriaud as its director. Le MoCo Montpellier Contemporain, c'est une structure inédite, capable de répondre aux enjeux de l'art. Perspectives La Panacée est en passe de devenir un lieu d’art contemporain. A stone's throw from the railway station, the MoCo (short for Montpellier Contemporain) is opening the "Hôtel des Collections", the linchpin of a tripartite structure housed in an 18 th-century building, the Hôtel Montcalm. ISBN : 9782490123032. Texte de Noam Segal