Beyond the Walls

Extend the experience: Grenoble Art Up! goes beyond the walls of Alpexpo.

Grenoble Art Up! aims to be a unifying event in the field of contemporary art, highlighting the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and its cultural structures.

Grenoble Art Up! enriches the visitor experience by orchestrating an exhibition outside the walls. It also puts the spotlight on the abundant offerings of the region’s museums.
For this first edition, 3 museums and art centres from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region are joining us. The Fonds Glénat, Magasin-CNAC and the VOG are offering special tours of their temporary and permanent exhibitions to coincide with the fair. These visits will help to ensure that the Grenoble Art Up! experience lasts beyond the fair, as well as raising Grenoble’s profile as an influential cultural and artistic player.

Discover the Beyond the Walls tour:

Glen Baxter, so British! (from 15 February to 20 July 2024) and the Rembrandt Cabinet, Women in Rembrandt (from 15 February to the end of 2024)

The Convent of Sainte-Cécile celebrates the 400th anniversary of its foundation by the Bernardine nuns in 1624. Desecrated during the French Revolution, this heritage building in the heart of Grenoble’s historic centre is home to Glénat, France’s 7th largest publisher. The Sainte-Cécile convent is open to the public, thanks to the general interest missions and cultural events programme developed by the Fonds Glénat pour le patrimoine et la création.

Currently on show are the Glen Baxter, so British! exhibition and season 5 of the Rembrandt cabinet, a small museum devoted to the etchings of the Dutch master of etching, Women at Rembrandt’s.

from 28 June to 20 October 2024

Benoît Piéron – “Stars or Storms”

Le Magasin – National contemporary art centre, and the municipal library of Grenoble present the exhibition “Stars or Storms” by Benoît Piéron. For the first time, an important selection of the artist’s works, along with new pieces created for the occasion, is being showcased. The exhibition merges the exhibition space and library, transforming their uses and teams for the public.

Titled as a homage to the mountaineer Gaston Rebuffat, the exhibition evokes imaginary ascents in the whiteness of bed sheets. The Magasin CNAC thus becomes a temporary library, a “tourist office for immobile travelers.”

Piéron’s work explores childhood and illness, facilitating escapes through reading and daydreaming. “Stars or Storms” reflects his artistic imagination and responds to the temporary closure of two neighborhood libraries near the art center.