Exhibitions in Lille Office de Tourisme de Lille

Raphaël Experience at the Palais des Beaux-Arts

From October 18, 2024 to February 17, 2025

The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille invites you to immerse yourself in the art of Raphael (1483-1520), by unveiling his entire collection of drawings for the first time. This exhibition, comprising 40 works, some presented on both sides, is enriched by prestigious loans from major institutions such as the Musée du Louvre, the Royal Collection Trust, the National Gallery in London and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid. From his beginnings in Perugia to his apogee in Rome, via Florence, follow Raphael’s exceptional path and plunge into the heart of his creative process. Digital installations offer an immersive experience, even allowing you to take a virtual tour of the Vatican’s famous Chamber of the Signature and its emblematic frescoes.

Poster Expo Room 207 Jean Michel Andre 2024

Chambre 207 at the Hospice Comtesse Museum

From October 16, 2024 to February 2, 2025

“Chambre 207” is a photographic project by Jean-Michel André, who reconstructs memories lost after the trauma of his father’s assassination in 1983, when he was 7 years old. By revisiting and photographing places linked to this event, he integrates elements of investigation, press archives and family objects to explore themes of memory, mourning and reparation. The exhibition, conceived as a poetic visual essay, questions the limits of the image. It transports the viewer between past and present, transforming a quest for truth into a process of deliverance, where photography becomes an instrument of reparation.

Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience at Euratechnologies Lille

From 6 December 2024

Discover Van Gogh as you’ve never seen him before! Immerse yourself in the world of the master of Impressionism through a spectacular 1,000 m² video mapping display, where his works come to life before your very eyes. Add to this a virtual reality experience that transports you to the heart of Van Gogh’s most famous masterpieces, from ‘The Starry Night’ to ‘Van Gogh’s Room in Arles’.

There’s also a workshop where you can paint in Van Gogh’s style and project your work onto the walls. It’s an immersive adventure that’s sure to delight young and old alike!

Animalis Machina, Cococh Industry at Tripostal

From 22 January to 22 March 2025

Enter the unique world of the Cococh Industry, where artificial intelligence is used to promote animal welfare…

Through the ‘Animalis Machina, Cococh Industry’ exhibition, explore a futuristic food factory where animals, transformed into machines, produce tirelessly to delight consumers. Accompanied by Tripostal’s mediators, plunge into this strange ‘factory-world’ where the marvellous and the disturbing intersect at every turn.

Franck Dion’s video mapping exhibition invites you to enjoy a unique immersive experience. Part wry humour, part ethical fiction, this ecological fable prompts us to reflect on our relationship with living things and our consumption patterns.

Around the exhibition, you can take part in creative and scientific workshops, as well as philosophical discussions organised by the Lille Natural History Museum.

Rêver debout at MUba Eugène Leroy

From September 20, 2024 to February 24, 2025

“Rêver debout” is a joint exhibition by MUba Eugène Leroy and Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains. It presents the works of two Le Fresnoy graduates, Gregor Božič and Léonard Martin… Božič photographs and films European locations where fruit growing still escapes industrialization thanks to the dreams of a few farmers. Martin, who comes from painting and drawing, tinkers with a new mobility for the bodies depicted through film, assemblage and language.

3 new exhibitions at La Piscine Museum

From October 12, 2024 to January 12, 2025

Eugène Dodeigne: a retrospective II

An exceptional retrospective of Eugène Dodeigne, bringing together nearly 200 previously unseen or rarely exhibited works to rediscover this major artist of the XXᵉ century. The exhibition traces his career, from his beginnings as a stonecutter to his essential contribution to modern sculpture.

Expressions of matter: faces of a collection

La Piscine unveils a remarkable donation of 61 works by Groupe de Roubaix artists, significantly enriching its collections. The exhibition highlights sculptures, paintings and drawings that bear witness to the region’s artistic vitality and the legacy of these creators.

From October 12, 2024 to February 16, 2025

Tailors of volumes

This exhibition presents a selection of outfits from the museum’s collections. Through pleats, gathers, smocks and ruffles, sculpted textiles take over La Piscine’s fashion booths, making Jean-Paul Gaultier, Comme des Garçons and Popy Moreni masters of volume.

Arts and Prehistory at the Forum des Sciences

From October 5, 2024 to August 31, 2025

Plunge 40,000 years back in time with the “Arts and Prehistory” exhibition, revealing the creative genius of our ancestors and the deep ties they maintained with nature. Prehistoric masterpieces from all over the world, from the caves of Lascaux to the cliffs of Huashan, bear witness to the universal magnetism of this ancestral art. With over 90 reproductions of the oldest pieces discovered and an immersive digital experience, embark on a fascinating journey to the heart of humanity’s earliest artistic expressions. These millennia-old works, engraved, sculpted or painted, continue to inspire admiration and questioning, inviting us to explore the origins of human creativity.

Vas-y champion ! at the Maison Natale Charles de Gaulle

From 10 July 2024 to 22 September 2025

To coincide with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Maison natale Charles de Gaulle is presenting an exhibition on the impact of sport during the presidency of General de Gaulle. Entitled Vas-y champion! Sport in the de Gaulle years (1958-1969), this retrospective explores how sport became a national passion in France during this period.

After the Rome Olympics in 1960, where France returned with almost no medals, de Gaulle launched an ambitious policy to promote sport. The exhibition traces this development through the major technical, political and societal advances of the period, with a focus on the Tour de France, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Paris-Roubaix race, and the feminisation and media coverage of sport.

Art in all its forms

With its rich cultural offering, the metropolis of Lille is full of wonders to explore. Whether you’re a fan of fine arts, contemporary art or Arab culture, Lille and the surrounding area have plenty to surprise you.

MUba Eugène Leroy

When you walk through the doors of this museum, you are drawn in by the imperceptible exchanges between contemporary works and those dating from before the 19th century. It is also a place of reference dedicated to the artist Eugène Leroy.

Exhibitions of the moment in Lille