Marseille-Provence has been selected to be the European Capital of Culture in 2013. All year long, hundreds of cultural and artistic events will take place throughout the Provence region: in Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Aubagne, Gardanne, Istres, La Ciotat, Martigues, Salon-de-Provence and, of course, Marseille.

On the menu: dance, music, visual arts, theatre, exhibitions, street art, literature, digital art, gastronomy and cinema.

Visitors will be invited to take part in events at museums, theatres and open-air venues in both urban areas and natural environments. Marseille-Provence 2013: an unmissable event.

Christelle MAUREAU / christelle@claudinecolin.com

La Fabrique is a new cultural space in Nantes dedicated to contemporary art and specially music and new numerical technologies. Initiated by the City of Nantes, it is part of a wider a new cultural and artistic outreach project, which combines land planning and cultural networking. Its goal is to create a network between the city’s various neighborhoods such as Dervallières, where a first lab which opened its doors in December 2009. 

Samya Ramdane / samya@claudinecolin.com 

Situated at the heart of the Quartier of creation on the Ile de Nantes, the Manny building is being built on the initiative of Patrice Coupechoux, CEO of the Coupechoux group by the Nantes-based agency Tetrarc who create emblematic architecture, an urban event that bears witness to the vitality of the creation.

Official Partner of Estuaire Nantes<>Saint-Nazaire since its creation in 2007 (supporting "les anneaux" (“the rings”) by Daniel Buren and Patrick Bouchain), the Coupechoux group proves once again its engagement in inviting two artists, Rolf Julius and Angela Bulloch, to respond to the architecture of the building.