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Cité internationale des arts

The Cité internationale des arts is an artist-in-residence
building which accommodates artists of all specialities and
nationalities in Paris. It comprises two sites, one located in the
Marais and the other in Montmartre.[1 ]

History and description

Opened 1956,
Inaugurated in 1965, the
Cité internationale des
arts offers residency
workshops known as
"living workshops"
(French: ateliers-
logements) designed for
The site of le Marais, located Rue de
work and housing, located l'Hôtel-de-Ville in Paris
The Cité internationale des arts, rue
de l'Hôtel-de-Ville, in 1981.
at two main sites. One,
located in the Marais (rue
de l'Hôtel-de-Ville opposite île Saint-Louis) includes the first
building from 1965 as well as buildings whose renovation was completed in 1995, while the second
is located in Montmartre, at 16 rue Girardon.[2]

The Cité internationale des arts was a Franco-Scandinavian idea proposed by the Finnish artist
Eero Snellman (1890-1951) during a speech at the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et
Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. It was only after the Second World War that this idea was taken
up by Mr. and Mrs. Félix Brunau and became a real project. It took the form of an association
created in 1947 which benefited from the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs as well as the Academy of Fine Arts and the City of Paris. It had its first
headquarters at the Ministry of Culture on rue de Valois before moving to 18 rue de l'Hôtel de Ville
in the 4th arrondissement, the City of Paris having granted an emphyteutic lease for the
construction of a set of live-work spaces.[3]

The Marais location site was the work of architects Paul Tournon and Olivier-Clément Cacoub.

For nearly half a century, the Brunaus ran and developed the Cité internationale des arts. By
establishing a cultural programme and privatising its spaces (auditorium, gallery), this structure
can host events organised either with the artists in residence, or partner and non-partner
structures of the Foundation. The Cité internationale des arts also has collective workshops for
visual artists and rehearsal studios for musicians. Its residency programs are aimed at French and
foreign artists who wish to work in Paris. The Foundation has accommodated more than 15,000
artists since its foundation.[4][5][6]

References
1. Cité internationale des arts (https://www.transartists.org/air/cite-internationale-arts) on
transartists.org
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2. So arty! (http://www.citedesartsparis.net/media/cia/183726-brochure_en_ligne_so_arty.pdf), Cité

internationale des arts.
3. Cité internationale des arts (http://www.parisetudiant.com/etudiant/lieu/cite-internationale-des-art
s.html) on Le Parisien
4. Cité internationale des arts : Lauréats 2019 (https://www.if.institutfrancais.com/fr/actualite/cite-int
ernationale-des-arts-laureats-2019) on Institut Français
5. Résidences à la Cité internationale des arts (https://www.pro.institutfrancais.com/fr/offre/residenc
es-a-la-cite-internationale) on Institut Français
6. La Cité internationale des arts (http://usagedumonde21.fr/cineastes-en-exil/cite-internationale-de
s-arts/) on Usagedumonde21.fr

External links
on Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cit%C3%A9_Internationale_des_Ar
ts?uselang=fr)
Official website (http://www.citedesartsparis.net/)

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