Every year The Hauts de France region is organizing an “Art Deco exhibition. But you can discover it anytime and visit unusual places, participate in festivities and events organized in partnership with local actors!
The reconstruction after the 1st World War allows the rise of new techniques of "Modern" architecture, and the promotion of the Figurative Arts.  Towns endowed with development, embellishment and extension plans inspired by the “Roaring Twenties”, between 1920 and 1930.

Infos with : https://www.printempsartdeco.fr/

 Closed for renovation works

Information with : https://www.projetsaintvaast-arras.fr/

Facebook pages to explore it : www.facebook.com/mbarras

Museum of Fine Arts - Saint-Vaast Cultural Center

22, rue Paul Doumer, 62000 Arras

Tel +33 3 21 71 26 43

EXILES. ARTISTS' VIEWS

 Temporary exhibition from September 25, 2025 to January 25, 2026

The art of dressing. Dressing like an artist

 Temporary exhibition from March 26 to July 21, 2025

The exhibition "analyses the history of these representations based on paintings, sculptures, drawings from the Renaissance to the present day, as well as photographs but also clothing and accessories. In a journey of nearly 200 works, it offers an exploration of the history of men's and women's fashion, as well as that of artists, and translates what clothing carries in terms of self-expression.

The exhibition returns to these moments when clothing itself is an extension of artistic research and becomes one with the artist. It also highlights the increasingly close collaborations and hybridizations between the art world and the fashion world; between artists, couturiers and designers." source: : www.louvrelens.fr

Icons from Ukraine - Exhibition until June 2, 2025

"Thanks to the solidarity between museums, the Louvre Museum and the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts in Kyiv (Ukraine) are organizing an operation to save major Ukrainian works. In collaboration with the French and Ukrainian Ministries of Culture and with the support of the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Zones (Aliph), sixteen icons are leaving their museum.

The exhibition presents four of these works loaned during the war. This unique collection, shown for the first time in France, bears witness in particular to the richness of painting in the 17th century, with the Cretan painter Theodoros Poulakis who combined Western influences and the Byzantine tradition. The exhibition also presents the design and role of icons, an art specific to Eastern Christianity that is little known to the general French public.

The exhibition also addresses the role of museums in wartime: protect, document, educate. This exhibition resonates particularly in Hauts-de-France, a region whose heritage has also been severely affected during world conflicts."      source: : www.louvrelens.fr

The Galerie du temps - 5,000 years of history at a glance, reopens on December 5.

Closed because of works, after over 12 years of existence, the space undergoes a complete remodeling.

 "The Galerie du Temps (Gallery of Time) is the true heartbeat of the Louvre-Lens. More than 200 masterpieces loaned by the Musée du Louvre are displayed in an open space covering 3,000 m2.

 The chronological display extends from the 4th millennium BC to the mid 19th century, offering a unique journey through the history of art and humankind. Intermingling eras, techniques and civilizations, it makes it possible to look at the Louvre’s collections differently and discover them afresh."

 The scene : in connection with the exhibitions, you can attend conferences or animations

 The Louvre Lens : located on the site of a converted mine, the Louvre Lens hosts semi-permanent exhibits representative collections of the Louvre, and temporary exhibitions. Amidst a vast landscaped park, we find these cubes cuboids and glasses that house the many services of the Museum. Near the site, we distinguish the silhouette of the football stadium Bollaert-Delelis and two large Terrils.

 The museum is open every day, except Tuesday, from 10 to 18 and unless exceptional closure. Opening until 22h on the first Friday of each month from September to June

Arras Film Festival gathered each year many spectators in november.  You can discover many new films and previews in the presence of the some film-making teams. A competition brings together European feature films screened for the first time in France, tributes to the great names of cinema and them retrospectives. Festive entertainment and art. The festival also shows films for the whole family with a special program for children.

www.arrasfilmfestival.com

The 4th, 5th and 6th of July 2025.

Rendez-vous to experience and discover the Main square Festival of Arras, in an exceptional setting, at the citadel of Arras, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The first groups have already been announced: DJ Snake, Mika, Pierre Garnier, Julien Doré, Clara Luciani… BigFlo et Oli and David Kushner...Tickets go on sale in early December!

Many famous singers, rock, electro, hip hop  bands  have already passed through the festival.  About forty groups represented on the 2 stages of the festival, the Main stage, or the Green stage, with a large number of internationally renowned artists, and new ones to discover.

Information with : https://mainsquarefestival.fr/en

Show on August 2025, the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th :  VAUBAN at the Arras CITADELLE

"Since 1997, Artois Culture Nature volunteers have created each year a sound and light show retracing the history of the Arras region, “Au Fil du Temps, une Chaussée Brunehaut” and “Histoires et Rêves d’Artois”.

Now,  with the creation of a new event, the live performance association takes us back to the Citadel of Arras. The spectator dived into the 17th century, at the time of Vauban, and told the story of the fortified cities under Louis XIV, with the help of the famous Marquis who gave an "iron belt" to the kingdom of France to protect its cities. A rich and dense show with orchestra, choir, dancers, cannon, muskets, horse vaulting, ...very entertaining.

An original discovery of the Citadel through the highlights of this UNESCO-listed place.w.artoisculturenature.fr

www.artoisculturenature.fr/en/

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Each year, the City of Arras offers various summer activities. You find especially at the end of the summer "Les Fêtes d'Arras" with the andouillette, queen of the festival on the last weekend of August. Many Arras restaurants offer you the unmissable “Andouillette-frites” menu! Sometimes in a traditional way, sometimes revisited, discover the recipes of your favorite restaurateurs who sublimate our local specialty.

The pedestrian races of Arras. The sporting event takes place in the streets of Arras on Sunday.

La Ducasse: the funfair is set up in the Val de Scarpe for 2 weeks.

The different activities vary over the years, to the delight of adults and youngsters alike.

For the summer of 2024, a new Guinguette has been set up in Bords de Scarpe, rue de la Piscine, for the summer, to refresh yourself there, eat there and enjoy the entertainment. You are behind Cité Nature, and 5/10 minutes from the squares of Arras.  You can hike along the towpath.

Source and info : www.arras.fr/fr/actualites/