SLEEPLESS NIGHT. Lovers of art and culture, here is a Saturday evening that may please you. The 23rd edition of the Parisian event takes place this Saturday June 1, 2024. Discover the program which highlights the so-called “ultramarine” territories.
[Mis à jour le 31 mai 2024 à 14h27] Let’s go for the second spring edition of Nuit Blanche! The unmissable cultural event of Greater Paris is back this Saturday, June 1, 2024. Under the artistic direction of Claire Tancons, this 23rd edition of Nuit Blanche “gives pride of place to the creative proliferation of overseas cultures”, radiating across the capital and in a thirty municipalities in the Paris suburbs.
On the program, around fifteen transdisciplinary projects combining contemporary art, music, theater, dance but also breakdancing, skateboarding and fencing… Because the Nuit blanche coincides with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The evening, free and open to all, will therefore combine culture and sport. To make the experience more enriching, don’t forget to intentionally get lost in the picturesque streets of the capital, known for its romantic charm and stunning architecture. La Nuit blanche offers a perfect opportunity to rediscover its hidden treasures in a new light.
What is the program for Nuit Blanche in 2024?
Like every year, the cultural event is an opportunity for many artists to offer various installations and performances, each more spectacular than the last, in the cultural spaces, streets and museums of the French capital. In Paris, you can discover, among other things:
- From the Place de l’Hôtel de Ville to the Place de la République, a collective stroll of skateboards with sound entitled WÉLÉLÉ!!! is proposed by the Guadeloupean artist Kenny Dunkan.
- Belleville Park will be taken over by Parisian artist Laura Henno with the film Koropa filmed in Mayotte, questioning migration issues.
- At the Carreau du Temple, the Guadeloupean violinist Romuald Grimbert-Barré and the Guyanese choreographer Johana Malédon will present a creation combining dance, fencing and music, around the work of the Chevalier de Saint Georges, an illustrious musician and fencer from Guadeloupe.
- Near the chapel of the Pitié Salpetrière hospital, the Guyanese artist Tabita Rezaire will offer a monumental textile and video installation entitled The art of being born.
- In the heart of the Butte Montmartre, place for a poetic performance by the Polynesian artist Orama Nigou and the monumental pictorial installation and performance by Edgar Arceneaux.
Which museums are open in Paris for Nuit Blanche?
Here is a non-exhaustive list of museums which offer an exceptional evening program, and free of charge, during the Nuit Blanche.
- 59 RIVOLI (1st arrondissement): the most famous squat in Paris presents 6 floors of artist studios with unique practices, from 7 p.m. to midnight
- Commerce Exchange (1st district): Low Jack and Invernomuto present Mangroviaa hypnotic short film in the world of the Martinican mangroves, from 7 p.m. to midnight
- La Concierge (1st district) : acoustic and sensory experience at the Salle des gens d’Armes by Assoukrou Aké, Vincent Cardoso, Bastien David, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
- Museum of Arts and Crafts (2nd arrondissement): the Vues de l’Esprit collective and the artist and researcher Ikse Maître presents The Eye of the Sun a monumental installation of our star, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
- Lyrical Gaîté (3rd arrondissement): one intense cinematic experience in the 360 degrees room by the artist Vergine Keaton and the COAL collective, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m.
- Temple tile (3rd district): Saint-George in Movement(s): Virtuoso Knightmusical show with choreographic creation by Romuald Grimbert-Barré and Johana Malédon, mixing baroque music, contemporary dance and fencing in a musical and choreographic opus
- City Theater – Sarah Bernhardt (4th district): I CAN(‘t) BREATHE by Jean-François Boclé, Julien Boclé and Thierry Pécou, contemporary show on the psychosomatic consequences of colonial trauma, at 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
- Quai Branly Museum Jacques Chirac (7th arrondissement): Magic of Creole tales in the museum gardens mixing dance and music, by Ronald Cyrille, at 8:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.
- The French Cinematheque (12th arrondissement): fabulous trip to his Méliès museum, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
- Postal Museum (15th arrondissement): Post photography – Carte blanche to Spouses Pascale and Damien Peyret, from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- Galliera Palace (16th arrondissement): punk rock parade deconstructing the canons of masculinity by Soraya Thomas in the square, from 8 p.m. to midnight
What programming in the Parisian suburbs and beyond?
This major open-air contemporary art event in Paris has a metropolitan dimension, also taking over different municipalities in Greater Paris. Thus, this year 2024, more than 100 artistic proposals can be discovered intramural and nearly 150 proposals are being held in several municipalities of the Greater Paris Metropolis. Explore the White Night map to find all events
The city of Rouen will also offer its Nuit Blanche through a performance inspired by the series “Métaphore du Pyékoko” signed by Martinican artist Gwladys Gambie. Guadeloupe and Polynesia will make Nuit Blanche shine beyond the oceans.
When does White Night take place in 2024?
The artistic festivities are organized the first weekend of June like last year, i.e. on the night of Saturday June 1 to Sunday June 2, 2024.