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BANQUETS MÉDITERRANÉENS ENTRE GRECS, ÉTRUSQUES ET GAULOIS Du 5 juin 2026 au 1er février 2027 Visites guidées tous les vendredis à 10h du 10 juillet au 28 août 2026   Les pratiques alimentaires antiques, et plus spécifiquement les repas collectifs, sont un langage complexe. Le choix des aliments, des ustensiles, la mise en scène autant que les gestes rituels effectués constituent un ensemble de codes culturels partagés. À l’occasion de ces banquets, donnés en l’honneur des morts et des dieux ou pour célébrer la vie, les participants adoptent des valeurs, des règles sociales et des pratiques de consommation communes.   La Méditerranée nord-occidentale, caractérisée par de fortes interactions entre les cultures grecque phocéenne, étrusque et gauloise, offre un terrain d’étude idéal pour aborder cette thématique du banquet. Au-delà d’une apparente similitude des objets mis au jour lors des fouilles archéologiques – souvent interprétés au filtre du modèle du symposion gréco-étrusque – se pose en effet la question de la réalité et de la diversité des rites selon les contextes et les domaines culturels.   Cette exposition est reconnue d’intérêt national par l’État (ministère de la Culture) qui lui apporte à ce titre un soutien financier exceptionnel.

From Saturday, December 13, 2025, the Hôtel de Cabrières-Sabatier d'Espeyran, a private mansion located next to the Fabre Museum, will host Guimet+ Montpellier, born from a partnership between the Montpellier metropolis and the Guimet Museum in Paris. Discover an exceptional selection of masterpieces, a first approach to the ancient civilizations of China, the Indian world, Japan and the Himalayan world. A rich cultural program, combining artistic practices, conferences and debates, will enrich and nourish this new axis of openness to the world, in the great tradition of sharing knowledge and cultures in the city of Montpellier. Welcome to Guimet+ Montpellier! IMPORTANT The Cabrières-Sabatier d'Espeyran hotel is open on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 6pm.

Sara OUHADDOU is an artist who lives and works in France and Morocco. In her artistic practice, she explores traditional know-how while always aiming to trace the original history of each craft studied: its gestures, its circulations, its influences. In the face of archaeological objects from the ancient Mediterranean world, her gaze overlays another geography: that of the Arab world, the North African Mediterranean, migrations, and ancient dialogues between the two shores. She adds an unprecedented collaboration with the museum team, drawing inspiration from the intimate relationship maintained daily with the objects, often far from the public eye. In this exhibition, conceived as a role-playing game where the researcher becomes the artist, the artist researcher, the curator director, the explorer curator, and the archaeological artisan, she places knowledge at the service of creation, in order to nourish the works and extend the movement of objects through time. An exhibition produced in partnership with MO.CO Montpellier Contemporain. Hours: Weekdays: 10 AM - 12 PM and 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays: 2 PM - 6 PM until March 31, 2026 2 PM - 7 PM from April 1 to August 31, 2026 Closed on Tuesdays, May 1, July 14, and August 15.

As every spring, the William Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, and Jules Verne libraries open their seed and cutting libraries. They are accessible to all plant and nature lovers. The principle is simple: take seeds or cuttings... And bring some others: here, everything is an exchange! More information at: [https://mediatheques.montpellier3m.fr](https://mediatheques.montpellier3m.fr/default/grainotheque.aspx?_lg=fr-FR) Organized by the Montpellier Metropolis Library Network. This event is part of the OFF of the spring-summer edition of "Eat as You Sow, the 4 Seasons Festival." From May 22 to June 7, join us for nearly 80 events led by actors in the sustainable agricultural and food system: farm visits, walks, workshops, markets, tastings, festivities... The full program ⭢ [https://bocal-languedoc.fr/manger-comme-on-seme](https://bocal-languedoc.fr/manger-comme-on-seme)

As every spring, the William Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, and Jules Verne libraries open their seed and cutting libraries. They are accessible to all plant and nature lovers. The principle is simple: take seeds or cuttings... And bring others: here, everything is an exchange! More information at: [https://mediatheques.montpellier3m.fr](https://mediatheques.montpellier3m.fr/default/grainotheque.aspx?_lg=fr-FR) Organized by the Montpellier Metropolis Library Network. This event is part of the OFF of the spring-summer edition of "Eat as You Sow, the 4 Seasons Festival." From May 22 to June 7, join us for nearly 80 events led by actors in the sustainable agricultural and food system: farm visits, walks, workshops, markets, tastings, festivities... The full program ⭢ [https://bocal-languedoc.fr/manger-comme-on-seme](https://bocal-languedoc.fr/manger-comme-on-seme)

As every spring, the William Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, and Jules Verne libraries open their seed and cutting libraries. They are accessible to all plant and nature lovers. The principle is simple: take seeds or cuttings... And bring others: here, everything is an exchange! More information at: [https://mediatheques.montpellier3m.fr](https://mediatheques.montpellier3m.fr/default/grainotheque.aspx?_lg=fr-FR) Organized by the Montpellier Metropolis Library Network. This event is part of the OFF of the spring-summer edition of "Eat as You Sow, the 4 Seasons Festival." From May 22 to June 7, join us for nearly 80 events led by actors in the sustainable agricultural and food system: farm visits, walks, workshops, markets, tastings, festivities... The full program ⭢ [https://bocal-languedoc.fr/manger-comme-on-seme](https://bocal-languedoc.fr/manger-comme-on-seme)

THE FIELD OF METAL - FERNANDO COSTA TEMPORARY EXHIBITION From April 18 to September 20, 2026 With The Field of Metal, sculptor-welder Fernando Costa transforms Parcelle473 into a vibrant universe crafted from reclaimed metal materials. True to his approach, the exhibition celebrates the transformation and memory of objects, giving a second life to fragments from everyday life. Designed in connection with the site's viticultural and agricultural history, the exhibition creates a dialogue between works and supports from the rural world. Colorful paintings and sculptures compose an immersive journey where textures, materials, and glazed highlights create a unique artistic landscape. Visitors thus discover a transfigured material, balancing industrial strength and visual poetry. An invitation to look at the materials around us in a new way, to understand their creative potential, and to experience contemporary art through color, gesture, and transformation.

1+1=11 - FABIEN VERSCHAERE EXHIBITION-WORKSHOP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTRE POMPIDOU From April 18 to June 28, 2026 Designed by visual artist Fabien Verschaere as part of the Centre Pompidou's initiatives, the exhibition 1 + 1 = 11 transforms the museum space into an immersive universe specially created for young audiences. Thought of as a sensitive and playful experience, it invites children to enter a narrative world populated by hybrid and fantastic figures. The installation unfolds like a playful journey: each visitor becomes an active participant in their discovery, moving at their own pace, taking on challenges, and tracing their own path through the artworks. More than just an exhibition, 1 + 1 = 11 offers an imaginative journey where forms, colors, and characters stimulate curiosity and encourage personal expression. An invitation to explore contemporary art in a different way, at a child's level, and to make the visit a moment of awakening, freedom, and shared creation. Hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 11 AM to 6 PM. Sunday from 2 PM to 6 PM. From June to September: closing at 7 PM.

The Dominique Bagouet space is open from Tuesday to Sunday: From 10 AM to 1 PM and 2 PM to 6 PM (until June 14, then from September 1) From 11 AM to 1 PM and 2 PM to 7 PM (from June 16 to August 30) Weekly visits every Sunday at 3 PM Free for all audiences. The Dominique Bagouet Space is pleased to host the exhibition The Magnets by Marion Fayolle from May 22 to September 6, 2026. This exhibition is part of the [Comédie du Livre – 10 days in May](https://www.10joursenmai.fr/). Author, illustrator, and press cartoonist, Marion Fayolle is the designer of the poster for the 41st edition of the Festival. Highlighting several years of creation, the exhibition brings together original drawings as well as site-specific installations designed especially for this project. The journey invites visitors to immerse themselves in a visual and literary universe where love, bodies, and stories intersect. For this project, Marion Fayolle offers a constellation of drawings and texts from several of her books around her favorite theme: love. Analogies and metaphors give form to the invisible, to emotions, to sexuality, and to the ambivalences of feelings. She invites us into a world that is sometimes tender, sometimes cruel, where we slip under dresses, into beds, and play with drawn shadows as if we were part of these images. "I like to put images or words where it’s not easy. And it turns out that emotions, thoughts, and the connections between people are invisible, hard to see, understand, or materialize. That’s where I find meaning in drawing or saying. It’s about finding a form, a presence to things that don’t have one" Marion Fayolle BIOGRAPHY Born in 1988 in Ardèche, Marion Fayolle lives and works today in Drôme. A graduate of the Haute école des arts du Rhin Mulhouse — Strasbourg (HEAR) in 2011, she is a cartoonist, graphic novelist, and novelist. Her work Suspended Loves (Editions magnani). Between 2024 and 2025, her production will be the subject of the exhibition-workshop Standing Tall at the Centre Pompidou. She also receives several awards for her novel Of the Same Wood (Editions Gallimard). In January 2026, she publishes two books simultaneously: Little Fruit, a novel (Editions Gallimard) and The Magnets, a collection of drawings (Le Tripode). At the same time, she regularly collaborates with numerous press titles — The New York Times, Le Monde, Télérama, Libération, as well as with cultural institutions — Théâtre de Suresnes, Opéra de Montpellier, and the fashion sector — Cotélac.

"Jaume PLENSA is part of the long tradition of Catalan sculptors, of which he is today the foremost representative, who have conceived their work in a dialogue between Mediterranean memory and universality. For several decades, the sculptor has been showcasing a body of work on the international stage that questions the human condition in the context of public space. From the famous Crown Fountain at Millennium Park in Chicago to his installation at the San Giorgio Maggiore Abbey for the Venice Biennale in 2015, his silent figures translate into space a deep meditation on identity, vulnerability, and language. Bodies woven from letters, intertwined alphabets, faces with closed eyes absorbed in a dense interiority: this iconography suggests that humanity is a text in the making, creation a palimpsest of languages and cultures. Following its reopening in 2025 with the JR exhibition, Carré Sainte-Anne also asserts a southern and universal ambition, both heritage and contemporary, aware of the diversity and richness of its roots. After discovering and loving this place for "the intensity that emanates from its walls, its stones, and its light," Jaume PLENSA will propose a large-scale installation this summer, designed for the verticality of the nave and its unique history, a rare encounter questioning the notions of contemplation and elevation, as well as the ability of contemporary art to weave connections between memories and territories. Numa HAMBURSIN, curator of the exhibition Biography Born in Barcelona in 1955, Jaume Plensa is an essential figure in international contemporary sculpture, much of whose work is specifically designed for public space. His sculptures are present around the world: "Crown Fountain" at Millennium Park in Chicago; "We" at the foot of The Shard in London; "Water’s Soul" in Jersey City facing Manhattan; "Julia" on Plaza de Colón in Madrid; "The House of Light and Love" in Taipei. In France, his works can be seen in front of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Caen, at Port Vauban in Antibes, Place Masséna in Nice, and Place des Ormeaux in Valence. Numerous museums in Europe, the United States, and Asia have showcased Plensa's works. Among his major exhibitions are the one at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona in 1996, which was later presented at the Jeu de Paume National Gallery in Paris and at Malmö Konsthall in Sweden the following year; and "Genus and Species" at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas in 2010. In 2011, a large selection of his sculptures was exhibited at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton (UK), which earned this institution the Most Magnificent Attraction award in 2011. His work was recently exhibited at the Museum of Art and Archaeology in Valence as part of a public commission, as well as at the Fundación Telefónica in Madrid. In June 2025, he presented "Forgotten Dreams" as part of Art Basel Unlimited, confirming his recognition on the global art scene. In the fall of 2025, a major retrospective was dedicated to him at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Michigan (USA), one of the largest sculpture parks in North America. A recipient of numerous national and international awards, including the National Fine Arts Prize awarded by the Catalan government in 1997, Jaume Plensa was made a Knight of Arts and Letters in France in 1993. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005. In Spain, he received the National Fine Arts Prize in 2012 and the prestigious Velázquez Prize in 2013. With "Together," an exhibition on the sidelines of the 56th Venice Biennale at the Basilica San Giorgio Maggiore, Jaume Plensa won the Global Fine Art Award for Best Public Outdoor Installation in 2015. In 2025, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center. (Based on Galerie Lelong) Practical Information Address: 2, rue Philippy, 34 000 Montpellier Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-1pm and 2pm-6pm except from June 16 to August 30: 11am-1pm and 2pm-7pm

This is the major summer exhibition at the Musée Fabre, and the first dedicated to design! Until November 1st, come and observe the colorful works of Pierre Paulin (and sometimes even sit on them!) Pierre Paulin explored every way to be a designer over the course of five decades. Visionary and demanding, this strong personality offers through his work, or his craft as he preferred to say, a true journey into the era that shaped our century, transforming lifestyles and technologies. The exhibition's layout is fluid, providing beautiful perspectives on reconstructed interior design ensembles and significant milestones that mark both Pierre Paulin's career and the cultural and historical context in which it unfolded. Diverse and informative, it allows visitors to discover how a designer's spirit evolves from the commission to the delivery of an object. Interactive, it offers all sorts of activities in its workshop lounge to experience the designer's profession. Spectacular, it showcases the most monumental installations of the work. The Video Barnum, a piece conceived in 1985, offers an immersive experience orchestrated by Paulin, Paulin, Paulin and Sounds Like Paulin. From Tuesday to Sunday, 11 AM to 6 PM. [Musée Fabre Website](https://www.museefabre.fr/expo-paulin)

The Dominique Bagouet space offers you two writing workshops related to [Marion Fayolle's exhibition "The Magnets"](https://agenda.montpellier.fr/event/34203/exposition-les-aimants-de-mari) Dates: Sunday, June 28 from 11 AM to 1 PM and Sunday, August 30 from 11 AM to 1 PM. For more information: [visites@montpellier.fr](mailto:visites@montpellier.fr)

The Pavillon Populaire presents the exhibition "First Times / First Photos" curated by French photography specialist Luce LEBART, Independent Artistic Director in charge of the 2026-2027 programming at the Pavillon Populaire. An invitation to a playful and scholarly journey through 200 years of innovations and experiments in photography. The exhibition brings together a selection of "first times" that are technical, aesthetic, scientific, and societal, from the initial attempts of inventors to recent images of galaxy births, including the first photographs transmitted remotely, the first performed image, the first photography book, not to mention the first day of school, or even the first "louse" in the history of photography. Iconic photographers also share their stories through images of "Their First Times" and their encounters with photography. Visitors will discover the first attempts and images of Henri Cartier Bresson, Bernard Plossu, Martin Parr, and Boris Mikhaïlhov. The exhibition highlights the connections between contemporary innovations and past experiments, while also addressing the economic and industrial stakes that underpin inventors' research and their strategies to ensure recognition and legacy through the protection of their intellectual and commercial property. From the "photocyclist" to the "phototrigger," the ingenious patents and quirky brands will delight and surprise visitors. The exhibition will also unveil the hidden side of inventions through the controversies that arose in the race for innovation: the stakes of authorship in the invention of color or the grid, for example. There is also a significant focus on tests and trials, not to mention inventions that went nowhere. "Try again, fail again, fail better": these famous words by Samuel Beckett are a recurring theme of the exhibition, which explores the multiple inventions of photography through the lens of experimentation. There is certainly not one invention but multiple inventions of photography. In the background of the exhibition, 4 contemporary works resonate with images from the past, while several photographic "first times" related to the history of the city of Montpellier and its region punctuate the journey. The exhibition is accompanied by an eponymous catalog published by Spector Books (June 2026). Practical Information From July 1 to August 30: Tuesday to Sunday 11am-1pm and 2pm-7pm. From September 1 to November 1: Tuesday to Sunday 10am-1pm and 2pm-6pm. Free admission.

The Saint-Ravy Space is pleased to host, from July 4 to July 26, 2026, the exhibition Futur antérieur, featuring a selection of works by artist Julien Barriol. Through a collection of engravings, sculptures, and installations, the artist brings to life a universe situated at the crossroads of the past and the future. In a world where words impose themselves, saturate space, and empty of their substance, his work invites a different relationship with language. The works of Julien Barriol offer the silence of profound things and the mystery of a message that does not seek to be deciphered. The viewer becomes a contemporary archaeologist, confronted with a writing reduced to the state of trace, imprint, or echo: an open enigma, bearing stories never written. Opening: Friday, July 3 at 6:30 PM The exhibition Futur antérieur questions a language without words, a graphic whisper where letters and symbols are freed from their primary function. Julien Barriol's creations do not seek to narrate but to evoke another place where signs metamorphose into dreamlike landscapes. Fragments of a lost alphabet, scraps of forgotten writings, they seem to emerge from an indeterminate time, between ancient memory and an unimaginable future. The works of Julien Barriol inhabit an uncertain territory where archaeology meets anticipation. Remnants of a forgotten past or relics of a collapsed future, they blur temporal markers. The forms, architectures, and writings that traverse them seem to emerge from an unknown geography, at the border between the ruins of a vanished civilization and the traces of a world yet to come. His artistic practice, which combines sculpture, engraving, and molding, relies on various materials such as ceramics, plaster, wood, or reclaimed materials. Obsolete electronic components, industrial waste, and elements from recycling are diverted from their initial function to become the artifacts of a speculative archaeology. Torn from their original context, they acquire a new dimension, like witnesses of a civilization whose memory has faded. The signs that traverse these works evoke both the earliest forms of writing and the invisible architectures of the digital world. In this universe, technology becomes fossil, while the relic takes on the appearance of a prophecy. Through gestures of construction, erosion, and excavation, Julien Barriol reveals the fragility of what each era believes it transmits. The absences become as eloquent as the preserved forms. Through this archaeology of the future, the artist questions our relationship with progress, memory, and the becoming of the traces we leave behind. His works then appear as the relics of a time that has not yet occurred. Artist Biography Julien Barriol lives and works in Montpellier. After training at the École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques in Montpellier, followed between 2014 and 2017, he presented his first solo exhibition, Xperiment 1, at MuRum (Montpellier) in 2019. In 2022, his work was awarded the second jury prize – Fluctuart at the International Pébéo Competition in Paris. Subsequently, Julien Barriol participated in several solo and group exhibitions, at both regional and national levels, including Obsolescence programmée at the Contemporary Urban Art Center Sous les bombes (Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, 2023), (Dé)construction (group exhibition) at the Réservoir (Sète, 2024), La Galerie Éphémère (group exhibition) at the Salines (Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone, 2024), It's Not the Size That Counts III (group exhibition) at Urban Signature (Paris, 2025), BLA-BLA at the Cilas Gallery (Montpellier, 2026), as well as Place des musées // Place aux artistes at the Nicolas Xavier Gallery (Montpellier, June 2026). In his studio, Julien Barriol develops a plastic language where text becomes both matter and image. He explores what language contains of fragile and ephemeral, revealing its beauty when it frees itself from any utilitarian function to become a sensitive space, open to interpretation.

Guided tour of the archaeological site and the Gallic house Mondays from July 6 to August 24 at 10 AM Reservation recommended: 04 99 54 78 20 DEPENDING ON WEATHER CONDITIONS For over 30 years, scheduled excavations have been taking place at the archaeological site Lattara. Under the guidance of an archaeological mediator, come and discover the ancient port city. You will have the exceptional opportunity to stroll through the city, explore its ramparts, streets, and alleys. This visit to the archaeological site will reveal the results of the latest research. You will also gain insight into the earthen architecture of the houses through a visit to the experimental reconstruction site of a Gallic house.

Tuesdays, July 7, 21, 28 and August 4 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Like an invitation to travel, let's take advantage of the beautiful light at the end of the day to explore the trails of Méjean... a perfect moment for observation and awakening our senses!

Join us for a fun outing to awaken your curiosity and share a moment in nature at the Méjean Protected Natural Site. Every Wednesday from 5 PM to 7 PM July 8: Cigo’land Come observe the storks and step into the shoes of one of them... Ready for adventure! In Search of Insects: July 15 - July 29 - August 12 - August 26 Discover the miniature world of insects, as the little critters of Méjean reveal their secrets! Botanical Mission “The Genius of Plants”: July 22 - August 5 - August 19 Whether rare or common, hairy or bald, the plants at the Méjean site will turn you into a craftsman or an artist! Every Friday from 5 PM to 7 PM Natur’ailes: July 10 - July 17 - July 24 - July 31 - August 7 - August 14 - August 21 - August 28 Learning to recognize birds? A piece of cake! There are all sorts of birds, with different shapes, sizes, and colors. Point your binoculars and, like a budding ornithologist, discover the birds of Méjean! Registration at 04 67 22 12 44 Adults €5, children aged 3 to 17 €3, under 3 years free

From July 9 to August 28, join our workshops to explore street art in all its forms. These mini workshops are an invitation to discover urban techniques and practices while having fun through playful and creative activities. On the agenda: - July 9 and 10: GRAFFITI (SPRAY PAINT) - July 23 and 24: LINOCUT & PRINTING - August 13 and 14: HIP-HOP & URBAN DANCE - August 20 and 21: CLAY & VOLUME - August 27 and 28: STENCIL STREET ART For ages 7 to 107 Please wear clothes that can get dirty. -10% for members of the association

THE TIME AT THE MUSEUM Thursdays, July 9, 16, 23, 30 and August 6, 13, 20, 27 at 10 AM For children aged 18 to 36 months accompanied by a parent Discover the museum with themed visits for little ones: \- Discovering the animals of Lattara \- Shapes and materials at Lattara \- Balances or imbalances?! around the exhibition by Sara Ouhaddou "Stepping back a few centuries, and coming back" \- Tell me about nature at Lattara Registration required within the limit of available places 04 99 54 78 24

Every Thursday from 5 PM to 7:30 PM Equipped with binoculars, come observe the wildlife, flora, and various environments of this protected area. Thursdays: July 9 July 16 July 23 July 30 August 6 August 13 August 20 August 27 Registration at 04 67 22 12 44 Adults €5, children aged 3 to 17 €3, under 3 years free