Exhibitions, events, anniversaries, inaugurations: this year more than ever there are so many reasons to make a trip to France in 2022. To help you choose, here is the calendar of 20 events not to be missed, distributed throughout the year.
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France 2022, 20 events not to be missed
1. A trip to the Paris of the Middle Ages
After 7 years of restoration, the Musée de Cluny reopens in March 2022, entirely dedicated to the Middle Ages and totally renewed. In the heart of the Latin Quarter, not only is it rich in treasures, but it is also one of the last monuments that testify to medieval civil architecture in Paris. www.musee-moyenage.fr
2. Proust on show
In Paris the BnF, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, presents from 11 October 2022 to 22 January 2023 a great exhibition dedicated to Marcel Proust for the centenary of death. And until April 10 at the Musée Carnavalet the exhibition Marcel Proust, a roman parisien. www.bnf.fr – www.carnavalet.paris.fr
3. Giovanni Boldini star of the Petit Palais
From 29 March to 24 July the retrospective "Giovanni Boldini-les plaisirs et les jours" at the Petit Palais. www.petitpalais.paris.fr
4. Gaudí at the Museum of Orsay
For the 170 years from the birth of the brilliant Catalan architect Antoni Gaudì great exhibition from 12 April 2022 to 17 July 2022 to
Musée d’Orsay. www.musee-orsay.fr
5. Eurêka!
200 years ago, in 1822, the archaeologist and egittologist Jean-François Champollion managed to decipher the mysterious writing to hieroglyphics. In Figéac, his birthplace, and a little across France, from Paris to the Louvre Lens, Lyon, Marseille is celebrated the anniversary with a program of exhibitions and events between culture and tourism in the Eureka project! Champollion 2022, from April to September.
www.ville-figeac.fr
6. In Dijon opens the Cité de la Gastronomie
It will officially open on 6 May La « Cité internationale de la gastronomie et du vin » di Digione, a reference destination to celebrate the art of living in French – 1 .750 square meters of exhibition spaces to understand the «Repas gastronomique des Français» French gastronomic lunch, UNESCO heritage. www.metropole-dijon.fr
7. 400 years after the birth of Molière
Large exhibitions are planned in Paris for 400 years since the birth of Molière. Not to be missed until 17 April Molière, the factory of a national glory (1622-2022) at Versailles (Espace Richaud). www.moliere2022.org
8. Tour de France 2022
From Copenhagen in Denmark the Tour de France 2022, from 1 to 24 July, then touch all of France, from NorthDunkerque, Calais, Lille-alle Alpi- Morzine, Albertville, Serre Chevalier, Briançon- and then continue for Carcassonne, Lourdes, Rocamadour with inevitable grand finale on the Champs-Elysées, in Paris. www.letour.fr
9. The Festival "Les Nuits des Forêts" 2022
It will take place throughout France, from 17 to 26 June, the Festival "Le Notti delle Foreste" to discover the forests through testimonies of experts, animations, original and immersive experiences, decidedly green. https://nuitsdesforets.com/
10. The Nature Festival
Every year in May, this year for the 16th edition from 18 to 22, takes place Nature Festival, linked to the International Day of Biodiversity celebrated on May 22. Five days of free events and animations throughout France, to live a green life.
11. Yves Saint Laurent in the museums of Paris
An exceptional exhibition to celebrate an equally extraordinary career in 6 Paris museums: the Centre Pompidou, the Musée du Louvre, the Musée d’Art Moderne, the Musée d’Orsay, the Musée National Picasso-Paris and the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris from 29 January to 15 May 2022. The Yves Saint Laurent exhibition in museums celebrates the 60th anniversary of the first fashion show of the designer
12. Bicentenary of the birth of Louis Pasteur
The bicentenary of Louis Pasteur, born on 27 December 1822, is an opportunity to celebrate scientific and medical research at a time of health crisis. Pasteur, whose anger vaccine is due, was a precursor of basic hygiene rules and space measures. Events in different locations, beginning with Dole, his hometown. www.pasteur2022.fr
13. Cézanne, light of Provence at the Atelier des Lumières
A door on Provence in the heart of Paris: the Atelier des Lumières offers a unique journey through the exhibition "Cézanne, lumière de Provence", from 18 February 2022 to 1 January 2023.
14. Cannes for the Film Festival
From 17th to 28th May 2022 the spotlight on the 75th Film Festival Cannes. Date on the Croisette!
www.festival-cannes.com
15. Food stars shine in Mougins
Back in June 2022 Les Etoiles de Mougins, the famous event of high gastronomy that since 2006 animates the charming village of Mougins, with the participation of the greatest chefs. www.mougins-tourisme.com
16. Jazz à Juan
From 16 to 18 July the 61st edition of the famous Jazz Festival of the Pineta Gould Park, on the sea, in Antibes-Juanles-Pins, an event that since 1960 has attracted stars from all over the world. www.jazzajuan.com
17. In Mulhouse at the Cité du Train
50 years ago, in 1972, the first official presentation of « train large screw »TGV. Good opportunity to go and visit the Mulhouse train museum, with the real carriages on display, and reconstitute the history of the SCNF, the French railways, TGV included. www.citedutrain.com
18. Tolosa for the Airbus
Still 50 years ago, on October 28, 1972, the first flight of an Airbus A300B. Mandatory stop in Toulouse, French capital of the aviation industry and headquarters of the company Airbus and assembly plants of some of its aircraft. Let’s Visit Airbus, Aeroscopy Museum, Airbus industrial sites. www.toulouse-tourisme.com/airbus
19. The Bicentenary of Rosa Bonheur
For the 200 years since the birth of the painter Rosa Bonheur, icon of female emancipation, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bordeaux, its birthplace and in Paris the Museum of Orsay organize an important retrospective in collaboration with the Castello-Museo Rosa Bonheur in Thomery (Seine-et-Marne), where it lived for almost 50 years, and the Museum of Partimental of Barbizon painters. In Bordeaux, from 18 May to 18 September – At the Orsay Museum in Paris from 17 October to 15 January 2023.
www.musba-bordeaux.fr/ www.musee-orsay.fr
20. 150th anniversary of "Impression, soleil levant" by Claude Monet
To celebrate the event, the Musée Marmottan-Monet, where the work is kept, hosts an exhibition on the representation of the sun in art, from antiquity to today. A sixty works, including Le port du Havre, effet de nuit, from the Barberini Museum –
from 14 September to 29 January 2023. www.marmottan.fr
For more information and updates on the openings, see the site Atout France.
