Fonds régional d'art contemporain (Frac) de Franche-Comté

Besançon
France
Fonds régional d'art Contemporain de Franche-Compté
Fonds régional d'art Contemporain de Franche-Compté
Fonds régional d'art Contemporain de Franche-Compté
Art
The Frac holds temporary exhibitions that succeed each other throughout the year and show the great diversity of art today. The exhibitions are accompanied by a rich pro-gramme of events: concerts, shows, performances, mee-tings with artists, etc.You will find a warm welcome and explore the works at your own speed. Come in, train your eye, start a conver-sation and feel free. We are always ready to listen and aim at allowing everyone to go further in his/her reflection in a vibrant venue that is part of a very active neighbourhood in the heart of the town. On the bank of a river in natu-ral surroundings that favour escape and leisure, the Frac building displays exceptional contemporary and heritage architecture.
The collection held in the Frac’s vast reserves totals more than 700 works by artists from France and elsewhere. The whole illustrates the richness of creation today and the diversity of forms of contemporary art: paintings, sculp-tures, drawings, photographs, videos, installations, perfor-mances, etc. and echoes the clock making past of Franche Comté by questioning the notion of time. It is enriched every year by new purchases chosen by a panel of experts.

The marked feature of the collection is its mobility. Indeed, we organise exhibitions elsewhere every year—in primary and secondary schools, for cultural associations, festivals, etc. To discover works of art in a familiar setting.In these projects that lead to a first awareness, we ap-proach and meet people and groups throughout the area, from Belfort to Mouthe by way of Dole. The Satellite, a small lorry fitted out as an exhibition space, and Les Mal-lettes that cover the region and enable a school class to borrow a work are symbols of our involvement in the de-mocratisation of the art of our time.Finally, we loan works to both large institutions and more modest venues in France, abroad and in the region.

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Address

Fonds régional d'art contemporain (Frac) de Franche-Comté

2 passage des Arts
(Cité des Arts)
25000
Besançon
France
Opening hours
Open all year from
Wednesday - Friday: 14:00-18:00
Saturday - Sunday: 14:00-19:00, 14:00-18:00 ,

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Contact and additional information
+33 3 81 87 87 40

Currently and upcoming

Philippe Decrauzat, Round DM extended, 2003. Collection Frac Franche-Comté © Adagp, Paris 2026. Photo : Pierre Guenat
Event

From March 22 to May 24, the Frac presents four new exhibitions! -Hors limite, drawing in the Frac collection -Géraldine Pastor Lloret, Cette perturbation - Un moment dans l'obscurit -Collections mdlx ...

Portrait de Géraldine Pastor Lloret
Event

Discover the exhibition with the artist. Come and chat with her and discover sketches and preparatory work from her studio. In her exhibition Cette perturbation - Un moment dans l'obscurité, Géraldine ...

Portique
Event

For the 28th edition of Printemps des Poètes, the Frac, housed in a former warehouse in the river port, invites you to take to the open sea with Portique[1], a sound performance by Olivier Toulemonde ...

Élisabeth Ballet, SRorange376, 2022 © Adagp, Paris 2026
Exhibition
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To coincide with the publication of Élisabeth Ballet's book Travail à Façon, the Frac has given Captures Éditions carte blanche to present a selection of the artist's drawings from the Au fil de l ...

Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson, Diplomatie, 1996. Collection Frac Franche-Comté © Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson
Exhibition
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With Chez Robert, artist Michel Delacroix took on the role of gallery owner, questioning the art world and its institutions. He now takes on another role, also participating in the art economy: that ...

Géraldine Pastor Lloret, Cette perturbation - Un moment dans l’obscurité (détails), 2025-2026. Production Frac Franche-Comté. Collection de l'artiste © Adagp, Paris 2026
Exhibition
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In this "millefeuille" exhibition, Géraldine Pastor Lloret explores the practice of drawing in works that question the book and space. Her compositions reveal suspended graphic spaces, disturbances ...

Rainier Lericolais, Oscillogramme, 2007. Dépôt du CNAP © Adagp, Paris 2026. Photo : Nicolas Waltefaugle
Exhibition
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The exhibition takes a different look at drawing, with works that in some cases go beyond its strict definition as a work on paper. Here, drawing ventures into space, becomes movement, volume, flirts ...