Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé, Foujita, Le Phô… the Cité internationale has always been a place of creative experimentation for creative spirits. It has a diversity of unique styles in many artistic domains: architecture, design, painting etc. Following on from this artistic tradition, it now encourages creation and art on campus.
The Cneai is a contemporary art centre housed at the Cité internationale since 2021. A place for research, production and dissemination of art, the centre creates collaborative artistic programmes with the houses, residents, services and associations of the campus.
Since 2017, the Cité internationale has been organising Jardins du Monde en mouvement with the patronage of the Caisse des Dépôts. This competition is aimed at young talents, architects, urban planners or landscape designers.
The programming of the Théâtre de la Cité internationale gives an important place to young creation. The Prémisses production office, which is attached to the theatre, supports emerging artistic teams; meetings and debates compare the invention of artistic forms with the perception of the transformations of the world…
Born at the Cité internationale, the Choir has been bringing together campus residents and non-residents, students and working people, beginners and more experienced musicians for several decades, in a spirit of openness, benevolence towards others and love of music.
Contemporary creation was celebrated on campus, with no less than 10,000 visitors, on the occasion of Nuit blanche 2019. For the first time, the Cité internationale was the flagship venue in southern Paris. Ten works were exhibited in the park and the Maison internationale.
Thanks to this grant programme, the Cité internationale, its historical patron the Ardian Foundation and the Gondishapour association, created by alumni of the Cité internationale, promote the hosting of international artists on campus by offering them conditions conducive to artistic creation.
In order to allow residents to realise their artistic, cultural, citizen or even sportive projects, the Cité internationale puts out a call twice a year for projects to support resident initiatives. It allows selected projects to benefit from financial aid from the Residents’ Initiative Fund. The projects can be on various themes such as peace, sport, digitalisation, culture, citizenship, the environment and solidarity. They must involve several houses on campus and encourage residents to meet and have exchanges.
Thanks to its 43 houses, the Cité internationale offers rich cultural and artistic programmes as well as debates about the big issues facing the modern world: concerts, screenings, conferences, exhibitions, performances… Discover them in our Citéscope cultural agenda.