SLEEPLESS NIGHT. The 21st edition of the contemporary art event is taking place in Paris this Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. depending on location. A way to rediscover your neighborhood and observe it from a new perspective.
[Updated June 2, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.] Lovers of art and culture, here is a Saturday night you might like. With good weather, this Saturday, June 3, the 21st edition of Nuit blanche à Paris takes place. The cultural event now moves to June for a most appetizing program. Indeed, this year, the Nuit blanche coincides with the Cultural Olympiad, which will be held until the Olympic Games (OG) of 2024, and extends, like last year, to Greater Paris.
So what will you choose for this night tour? To constitute its program, there are two schools. For example, you can decide to go near your home, thanks to the event map developed by Mapstr, to rediscover a place of everyday life. Or you can cross all of Paris to follow a specific atmosphere: artistic director Kitty Hartl has chosen to honor the Seine: the Parisian river will embody an imaginary path for one night.
The Nuit Blanche 2023 extends from Paris to the suburbs (24 municipalities of Greater Paris). In addition to intramural Paris, it is found in Hauts-de-Seine (92) in Gennevilliers, Nanterre; in Seine-Saint-Denis (93) in Bobigny, Saint-Ouen or in Val-de-Marne (94) in Nogent-sur-Marne, Alfortville or in Essonne (91) in Juvisy-sur-Orge. Discover the interactive map of the Nuit Blanche facilities in Paris and its suburbs from the Mapstr mobile application, downloadable on Ios or Android, designed to find your way during the Nuit Blanche:
More than 200 artistic projects are to be discovered for free in Paris and its metropolis, on June 3, 2023, from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., such as the fun Yeti Pop, the acrobatic performance of the dance of the lions, the costumes for kids Playsack by Fredun Shapur or even the very quirky Mexican wrestlers Lucha Vavoom by Rita D’Albert!
Nuit Blanche will take an artistic look at the Seine Axis, engine of economic development and cultural influence which crosses the capital, the Greater Paris Metropolis and joins Rouen and Le Havre, partners of the event for the second consecutive year. “The event will also allow special attention to be paid to the river, which will host celebrations and competitions during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The cultural establishments located along its banks will be closely associated with the event”, announces the press release from press.
The Seine was chosen as the theme for this new edition by artistic director Kitty Hartl, who is once again organizing the Nuit Blanche this year 2023 (after the year 2022). A recognition for the Austrian artist, who knew the inventor of the event, Jean Blaise, while she was in Nantes. At the same time, in 2004 she founded the Cabaret New Burlesque, made famous through the film Tournée by Mathieu Amalric, which won an award at Cannes in 2010.
The artistic festivities have been organized on the first weekend of June since this year 2023, i.e. on the night of Saturday June 3 to Sunday June 4, 2023.
