Académie Des Beaux-Arts X Cité Internationale Des Arts have strengthened their historic partnership and developed programs dedicated to welcoming and providing professional support to visual artists, choreographers and architects in residence since 2022.

For the Academy of Fine Arts, these three programs are part of the overall project to host artists and researchers in residence, which takes place on several sites that it owns (Villa Dufraine in Chars, Villa Marmottan in Boulogne-Billancourt, Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat) or in the institutions with which it is partnered (Villa Medici, Casa de Velázquez, Château de Lourmarin, etc.).

For the Cité internationale des arts, they promote mobility and encounters between artists from the international scene. They are part of the institution’s approach of developing partnerships to provide financial and professional support to visiting artists and researchers, while also building dedicated support and opening up to the French artistic context and network.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

The Académie Des Beaux-Arts X Cité Internationale Des Arts are now open:

• The “Visual Arts” program is open to artists from all disciplines within the field of visual arts and the sections represented by the Academy of Fine Arts: printmaking and drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, and audiovisual media. There is no age limit, but applicants must demonstrate at least five years of artistic practice and have presented their work in a solo exhibition and/or at an internationally renowned art fair.
• The “Architecture & Landscape” program is open to architects and landscape architects. There is no age limit, but applicants must hold a degree in their discipline.
• For the “Choreography” program, for choreographers. There is no age limit, but candidates must be able to demonstrate at least 5 years of artistic practice and have presented their work in a professional performance.

Applications are open to artists of all nationalities, residing in France or abroad. However, travel and moving expenses are not covered.

Selected artists are invited to participate in events at the Academy and the Cité internationale des arts and are required to be available for open workshops organized in February and June, to present their ongoing research and exchange with the public.

Find out more about how to apply and details about the residencies here. To submit the application form, click here.