As Paris hosts major events around the new Art Basel fair in October, RFI travelled to Burgundy to meet the team behind Terra, a monumental series of three exhibitions inviting artists from across the globe to engage with the region famous for its wines and tradition of hospitality.
October and November are peak months for art fairs worldwide, especially in France.
On the weekend of 19-20 October, most art galleries gathered in Paris for Art Basel and regional events like AKAA, which focuses on African arts, and Asia Now.
However, curators Jenn Ellis and Emie Diamond chose Beaune, in Burgundy, to launch Terra, with help from producer Milena Berman, who has lived in the region for years.
Around 50 international artists are participating, including renowned German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans, Mariana Hahn, British painters Rebecca Halliwell Sutton and Jodie Carey, New York-based German-American artist Nick Mauss, South African artist Mia Chaplin, and French artists Emmanuelle Rosso and Antoine Langenieux-Villard.
Singaporean artist Wyn-Lyn Tan also features in the exhibition.
The exhibitions offer a variety of visual interpretations of territory, space and beauty.
Displayed in villas, châteaux and heritage sites in and around Beaune, Terra invites artists to reflect on the history of the locations, combining French tradition with an international perspective on nature and culture.
Terra is on view until 17 November.
