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Le Joyeux Week-end

Your joyful and festive gathering for families at the Fondation Cartier

  • Events, Paris
  • Sat 07 Nov → Sun 08 Nov 2026
  • For families, ages 3 to 12
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Le Joyeux Week end Manufacture 2026
Photo © Marc Domage

Location

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain

2, place du Palais-Royal

75001 Paris

Directions

Price

15€ | 10€

Free for those under 18

For one joyful, creative weekend, the Fondation transforms into a space for exploration where parents and children can discover the artworks in a new light. Combining observation, hands-on activities, and experimentation, the programme features a treasure hunt, pop-up workshops within the exhibition, ongoing creative sessions at La Manufacture, and upcycled instrument-making featuring the artist Basstong—all accompanied by visual and culinary surprises. 

To mark the exhibition The Harvest Season, the Fondation presents an engaging and creative programme centered on the key techniques, materials, and themes of the show, including weaving, textile arts, and the creative reuse of repurposed materials. This edition of Joyeux Weekend highlights the artist Basstong and his "low-tech techno" universe: a vibrant, high-energy experience driven by handcrafted instruments made from salvaged materials! 

In the exhibition spaces

  • La Manufacture de la Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

    2 pm – 5 pm: Games & workshop

    Search for visual clues and solve riddles surrounding the impressive artworks on display in an exploration game and enjoy a bracelet-weaving workshop Located at the heart of one of the key installations, "Parliament of Ghosts".

At la Manufacture

  • La Manufacture de la Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

    2 pm – 5 pm: worshops

    Two creative workshop spaces hosting drop-in artistic activities throughout the afternoon (30-minute sessions).

At Studio Marie-Claude Beaud

  • Basstong joyeux weekend

    2 pm – 4 pm: workshops

    Experimental instrument-making workshops with artist Basstong, inviting participants to craft balloon-saxophones, bottle-phones, and other sound creations. 30 minutes sessions.

  • Basstong gld jeanne

    4 pm – 5 pm: concert

    Live concert featuring Basstong and his "low-tech techno" universe: a vibrant, high-energy experience driven by handcrafted instruments made from salvaged materials!

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