3 bis f - Centre d’arts contemporains d’intérêt national
This multidisciplinary contemporary arts centre of national interest and artists’residency is set in the compound of the 19th-century Montperrin Psychiatric Hospital. It welcomes visual artists as well as performing arts companies and offers exhibitions, shows, and encounters.
This multidisciplinary contemporary arts centre of national interest and artists’residency is set in the compound of the 19th-century Montperrin Psychiatric Hospital. It welcomes visual artists as well as performing arts companies and offers exhibitions, shows, and encounters.
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Nina Boughanim collects images, objects and stories from the past, which she then modifies, deforms or re-forms in what she describes as a curative approach. Her research focuses on sources of soothing, often linked to water, which she incorporates into her sculptures. Water is present in our bodies, and brings with it objects and containers designed to collect it or immerse ourselves in it. In turn, these receptacles evoke the moments of self-care that we give ourselves or are given.
An exhibition created and presented at 3 bis f, a contemporary arts centre of national interest, in February 2025, in partnership with the Festival Parallèle 15 and the collections of FRAC Sud, as part of La Relève 6, la suite.
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3 bis f, Centre d’arts contemporains d’intérêt national
CH Montperrin
109 av. du Petit Barthélémy
13100 Aix-en-Provence
3bisf.com
Tuesday to Saturday (2pm-6pm) and by appointment.
Free access.
How to get there?
• By car: once inside the Centre Hospitalier Montperrin, follow the signs. Parking available.
• By bus (from Marseille): shuttle buses leave for Aix every 5 minutes during rush hour, from the bus station next to the Saint Charles train station (Line 50). Get off at the Aix bus station.
• On foot: 3 bis f is just a few minutes from the city center, bus station, Méjanes library, Darius Milhaud conservatory, Grand Théâtre de Provence and Pavillon Noir.
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CULTURE & HERITAGE
• Le Pavillon de Vendôme: museum and sumptuous French gardens. (Aix-en-Provence)
WALKS
• Promenade de la Torse: a riverside park ideal for a country walk. (Aix-en-Provence)
PLACES TO STAY
• La Maison du Collectionneur: a confidential and intimate address to sleep in the heart of the Mazarin district. (Aix-en-Provence)
PLACES TO EAT & DRINK
• Mademoiselle Wine: a wine cellar specialising in local champagnes, just a stone's throw from the magnificent Place Richelme market. (Aix-en-Provence)
• La Méduse: a bar where the welcome is as good as the quality of the wines and the small plates to share. (Aix-en-Provence)
• Gallifet Kitchen: restaurant in the garden of the Hôtel de Gallifet from June to October, tea room from October to May. (Aix-en-Provence)
