CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE

Contemporary Art Centre of Auberive Abbey has one of the largest private collections of figurative contemporary expressionism and singular art in France. Each year, a thematic exhibition based on this collection, the Volot Collection, is presented from June to September โ€ฆ

CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE OF AUBERIVE ABBEY

An atypical place, like most of the artists exhibited, which contrasts with the sanitized rooms of art centers or museums. A bias that corresponds well to this collection, which does not bother with categories dictated by institutions, and which likes painters recognized by the art market as well as so-called “brut” or “marginal” creators.

THE VOLOT COLLECTION

Founded by the Volot family, the Volot Collection has one of the largest private collections of figurative contemporary expressionism and singular art in France.

> Discover the Volot Collection: www.collectionvolot.com

Exhibition 2026

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Past exhibitions

Anima(ex)Musica
From 8th June to 28th September 2025

The collective TOUT RESTE ร€ FAIRE occupies the first floor of the Art Contemporary Art Centre with the Anima(ex)Musica exhibition and its utopian bestiary. Mathieu Desailly, Vincent Gadras and David Chalmin are bringing musical instruments back to life by inventing animated and sound creatures from unused musical instruments.

A selection of works from the Volot Collection presents on the ground floor of the Art Centre: Barbara d’ANTUONO, Nicole BAYLE, Pierre BETTENCOURT, Myriam MIHINDOU, Jean-Luc NAVETTE, Raphaรซlle RICOL, Paul REBEYROLLE and Jean RUSTIN.

The abbey of Auberive presents Anima(ex)Musica for the first time in the ‘Rรฉgion Grand Est’, in partnership with the ‘Parc National de Forรชts’, the ‘Rรฉgion Grand Est’ and the department of Haute-Marne.

Curator: Alexia Volot

Ernest Pignon-Ernest & Barthรฉlรฉmy Toguo. Tรฉmoins d’Humanitรฉ
From 2nd June to 29th September 2024

The art centre of Auberive Abbey, with the kind assistance of their shared gallery, Lelong & Co, is pleased to bring together these two artists, ERNEST PIGNON-ERNEST and BARTHร‰Lร‰MY TOGUO, in the exhibition โ€œTรฉmoins dโ€™Humanitรฉโ€ from June 2nd to September 29th, 2024.

A selection of works from the Volot Collection will be presented on the 1st floor of the Art Centre: Lydie ARICKX, Fabian CERREDO, Leonhard FINK, Roger-Edgar GILLET, Cristine GUINAMAND, Kamel KHร‰LIF, Andrรฉe et Jean MOIZIARD, Marc PETIT, Paula REGO, Emmanuelle RENARD, Margaux SALMI, Anna ZEMรNKOVร and Du ZHENJUN.

Curator: Alexia Volot

Philippe Aรฏni. Rรฉtrospective
From 4th June to 24th September 2023

Auberive Abbey presents an exhibition of PHILIPPE AรNI. For this major retrospective, a hundred works is presented. These works span the artist’s career from 1980 to now.

On the 1st floor of the Art Centre, the abbey present a selection of works from the Volot Collection: Pierre AMOURETTE, Jim AVIGNON, Pierre BETTENCOURT, Nick BLINKO, Patrice CADIOU, CARRร‰ LINE, Robert COMBAS, Roger DECAUX, Hervรฉ DI ROSA, Jacques DOUCET, Yolande FIรˆVRE, Paco GOMEZ, Cristine GUINAMAND, JONONE, Eva JOSPIN, Andrรฉe et Jean MOIZIARD, Marc PETIT, Louis PONS, Raymond REYNAUD, Paul REBEYROLLE, Carolein SMIT, Ceija STOJKA, Barthรฉlรฉmy TOGUO and Pรฉtra WERLร‰.

Curator: Alexia Volot

Arts Factory / 25 ans au cล“ur de la scรจne graphique
From 5th June to 25th September 2022

Established in Paris since 1996, the Arts Factory gallery has been exploring the graphic scene for 25 years, at the crossroads of drawing, comics and illustration. Co-founders of the gallery, Effi Mild and Laurent Zorzin are regularly solicited for off-site projects. Approached by Alexia and Jean-Claude Volot, they accepted the invitation with enthusiasm and are taking over the Contemporary Art Centre of the Auberive Abbey.

Featured artists: ATAK, Jim AVIGNON, Martes BATHORI, Nils BERTHO, Pakito BOLINO, Marie-Pierre BRUNEL, Nathalie CHOUX, Ludovic DEBEURME, Vรฉronique DOREY, Sophie DUTERTRE, Laurent IMPEDUGLIA, Daniel JOHNSTON, Pierre LA POLICE, Jean LECOINTRE, Maya MCCALLUM, Hugues MICOL, MOOLINEX, Jean-Luc NAVETTE, Loulou PICASSO, Simon ROUSSIN, Toshio SAEKI, Caroline SURY, Rebecka TOLLENS, TOM DE PEKIN, Amandine URRUTY, Anne VAN DER LINDEN, Frรฉdรฉric VOISIN, Henning WAGENBRETH.

Collectives, archives and editorial projects presented: Le Dernier Cri, La Tranchรฉe Racine, Collection Dans La Marge, Impossible, Frรฉdรฉric Magazine, Archives Graphzines, Print Factory

Curators: Effi Mild and Laurent Zorzin

Marc Petit. Une dรฉcennie
From 8th June to 26th September 2021

In 2011, we offered to MARC PETIT the opportunity to create his first major retrospective. 10 years later, his latest creations come to live in the Abbey of Auberive. On the occasion of this exhibition, the contemporary art centre of the abbey of Auberive presented 280 sculptures and 150 drawings.

Curator: Marc Petit

Pรชle-Mรชle. Ceux qu’on aime
From 20th June to 27th September 2020

In 2020, the Centre dโ€™art contemporain de lโ€™Abbaye dโ€™Auberive offered you an escape into a hodgepodge of artists, pillars of the collection or newcomers, who through their artistic expressions form the very essence of the abbeyโ€™s collection.

Featured artists: Gรฉrard BARTHร‰Lร‰MY. Nicole BAYLE. DADO. Nicolรกs DE JESรšS. Sam LE ROL, Eugรจne LEROY, LJUBA, Satish MULTHALLI, Margaux SALMI et Vladimir VELICKOVIC.

And a tribute to the work of Marion HEILMANN (Leonard Lamb)

Curator: Alexia Volot

RECUEILLIR LES HISTOIRES. CRISTINE GUINAMAND, KAMEL KHร‰LIF, SAM LE ROL
From 2nd June to 29th September 2019

Three artists with different techniques, different stories, with a different perception of the world, but three artists who each tell you a story. In 2019, the contemporary art centre of the Auberive Abbey welcomed storytellers of the worlds:

Cristine GUINAMAND
Kamel KHร‰LIF
Sam LE ROL

Curator: Alexia Volot

STร‰PHANE BLANQUET. PAR LES MASQUES ร‰CORNร‰S
From 10th June to 30th September 2018

Exhibition/installation by STร‰PHANE BLANQUET

Featured Artists on the 1st floor: Esmaรซl BAHRANI. Willy BIHOREAU. Hervรฉ BOHNERT. DADO. Hervรฉ DI ROSA. FUMERO. Sabrina GRUSS. Hong INSOOK. JONONE. Hรฉlรจne LAGNIEU. Suhame MIRALLES CANTERO. Macuria MONTOLANEZ. NADAU. Stรฉphane PENCRร‰ACโ€™H. Raphaรซlle RICOL. Ronan-Jim SEVELLEC. Olivier VINOT. Davor VRANKIC

Curators: Stรฉphane blanquet and Alexia Volot

Opiums ?
From 4th June to 1st September 2017

The collection of the Auberive Abbey is essentially centered on the human, its complexity, its animality, its joys and its vicissitudes. It also reveals a part of this search for the inexplicable, the dream, the mystical, surrealism, this need to give a name to these aspirations, to believe. (โ€ฆ)

AFRICAN AND ASIAN ART โ€“ RELIGIOUS ART โ€“ MAO PROPAGANDA ART

Featured artists: Philippe AรNI.ย Alexandre ALFANDARI.ย Pierre AMOURETTE. Lydie ARICKX. BADIA. Madhjoub BEN BELLA.ย Pierre BETTENCOURT. Stรฉphane BLANQUET. Joseph-Emmanuel BOUDEAU. Georges BRU. Patrice CADIOU. CARRร‰ LINE. Fabian CERREDO. Gaston CHAISSAC. Robert COMBAS. Antoine CORREIA. DADO. Daniel MARTIN DIAZ. Jephan DE VILLIERS.ย Philippe DEREUX.ย Fred DEUX.ย Jacques DOUCET. Yolandeย FIรˆVRE.ย Louise GIAMARI.ย Fred KLEINBERG.ย Youcef KORICHI. Bengt LINDSTRร–M. Joรซl LORAND. Gatien MABOUNGA.ย Michel MACRร‰AU. MAD MEG. Tagami MASAKATSU. Eudes MENICHETTI. NASSON. Stani NITKOWSKI. Marc PETIT. Marcel POUGET. Raphaรซlle RICOL. Arnaud ROCHARD. Paul RUMSEY. Jean RUSTIN. SOREN. Renรฉ STRUBEL. Angel VALDรˆS. Roland VANTUSSO. Vladimir VELICKOVIC. Joel-Peter WITKIN. Du ZHENJUN.

Curator: Alexia Volot

Courbet et la nature. Regards croisรฉs
From 5th June to 25th September 2016

Dialogue between the landscapes of GUSTAVE COURBET and contemporary artists

Artists from the Collaboration Workshop featured: Ernest BRIGOT. Thรฉophile MOREL. Marcel ORDINAIRE. Cherubino PATA. Alexandre RAPIN

Featured artists: Ronan BARROT. Fabian CERREDO. Antoine CORREIA. Eva JOSPIN. Evi KELLER. Wilfrid MOSER. Malgorzata PASZKO. Jacques PERCONTE. Paul REBEYROLLE

Curators: Carine Joly and Alexia Volot

Dado. Horama
From 7th June to 27th September 2015

In 2015, the abbeyโ€™s contemporary art centre dedicated a major exhibition to the artist MIODRAG DJURIC, known as DADO (born in 1933 in Cรฉtinje, Montenegro and died in 2010 in Pontoise, France). For this major retrospective, the Auberive Abbey presented an exceptional collection of over 80 works โ€” paintings, drawings, collages, engravings, etc. โ€” some of which had never been seen before by the public, from its own collection or private collections. In parallel with this tribute to Dado, the abbey presented a selection of its new acquisitions.

Featured Artists on the 1st floor: Alfred KREMER. Myriam MIHINDOU. Ernest PIGNON-ERNEST. Paul REBEYROLLE. Josรฉ Garcia TELLA. Gao XINGJIAN. Du ZHENJUN

Curator: Alexia Volot

Mycelium. Gรฉnie savant – gรฉnie brut
From 8th June to 28th September 2014

Featured artists: Josรฉ Francisco ABELLO VIVES. Paul AMAR. Joaquim ANTUNES. Joseph-Emmanuel BOUDEAU. Jean-Michel CHESNร‰. Abbรฉ Bernard COUTANT. Youen DURAND. GHISLAINE. Jean-Luc GIRAUD. Jeanne GIRAUD. Joseph KURHAJEC. Joรซl LORAND. Franck LUNDANGI. MAรTHร‰ D. MISTER IMAGINATION. Agnรจs PATAUX. Jano PESSET. Raymond REYNAUD. Jim SANDERS. Ghyslaine & Sylvain STAร‹LENS. Germain TESSIER. Catherine URSIN. Jean-Paul VIDAL. Serge VOLLIN. Davor VRANKIC.

Curator: Laurent Danchin

Maryan – Ricol. La loi du cadre
From 9th June to 29th September 2013

In 2013, this place brought together two artists from the collection: MARYAN and RAPHAร‹LLE RICOL.

Curator: Alexia Volot

INSTINCTโ€™ART. MORCEAUX CHOISIS DE LA COLLECTION DE Lโ€™ABBAYE
From 3rd June to 30th September 2012

In 2012, for its seventh edition and for the first time, the Auberive Abbey presented an extract from its collection by showing only works from the collection with the Instinct’ Art exhibition.

Featured artists: Karel APPEL. Lydie ARICKX. BADIA. Murielle BELIN. Pierre BETTENCOURT. Willy BIHOREAU. Miklos BOKOR. Fabian CERREDO. Robert COMBAS. Frรฉdรฉric COURAILLON. Hervรฉ DI ROSA. Jacques DOUCET. collectif ENSADERS. Thomas FOUGEIROL. Louise GIAMARI. Roger-Edgar GILLET. Daisuke ICHIBA. Serge KANTOROWICZ. Youcef KORICHI. Eugรจne LEROY. Bengt LINDSTRร–M. Gatien MABOUNGA. Petrus de MAN. Eudes Mร‰NICHETTI. Andrรฉe & Jean MOIZIARD. Pierre MOLINIER. Marie MOREL. Stani NITKOWSKI. Stรฉphane PENCRร‰ACโ€™H. Marc PETIT. Marcel POUGET. Paul REBEYROLLE. Emmanuelle RENARD. Jean ROULLAND. Ibrahim SHAHDA. SOREN. Vladimir VELICKOVIC.

Curator: Alexia Volot

MARC PETIT. Rร‰TROSPECTIVE
From 12th June to 2nd October 2011

During the summer 2011, the contemporary art center presents the first retrospective of MARC PETIT.

Curator: Marc Petit

Alfred Kubin
From 14th June to 4th October 2010

ALFRED KUBIN

Featured artists: Lydie ARICKX. Camille de TAEYE. DADO. Roger DECAUX. Fred DEUX. Jean GOURMELIN. Ayako KAWAUCHI. Richard LAILLIER. Olivier O. OLIVIER. Marc PETIT. Denis POUPPEVILLE. Stani NITKOWSKI. Louis PONS. Emmanuelle RENARD. Paul RUMSEY. Jean RUSTIN. SOREN. Roland TOPOR. Vladimir VELICKOVIC. Jรฉrรดme ZONDER.

Curator: Christian Noorbergen

CLAUDE ROFFAT. UN PARCOURS SINGULIER
From 14th June to 4th October 2009

Featured artists: Claudeย ALEXANDRE.ย ALOรSE. Armandย AVRIL. Jean-Louisย Bร‰DOUIN. Pierreย BETTENCOURT. Anselmeย BOIX-VIVES. Georgeย BRU. Patriceย CADIOU. Gastonย CHAISSAC. Abbรฉ Bernardย COUTANT. Josephย CRร‰PIN. Dominiqueย dโ€™ARCHER.ย DADO. Philippeย DEREUX. Fredย DEUX. Paulย DUCHEIN. Yolandeย FIรˆVRE. Madgeย GILL. Virginieย LALLEMAND. Simone Leย CARRร‰-GALIMARD. Sรฉraphineย LOUIS. Michelย MACRร‰AU. Stรฉphaneย MANDELBAUM. Francisย MARSHALL. Andrรฉe & Jeanย MOIZIARD. Marieย MOREL. Renรฉย MOREU. Staniย NITKOWSKI. Gilbertย PASTOR. Marinelaย PELOSI. Janoย PESSET. Louisย PONS. Denisย POUPPEVILLE.ย PRร‰VOST. Bernardย Rร‰QUICHOT. Jeanย RUSTIN. Ronan-Jimย Sร‰VELLEC. Claudeย STASSART-SPRINGER. Jephanย De VILLIERS. Joel-Peterย WITKIN. Unicaย ZรœRN.

Curator: Claude Roffat

PASSEURS DE FRONTIรˆRES. BETTENCOURT, CHAISSAC, PONS
From 1st June to 5th October 2008

PIERRE BETTENCOURT
GASTON CHAISSAC
LOUIS PONS

Featured artists: Pierre AMOURETTE. Lydie ARICKX. BADIA. Ronan BARROT. Fabian CERREDO. Antoine CORREIA. DADO. Roger-Edgar GILLET. Youcef KORICHI. Michel MACRร‰AU. Andrรฉe & Jean MOIZIARD. Denis MONFLEUR. Zoran MUSIC. Stani NITKOWSKI. Paul REBEYROLLE. Emmanuelle RENARD. Raphaรซlle RICOL.

Curators: Robert Rocca & Alexia Volot

Lโ€™ABBAYE SOUS LES BOMBES. UNE DES TROIS PARTIES DE ยซ GRAFFITI STORIES ยป
From 30th June to 30th October 2007

Featured artists: ALร‹XONE. Esmaรซl BAHRANI. BLADE. BLAST. Henry CHALFANT. CRASH. DAZE. DZUS. David ELLIS. FUTURA. Maya HAYUK. JONONE. MIST. NUNCA. QUIK. REACHONE. SEEN. SHARP. ZONENKINDER.

Curator: Hervรฉ Di Rosa

HUMANITร‰S. GILLET, NITKOWSKI, REBEYROLLE
From 25th June to 30th September 2006

Roger-Edgar GILLET
Stani NITKOWSKI
Paul REBEYROLLE

Featured artists: Philippe AรNI. Karel APPEL. Ronan BARROT. Fabian CERREDO. John CHRISTOFOROU. EL HOUSSINE. Michel GEMINIANI. Louise GIAMARI. Fred KLEINBERG. Bengt LINDSTRร–M. Pinchas Burstein MARYAN. Marc PETIT. Marcel POUGET. Emmanuelle RENARD. Ibrahim SHAHDA. Vladimir VELICKOVIC.

Curator: Robert Rocca