Current exhibition

Exhibition "Regards sur Jehanne d'arc"

from 02 may to 05 september 2026
This year, the Donjon de Vez presents a new artistic experience with an exhibition dedicated to Joan of Arc, a major figure in the collective imagination, whose portrayal has continually evolved over the centuries. The exhibition explores the many faces of Joan: national heroine, saint, warrior, martyr and political and spiritual symbol. In the Donjon’s chapel, the exhibition highlights the richness and diversity of interpretations of Joan of Arc across different eras and media.
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Past Exhibitions

Robert Couturier - La Poésie des Corps (THE POETRY OF BODIES)

from 22 June to 02 November 2025
This summer, the Donjon de Vez presents the first major retrospective dedicated to Robert Couturier since 2005. Considered one of the most important post-war sculptors in France—alongside artists like Alberto Giacometti and Germaine Richier—Robert Cout
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Exhibition « Femmes Sculptées » (Sculpted Women)

from 25 May to 27 October 2024
The Donjon de Vez presents a collection of fifteen significant works of modern and contemporary art. It offers an overview of the representation of women, as sculpted by artists such as Aristide Maillol, Niki de Saint Phalle, Manolo Valdés, Antonacci V
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Germaine Richier's « Les visiteurs »

from 17 June to 29 October 2023
A century after their first meeting, sculptor Germaine Richier is reunited with her teacher Antoine Bourdelle at the Donjon de Vez, where her funny animal-headed visitors are escorted by the chapel's gargoyles. An ecological visionary, the woman who wa
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Ye Linghan at the Donjon

From 18 to 24 October 2022, by appointment
On the occasion of the Paris + event, the Donjon de Vez will host an exhibition by artist Ye Linghan, in partneship with the HdM Gallery, which moved to Beijing in 2009. "Ye Linghan, born in 1985 in Shanghai, is one of the most noticeable artists of th
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Valois Emoi

Inaugural weekend from 9 to 11 September 2022
Le Donjon de Vez accueille les visages d’habitants du Pays de Valois souhaitant témoigner de leur attachement à leur territoire, au travers d’une initiative artistique internationale initiée par l’artiste JR en 2011: le projet INSIDE OUT.
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Exhibition « Cabanes d’architectes »

From 04 June to 30 October 2022 - partially maintained in 2023 & 2024
This summer, the Donjon de Vez will host an exhibition dedicated to "small" examples of architecture or, as exhibition partner Philippe Gravier likes to call them, "jewels". The models and shacks presented are authentic "gestures", at the frontier between art and architecture : the reduction in proportions allows for more creativity and freedom, and calls for a renewed concept of habitat. The style and personal imagination of each architect are deployed and echo contemporary ecological concerns regarding the rational use of materials, ressources and available living spaces.
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Exposition "Première Mob / On n'est pas sérieux quand on a 17 ans"

From July 1 to October 31, 2021
On n’est pas sérieux quand on a 17 ans… Who is to say that Arthur Rimbaud wouldn't have traded his semelles de vent for a blue moped to drive down main street terrorizing the good people of Charleville ? More than any other object, the moped symbolizes
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Exhibition - François-Xavier Lalanne

from 18 May 2019 to 30 September 2020
Internationally-acclaimed artist François-Xavier Lalanne is first and foremost known for his animal sculptures, whether domestic (sheep) or wild (rhinoceros), which he presents in an utilitarian conception of sculpture.
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Exhibition - Ferdinand Kokou Makouvia

from 18 May to 30 September 2019
As a counterpoint to the Lalanne exhibition, the Donjon de Vez present in a newly-renovated space a suspension by young sculptor Ferdinand Makouvia, born in Lomé (Togo) in 1989.
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Maison démontable - Jean Prouvé

du 1 juillet au 16 septembre 2018
La Maison démontable de Jean Prouvé est exposée au Donjon de Vez avant d’être proposée aux enchères chez Artcurial le 20 novembre 2018 lors de la vente Design qui aura lieu à l’Hôtel Marcel Dassault.
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Relatum X - Lee Ufan

du 1er juillet au 14 septembre 2015
L’artiste coréen Lee Ufan investit les jardins du Donjon de Vez, dans une nature verte et généreuse, avec une de ses œuvres les plus récentes : « Relatum X ».
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Hiquily au Donjon de Vez

du 4 juillet au 14 septembre 2014
Le Donjon de vez accueille les œuvres de Philippe Hiquily, dans le cadre de la Selling Exhibition organisée par Artcurial S.A., en collaboration avec le Comité Hiquily.
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Le Donjon de Vez à l'heure d'été

du 24 juin au 28 octobre 2012
Adel Abdessemed, Carsten Höller, Jim Dine, Laurent Grasso, Olaf Breuning, Thomas Lerooy, Tony Matelli, Yazid Oulab exposent leurs oeuvres au Donjon de Vez.
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Small Medium Large - Selling Exhibition

du 11 septembre au 30 octobre 2011
Le Donjon de Vez, site privé, classé monument historique, accueillera, pour la première fois en France, une selling exhibition réunissant près de 30 artistes internationaux, modernes et contemporains.
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Tadashi Kawamata

2009
In 2009, the Donjon of Vez hosted an in situ installation by Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata. In the maple trees of the castle’s lower courtyard—once home to the stables and storage buildings—the artist suspended three wooden huts. These structures, i
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American Sculpture at the Donjon II

2005
The exhibition "American Sculpture at the Donjon" continues in 2005 for a second season, bringing together the works of fourteen artists—mostly American or living in New York, such as the French artists Bernar Venet and Alain Kirili. It spans forty yea
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Alberto Giacometti at the Donjon de Vez

2005
Works by Alberto Giacometti
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La sculpture américaine au Donjon

2004
Alexander Calder, David Smith, Joel Shapiro…
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Pour l’Amour de Vénus

2003
Pour l’Amour de Vénus : For the love of Venus After having journeyed through the ages, the figure of Venus now takes up residence at the Donjon de Vez. As part of the exhibition For the Love of Venus, the multifaceted goddess becomes the subject of a c
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Animal Fantastique

2002
40 sculptures modernes et contemporaines de Marc Chagall à Louise Bourgeois
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Le corps mis à nu

2001
Camille Claudel, Auguste Rodin, Aristide Maillol, Constantin Brancusi, Niki de Saint Phalle
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Machins / Machines

Machins / Machines :  Gizmos / Machines This exhibition invites the public to explore how machines have been perceived, from the time of Leonardo da Vinci to the creations of Calder—offering a glimpse into the evolution of an object that has fascinated
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L’art surprend l’éclipse (Art surprise the eclipse)

1999
A phenomenon tied to anticipation, the passage of time, surprise, appearance, masking, and light, the eclipse challenges artists such as François Morellet and Felice Varini by offering them the opportunity to create site-specific works that blend art w
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Joan Miró's sculptures

1998
In tribute to the colorful artist Miró, the Donjon de Vez presents thirty of his sculptural works, centered on the themes of women and birds. This follows the artist’s own wish, as he expressed at the time: 'The work does not belong in a museum, but in
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The sculptures of Jean Dubuffet

1997
The Donjon de Vez invites you to discover the work of artist Jean Dubuffet, Hourloupe, begun in 1962 and completed in 1974. It first took the form of painted canvases, then evolved into paintings combined with reliefs on sculpted panels, followed by pa
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Alexander Calder's sculptures

1996
Calder's stabiles are on display at the Donjon de Vez in an exhibition honoring the artist who succeeded in giving sculpture the movement it had previously only been able to suggest. A pioneer of kinetic art in America, he contributed in the early 1930
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Animaux d’Aujourd’hui autour d’un donjon

1995
Erik Dietman, Germaine Richier, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Dubuffet
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Statues pour un jardin

1994
Joan Miró, Antoine Bourdelle, Auguste Renoir, Arman, César, Fernand Léger…
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Statues pour un jardin

1993
Statues pour un jardin : Statues for a garden The exhibition “Statues for a Garden” will, for a few months, give the Donjon de Vez the face of the great French sculptors of the 19th century. Throughout the exhibition, viewpoints are created to encourag
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Oeuvres de 1989

Pot Or, Jean-Pierre RAYNAUD
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Past Events

Rencontres Musicales de Vez

Saturday 29 June 2019
The third edition of the Rencontres Musicales de Vez promises to be sharp and unusual. With a set of contemporary pieces of international stature, the public will be able to wander among the marvelous permanent collections of Daniel Buren, Sol Lewitt, Lee Ufan, Jean-Pierre Raynaud or Bernard Venet. This year, they will also be able to enjoy the temporary exhibitions of Lalanne and Makouvia.
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