In May 2025, the Frac-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine is opening the doors of its new building with Paysages recommencés, an inaugural exhibition curated by Yannick Miloux. The exhibition is divided into a number of evolving sequences, and will run throughout the building until the end of the year, showcasing the work of over 70 artists.

The exhibition revolves around the theme of landscape, a recurring motif in the history of art, continually reinterpreted by artists in response to their social, political and ideological contexts. Through a dialogue between periods and practices, it highlights the way in which each generation revisits this subject. Its title borrows a phrase from André Raffray (1920-2010), a film illustrator known for re-enacting and re-staging the masterpieces of modern art. Somewhere between homage and exploration, Paysages recommencés invites us to rediscover this motif through multiple prisms, discourses and media, testifying to its richness and capacity to be constantly reinvented.

Bringing together works from the Frac collection and the Artothèque collection, as well as loans from other institutions (CNAP, CAPC Bordeaux, Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie et du Musée d'art contemporain de Rochechouart, Frac Meca, Frac Poitou-Charentes, Frac Occitanie Toulouse) the exhibition aims above all to celebrate the vitality of these exceptional public collections.

Artists : Martine Aballéa, Scoli Acosta, Bas Jan Ader, Henni Alftan, Carl Andre, Élisabeth Ballet, Eric Baudart, Julie Beaufils, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Yves Bélorgey, Simon Bergala, Michel Blazy, Jean Bonichon, Chris Burden, Werner Büttner, Yves Chaudouët, Nina Childress, Christo et Jeanne Claude, Henri Cueco, Bill Culbert, Kristina Depaulis, Gabriele di Matteo, Anke Doberauer, Andreas Dobler, Dom Robert, Pierre Dubreuil, George Dupin, Franck Eon, Georg Ettl, Stephen Felton, Aurélie Gatet, Piero Gilardi, Elie Godard, Rodney Graham, Jane Harris, Douglas Huebler, Peter A. Hutchinson, Rolf Julius, Edmund Kuppel, Bertrand Lamarche, Laurent Le Deunff, Camille Liobet, Richard Long, Jean Lurçat, David Malek, Didier Marcel, Marie‑Cécile Marquès, Gordon Matta‑Clark, Tim Maul, Ana Mendieta, Arianne Michel, Marie‑Claire Mitout, Nelly Monnier, Francis Morandini, Samir Mougas, Jean‑Luc Mylayne, David Nash, Julian Opie, Hugo Pernet, Joan Rabascall, Jean‑Simon Raclot, André Raffray, Marion Robin, Yvan Salomone, Jean‑Michel Sanejouand, Daniel Schlier, Dorothée Selz, James Turrell, Guillaume Viaud