Le Vent des Forêts
Fresnes-au-Mont · Grand Est · France
An open-air contemporary art centre created in 1997 by six farming and forest villages in the Meuse, in an area marked by the First World War. Artists in residence live alongside local families and work directly in the forest, in barns or sheds, leaving more than a hundred works spread across 45 kilometres of trails. It is a rare case of contemporary art sustained for decades by the everyday life of very small villages, with the depopulation challenges that entails.
- Led by
- Asociación Vent des Forêts, con seis municipios forestales de la Meuse
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Co-governed
- Visitable
- Sí, acceso libre todo el año por senderos señalizados
- Website
- ventdesforets.com ↗
- Contact
- contact@ventdesforets.org
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified primary and secondary source, reviewed within the last twelve months
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Vent des Forêts, un centre d'art contemporain en milieu rural ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Académie de Nancy-Metz
- Vent des forêts ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Wikipédia