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
- Vent des Forêts association, with six forest municipalities in the Meuse
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Co-governed
- Visitable
- Yes, free access all year along waymarked paths
- 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 two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- 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