Rendez-vous : young French and Chinese art

Established in 2002 by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon with support from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional government, Rendez-vous is an international platform dedicated to emerging artists. Through an innovative method of artistic direction that brings together four institutions within France, Rendez-vous is organised by the Biennale de Lyon, the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon, the Institut d’art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes (IAC), and the macLYON.

Rendez-vous is exhibited at the IAC during the Biennale de Lyon, and the following year in a different form outside of Europe. In 2008, Rendez-vous was presented at the Shanghai Art Museum, with residencies in Moscow, Beijing, Miami, and Buenos Aires; in 2010, Rendez-vous participated in the Shanghai Biennale; in 2012, Rendez-vous was presented at the South African National Gallery of Cape Town; in 2015, Rendez-vous was exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts. In 2017, Rendez-vous will be held at the CAFA Art Museum in Beijing.

The 2017 edition of Rendez-Vous in Beijing features 10 French and 6 Chinese artists:
Gaëlle Choisne, Ruth Cornelisse, Fabrice Croux, Adélaïde Feriot, Nicolas Garait-Leavenworth, Lola Gonzàlez, Huang Yang, Maxime Lamarche, Leng Wen, Li Linlin, Lu Zhengyuan, Daniel Otero Torres, David Posth-Kohler, Qiu Yu, Johann Rivat, Wu Hong.
 

Artistic direction of Rendez-vous:
For the Biennale de Lyon: Thierry Raspail
For the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon: Emmanuel Tibloux
For the Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes: Nathalie Ergino
For the Musée d’art contemporain: Isabelle Bertolotti

And for the Chinese edition:
Fan Di'an, Academic Advisor, CAFA Art Museum
Chunchen Wang, Head and Chief Curator, Curatorial Research Dept, CAFA Art Museum