Béthune · Pas-de-Calais
Labanque — Centre for the Production and Dissemination of Visual Arts
French name: Labanque — centre de production et de diffusion en arts visuels
Free 1st Sunday
Free admission
- Free 1st SundayFree on the first Sunday of every monthLabanque is a contemporary art centre, not a museum; exhibitions are free for all on the first Sunday. Open Wed–Sun 14:00–18:30.
Address
Place Clemenceau, 62400 Béthune
Art centre set up in the former Béthune branch of the Banque de France, built in 1912 by the architect Defrasse and extended from 1924 to 1927, with a regionalist façade of red brick and ashlar stone. Opened in 2007 and reopened in 2016 after renovation, it spreads 1,500 square metres of exhibition space over four levels.