Nuit Blanche – White night: What is it?

Published by Caroline de Sortiraparis, My de Sortiraparis · Photos by My de Sortiraparis · Published on September 27th, 2022 at 10:58 a.m.
What is the White night exactly? This major event returns to Paris on Saturday October 1, 2022, with plenty of art events open to all and for free for the night. But do you know when and how this event devoted to contemporary creation was made? Here is the story and origin of the famous White Night in Paris.

Every Fall, the contemporary creation is celebrated in Paris for the traditional White Night. Planned on Saturday October 1, 2022, this year, this major event is the occasion to enjoy art events proposed for free and by night, all around the city and beyond. But do you know when and why the White Night was launched? Here is the story and origin of this event that grew as major in Paris.

In 2002, as Bertrand Delanoë was then the mayor of the city, the first White Night was created under the impulsion of the City of Paris. The goal of this popular and festive event? Proposing inhabitants of the city contemporary creations to come and admire and listen for one night only. Whether these involve sound or visual installations, performances, monumental sculptures or even exhibitions… Contemporary art in all its shapes and sizes is given pride of place in heritage, cultural, unusual places, as well as squares, bridges and gardens in Paris.

In 2002, the artistic direction of the first White Night is entrusted to show art director Jean Blaise. He then creates a huge nighttime art party, free and open to all, with a collective tour with a spiritual dimension. And success was met, since in the night of October 5, 2002; 500,000 people come to be curious and discover installations created on the occasion.

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Since then, the White Night has evolved a lot and even extended to the Greater Paris metropolis. Since it was launched in 2002, over 4,000 international and French artists – famous or emerging – worked hard to unveil their work to the general public.

And the success of the White Night now widely goes beyond borders since thirty cities took over the idea of the White Night such as Bilbao, Seville, Venice, Rome, Vilnius, Bratislava, Leeds, as well as Montreal, Toronto and even Miami.

Discover the White Night program 2022, in Paris:

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Careful, note that from 2023, the White Night in Paris will be held in June.

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Dates and Opening Time
On October 1st, 2022

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