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From December 4th 2009 to February 22th 2010
This exhibition sets pre-20th century drawings (from the Palais des Beaux-Arts' collection of over 6 000 pieces) - including works by Raphael, Watteau, David and Delacroix - against creations by contemporary graphic artists from around the world.
Taking up the genres and subjects found in painting such as portraits, decors, academic nudes and draperies. The exhibition reveals the aesthetic links between classical drawings and animated films. Some of these drawings have never before been presented to the public.

Practical info:
Palais des Beaux-Arts
Place de la République - Lille
Tel. : +33 (0)3 20 06 78 00
www.pba-lille.fr
Open Monday from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm, Wednesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Closed on Tuesday.

From December 4th 2009 to February 22th 2010
This exhibition pays tribute to philippe Laporte and Yannick Pellegrin, fervent admirers of the collection at the Palais des Beaux-Arts, who in 2008 made a generous donation. This rich and fascinating ensemble includes 49 pieces from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Major pieces by Paul Landowski, Constantin Meunier and Emile Bernard crown the collection. A majority of the works are sculptures, and this provides a direct link with the museum's collection as well as the artistic scene in Lille between 1850 and 1950.

Practical info:
Palais des Beaux-Arts
Place de la République - Lille
Tel. : +33 (0)3 20 06 78 00
www.pba-lille.fr
Open Monday from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm, Wednesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Closed on Tuesday.

From December 18th 2009 to February 15th 2010
It was Paolo Uccello's famous painting of the battle of San Romano that first caught Frézin's attention. His artistic relationships with Edouard Jaguer and the Surrealists opened his eyes to the strange timelessness of "war games" and their heroic representation in painting. His battles are also the illustration of his WWII experiences: the exodus and the shock of seeing cadavers, in particular that of a disemboweled hourse devoured by vermin and covered in flies. An innocent martyr, symbol of annihilated freedom and massacred beauty.

Practical info:
Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse
32 rue de la Monnaie - Lille
Tel. : +33 (0)3 28 36 84 00
www.pba-lille.fr
Open Monday from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm, Wednesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm and from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm. Closed on Tuesday.

For the first time in France, the ten monumental paintings by Italian artist Paolo Domenico Finoglio (1590-1645) inspired by Torquato Tasso's poem about the First Crusade, Jerusalem Delivered, will be shown at the Palais des Beaux-Arts of Lille.
Finoglio was one of the great Neapolitan baroque painters influenced by Caravaggio's dramatic use of light. In this highly mature work, Paolo Finoglio represents ten episodes of chivalry and romance from the poem to celebrate the power and virtues of his patron, the count of Cover-sano. Commissioned for the family castle in 1634, Jerusalem Delivered, is an exceptional example of a work preserved with its original 17th-century presentation.
The entire cycle will be shown, exceptionally, in the very centre of the museum within a contemporary installation by artist, filmmaker and writer Alain Fleischer. The presentation of these monumental paintings, which have hitherto never been shown outside their place of origin, will contribute to considering the history of uprooted, displaced works of art, an important issue for art history and museums in general.

Practical info:
Palais des Beaux-Arts
Place de la République - Lille
Tel. : +33 (0)3 20 06 78 00
www.pba-lille.fr
Open on Monday from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm, from Wednesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. Closed on Tuesday.

The comtemporary artist of Cameroonian origin Pascale Marthine Tayou has been invited by lille3000 to present a monumental exhibition. For Lille, the artist has devised the Traffic Jam exhibition as an immense junction caught in a traffic jam, everyone seeking a way to get through the overcrowded stalls, fragile sculptures, and animated scaffolding.
Tayou belongs to the generation of African artists who are redefining postcolonial culture and combining the experiences of their origins with those of Europe where they now live. The Human Being@work installation, acclaimed by the critics during the last Venice Biennale, will be at the heart of the exhibition, which will be completed by old and new works, some of them inviting visitors' participation.

Practical info:
Gare Saint Sauveur
Boulevard Jean-Baptiste Lebas - Lille
Tel. : +33 (0)3 28 52 3000
www.lille3000.com
Open from Wednesday to Sunday.
Free.

Every first weekend of September, Lille is the capital of bargain-hunting!

The Braderie de Lille is Europe’s largest flea market, and certainly one of the most well-known events in France and abroad. Between one and two million visitors stroll up and down the city streets, entertained by music and the numerous performances that take place from 2 pm on Saturday to 11 pm on Sunday. Enjoying a dish of “Moules - Frites” (mussels served with chips) has become a deeply-rooted tradition and is the subject of a contest between the town’s restaurants to see who can build the highest mountain of empty mussel shells!