Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Dijon, France

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.7 km
Ascend 23 m
Descend 22 m

Experience Dijon in France in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in DijonIndividual Sights in Dijon

Sight 1: Liquid Knowledge

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Liquid Knowledgedaryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0

Haegue Yang is a South Korean artist primarily working in sculpture and installation. After receiving her B.F.A from Seoul National University in 1994, Yang received an M.A. from Städelschule where she now teaches as a professor of Fine Arts. She currently lives and works in Berlin and Seoul.

Wikipedia: Haegue Yang (EN)

215 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Improvisations Tellem

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Improvisations Tellem Laurent Lecat / CC BY-SA 3.0

Alain Kirili was a French-American sculptor. He was recognized for his post-minimalist abstract sculptures in forged iron and his large-scale public sculptures. His work has been the subject of numerous gallery and museum exhibitions in United States and Europe, and has received considerable critical interest from art historians, such as Thierry Dufrêne, Robert C. Morgan, Robert Rosenblum, and Kirk Varnedoe. Kirili lived and worked in Paris and New York.

Wikipedia: Alain Kirili (EN)

185 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Hommage à Jacques Monod

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Gottfried Honegger was a Swiss artist and graphic designer.

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181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Anti-Robot

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Anti-Robot Marcel Antonisse / Anefo / CC BY-SA 3.0 nl

Christiaan Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement CoBrA in 1948. He was also an avid sculptor and has had works featured in MoMA and other museums worldwide.

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620 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Tente

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Yaacov Agam is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist widely known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art.

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484 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Divionis Mechanica Fossilia Arman

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Divionis Mechanica Fossilia Arman

Arman was a French-born American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave to using them as the artworks themselves. He is best known for his Accumulations and destruction/recomposition of objects.

Wikipedia: Arman (EN)

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