Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Dijon, France
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4 km
33 m
Experience Dijon in France in a whole new way with our 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 DijonSight 1: Maison Creusot
The Maison Creusot is a building located in the city of Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Sight 2: Église Saint-Paul
The Church of Saint-Paul de Dijon is a Roman Catholic parish church, erected in 1911-1912, at 55 rue Clément-Janin, in Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or. It has been a member of the IGPC since 2008.
Sight 3: Ancienne Poudrière
The Dijon powder magazine is a building located in the city of Dijon, in the Côte-d'Or in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Sight 4: Liquid Knowledge
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.
Sight 5: Improvisations Tellem
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.
Sight 6: Hommage à Jacques Monod
Gottfried Honegger was a Swiss artist and graphic designer. He was married to the Swiss illustrator Warja Lavater. He studied shop-window display at the Zurich Kunstgewerbeschule and taught there from 1948. His early work was commercial graphic design.
Sight 7: Anti-Robot
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.
Sight 8: Tente
Yaacov Agam is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist widely known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art.
Sight 9: 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.
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