To become Capital of Culture 2028, Nice joins forces with Monaco, Liguria and Piedmont
But we do not yet know if the western Alpes-Maritimes will be part of the picture.
Christian Estrossi announced in our columns last April: to become the European capital of culture in 2028, Nice has “connect the unexpected”. Based on new technologies, the idea is to “to transcend, to explore new artistic forms, the borders between the real and the digital. »
Clearly, the MAMAC, our museum of contemporary art, will be renovated to welcome new talents in particular. Investments have been made in the Victorine studios to encourage innovative audiovisual practices. Among other projects, a plan “100% culture at school” is currently being developed in the classrooms to provide all children with an introduction to artistic disciplines.
The application timeline is accelerating. The files must be sent before December 1st to the ministry. A long selection process will follow: we have developed the issues for you here, after having been able to discuss our strengths, our weaknesses and the other cities in the race.
New stage this Monday, June 27, during the Metropolitan Council. The mayor-president Christian Estrosi thus put to the vote the principle of a membership charter, making it possible to join forces with several varied territories.
First of all, of course, the other 50 municipalities of the Nice Côte d’Azur metropolis. would also be part of “the Principality of Monaco, the neighboring and bordering Italian provinces, Liguria and Piedmont. »
“A winning application must adopt a European reading of its territory and its challenges” promotes the community, but also “promote the crossing of projects. » Christian Estrosi later explained that he had discussions on this subject with Yves Juhelthe mayor of Menton.
In Nice-Press in April, he had also cited “Sophia Antipolis technology park. »
“Why exclude our neighbours? »
“Surprisingly, Nice’s candidacy turns its back on the west of our department” a developer Juliette Chesnel-Le Roux (EELV) in response. “Why exclude our neighbours? Antibes and its theatre, Juan-les-Pins and its jazz festival, Cannes and its cinema, Mouans-Sartoux and its tradition of book festival, Grasse and its culture of perfumes? Why not include them in the project? »
Questioned this Tuesday, June 28 in the morning, the Métropole NCA has not yet told us whether these municipalities have been contacted, or not.
At the time of the former mayor Jacques Peyratin 2007, Grasse, Antibes-Juan Les Pins, Menton, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the Principality of Monaco and the General Council were invited to participate in the file Nice2013. Which had been rejected.
European Capital of Culture 2028: key dates
- December 2021: publication of the decree and the competition notice, opening of the call for applications
- First half of 2022: information campaign on the process of pre-selection and selection of candidate cities
- December 1, 2022: expiry of the deadline for submitting applications.
- 1st half of 2023: preselection. The shortlist of candidates selected to participate in the selection of cities is definitively determined by the Minister responsible for culture in accordance with the report of the independent European jury.
- December 2023: selection of the city, future European Capital of Culture