Events calendar Chambéry

Created in 1975, the International Comics Festival of Chambéry is the^second oldest festival of its kind in France after Angoulême. 20,000 visitors, 60 authors and three days of celebration... It welcomes artists of great notoriety, also reveals talents and makes the happiness of a public that rushes to meet cartoonists and scriptwriters and to shop. The elephant, symbol of the city, always appears on the poster entrusted each year to a different artist.

For all those who like to hunt, find the rare object, who are looking to tinker... The Grande braderie d'automne in Chambéry is one of the most important flea markets in the region. Every year 50,000 visitors and more than 2,500 exhibitors settle in the city centre of the City of the Dukes. Good deals, vintage items, favorites and other finds to complete a collection, replace a lost item..... redecorate a room... Toys, furniture, crockery.... Trinkets, accessories, books... All that remains is to negotiate.

The exhibition "Riccardo Gualino the Magnificent - Life and Work of a Collector" is on display on the first floor of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chambéry until 22 March 2020. Riccardo Gualino, born on 25 March 1879 in Biella and died on 6 June 1964 at the age of 85 in Florence, was born into a family of goldsmiths from Biella. He is an entrepreneur and above all a great art collector, in addition to being also a writer and producer of Italian cinema. This exhibition was designed and produced by the Musei Reali of Turin, a twin city with Chambéry. While visiting the city of the dukes, the exhibition focuses on Riccardo Gualino's close links between art and life. It reveals an extraordinary man and presents about a hundred works and archival documents, whether paintings, sculptures or art objects ranging from antiquity to the 20th century. Its collection is said to be one of the most beautiful and significant in Italy.