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Former residence of the dean of the chapter in Brioude, one of the essential elements of the fortified enclosure in the Middle Ages.
The Doyenné, with its coat-of-arms ceiling listed as a historic monument, has undergone extensive restoration. It comprises five exhibition rooms. This center for modern and contemporary art features world-renowned exhibitions (Chagall, Miró, Picasso...) with major works. For 2025, an emblematic figure in the world of art, Jean Dubuffet, will be exhibiting his work from June 28 to November 2, including paintings, sculptures and graphic works.
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Opening time and information on THE DEAN'S HOTEL
Open from July 1 to October 15. Low season: open Mondays, 2 pm to 6 pm; Tuesdays to Sundays, 10 am to 6 pm. High season: Mondays, 2 pm to 6:30 pm; Tuesdays to Sundays, 10 am to 6:30 pm. Free admission for children under 10. Adults: €8. Children: €4. Full price €8. Concession €6. Jobseeker €4. Guided tour (€5 supplement on reservation).
Owner's Message
The Deanery is a link between the past and reality. It is this truth that makes it escape cultural fashions and conventions. This superb place of history has become an ambitious space for the transmission of cultural values, a magical space where major works force us to see differently, to look at others, to listen to differences.
This demanding idea of linking art and history in the heart of a small but beautiful country far removed from the major cultural centers has been rewarded by an exceptional influx of visitors of all nationalities, contributing to the social and economic dynamism of an entire region.
A first major recognition came in 2018, when the specialist magazine Beaux-Arts Magazine validated our approach by placing Le Doyenné at the top of the list of summer exhibitions in France.
Decentralized, lively, free, Le Doyenné believes in its mission to transmit culture to all audiences, especially schoolchildren, because diversity is the fatal weapon against conformism. In the arts as in our lives.
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Hans Hartung est ma préférée : on y voit clairement la progression du geste de l’artiste. Ce choix chronologique permet une vue d’ensemble sur le cheminement de l’artiste.
Le doyenné permet de voir des expositions de grandes qualités sans la foule (c’est un luxe) et dans un lieu magnifique et très bien mis en valeur.
J’y vais toujours le matin, je n’ai j’aimais fait la queue et j’ai souvent profité du lieu avec très peu de visiteurs.
Le personnel est toujours très sympathique, les visiteurs sont toujours respectueux des autres visiteurs.
Et en prime la basilique est sublime.
Vous pouvez pousser jusqu’à vieille Brioude pour profiter du panorama dans le très charmant jardin du musée du vin et de la vigne. (Le jardin est toujours ouvert je crois).