Les Abattoirs

Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse, combines a museum of modern and contemporary art (Musée) and a regional collection of contemporary art (Frac).[1] It is located in the French Occitanie region, in the city of Toulouse.[2]

Les Abattoirs
LocationToulouse, France
Coordinates43°36′03″N 1°25′46″E
Websitewww.lesabattoirs.org
Location of Les Abattoirs

History and organisation

The venue (whose name translates as the slaughterhouse) opened in 2000 in a former municipal slaughterhouse from 1823. It houses important works that were assembled from a specifically acquired collection and from several other existing collections, among which art collector Anthony Denney's donated collection, part of gallerist Daniel Cordier's donated collection, the former centre régional d'art contemporain de Labège collection and the former Frac Midi-Pyrénées collection.[1][3] The museum's collection and the Frac's collection remain administratively separate.[4]

References
  1. Dhainaut, Alexandrine (2020-01-23). "Les Abattoirs de Toulouse, une réussite hybride". Le Quotidien de l'Art (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Art unfolds at Les Abattoirs in Toulouse - Toulouse Travel Guide". AirFrance. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  3. "Les Abattoirs - Toulouse". Le Journal des Arts (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "La collection". les Abattoirs (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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