On ne fait jamais relâche

Antoine de Baecque is the curator of an exhibition as homage which invites us to discover a different facet of a great figure of French culture. A true intimate and artistic portrait of Alain Crombecque, this retrospective presents many never-seen-before documents around the late director of the Festival d’Avignon (1985-1992) and the Festival d’Automne (1974-1978 and 1993-2009), which show his artistic friendships, from Peter Brook to Tadeusz Kantor and Antoine Vitez. 

Antoine de Baecque es el comisario de una exposición que homenajea y nos da una nueva visión de una gran figura de la cultura francesa. Esta retrospectiva es un auténtico retrato íntimo y artístico de Alain Crombecque y propone muchos documentos inéditos sobre el antiguo director del Festival de Aviñón (1985-1992) y del Festival d’Automne de París (1974-1978 y 1993-2009) que muestran sus complicidades artísticas, desde con Peter Brook hasta Tadeusz Kantor pasando por Antoine Vitez. 

Curator Antoine de Baecque
Director and set designer Xavier Gallais
Sound Florent Dalmas
Documentation Evren Yildirim
Composition Olivier Innoncenti
Curatorial assistant Kenza Jernite
Assistant director Pierre Delcambre

Executive production Festival d'Avignon
Coproduction Association Jean Vilar - Maison Jean Vilar, Festival d'Automne à Paris
With the support of the DGCA - Ministry of Culture, BnF, Institut Mémoires de l'édition contemporaine
With the help of Christine Crombecque
Acknowledgements Gérard Deniaux, Anne de Amézaga, Fernando Arrabal, Marie Collin, Marie-Hélène Estienne, Claire Hoquet, Annette Messager, Valère Novarina