Exposition Le Bal de la Loba par Jean-Pierre Garrault

From 11 May to 30 December 2026, the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais - Trésor de Vix presents the exhibition "Le Bal de la Loba" (1989-2012), dedicated to the visual artist and designer Jean-Pierre Garrault (1942-2024). Having settled in the Côte-d'Or in 1978, this multi-disciplinary artist and former director of the Roche Bobois design office was a passionate archaeologist. His participation in the 1989 excavations at the Gallo-Roman site of Vertillum, and in particular the excavation of an impressive "horse pit", had a profound effect on his imagination.

This confrontation with the remains gave rise to the 'Les Chevaux de Vertault' series, a series of powerful oil and charcoal paintings depicting equine skulls and vertebrae. In these vibrant compositions, Garrault echoes the myth of La Loba, the legendary figure who gathers the bones of extinct creatures to bring them back to life through her song. In a striking dialogue between art and memory, the exhibition brings these fragments of the past to life, offering a unique encounter with over 2,000 years of history.