Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains opened in 1997 and is based in a building renovated by the French-American architect Bernard Tschumi. Throughout the year the public is able to discover important exhibitions of contemporary art, films, concerts, performances, lectures…

Le Fresnoy is also a centre of advanced artistic, audio-visual and multi-media training for post-graduate students. The main aim is to enable young artists to make works with professional technical equipment, under the guidance of recognised artists, in a multi-disciplinary spirit. These works are presented each year in the Panorama event.