3 bis f - lieu d'arts contemporains

Name

3 bis f - lieu d'arts contemporains

Legal name

Association Entr'acte

Website

https://3bisf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contemporary Arts Center

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Performing Arts Companies (7111), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultural Centers & Multidisciplinary Arts Institutions (THAJADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM), Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB)

Keywords

• Contemporary art center
• Artist residencies
• Visual arts programming
• Live arts programming
• Art and care

Headquarters

HQ city

Aix-en-Provence

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and institutional support: The center receives core operational funding from multiple public institutions: Ministry of Culture/DRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, Conseil départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône, Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, ARS, Métropole Aix-Marseille Provence, and Centre Hospitalier Montperrin. Additional support comes from the Office national de diffusion artistique (ONDA).
2. Membership fees (Adhésion): The center operates a membership/adhesion program allowing individuals to support the organization and gain access to programming.
3. Ticket sales and event revenue: Events and performances are ticketed through Eventbrite. Some events are free with reservation, others have tiered pricing (e.g., 8€ reduced, 10€ reduced for unemployed/RSA, 12€ full price for festival events).
4. Corporate sponsorship and patronage (Mécénat): Corporate sponsors include Rotary Club Pays d'Aix, EFPP and its fond de dotation The Socle, and Fondation Sophie Rochas who provide financial support to the center.
5. Project-based co-productions and partnerships: The center generates revenue through co-production agreements with cultural institutions for specific projects, such as partnerships with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in France and Mondriaan Fund for artist residencies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

3 bis f is a contemporary arts center, housed within the Centre Hospitalier Montperrin psychiatric hospital in Aix-en-Provence, that hosts artist residencies, visual arts exhibitions, and live arts performances, while running the Art, Soin, Citoyenneté program which integrates patients, healthcare workers, and the wider public through shared artistic practice. The center supports approximately twenty artists or artistic teams annually and operates as a labeled "centre d'art contemporain d'intérêt national" under the French Ministry of Culture.

Product overview

3 bis f is a contemporary art center of national interest located within the Centre Hospitalier Montperrin psychiatric hospital in Aix-en-Provence. Founded in 1983, the center operates as a unified platform offering artist residencies, visual arts exhibitions, live arts performances, and the innovative Art, Soin, Citoyenneté (Art, Care, Citizenship) program. The core offerings include artist residencies across live arts and visual arts (approximately 20 artists annually), collective "sessions" of shared artistic practice, citizen reflection groups, located webinars, philosophy conferences, and seasonal astral evenings. The Art, Soin, Citoyenneté platform, initiated in 2022, represents a distinctive cross-sectoral approach bridging artistic creation with healthcare and civil society engagement. The center functions as both an art center and a living arts factory within a hospitality space.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Art, Soin, Citoyenneté (ASC): A platform and network for producing resources linking artistic creation with healthcare and citizenship, initiated by 3 bis f in 2022.

Products and services

• Artist Residencies (Résidences d'artistes) Multi-week to multi-month residency program hosting approximately twenty artists or artistic teams per year who research, develop, and create work within the center's unique psychiatric-hospital context. Available to contemporary artists and companies working in live arts and visual arts.
• Visual Arts Programming (Arts visuels) Contemporary visual arts exhibitions featuring artists working across various media, presented within the center's spaces and in partnership with the psychiatric hospital context. Free admission to the public.
• Live Arts Programming (Arts vivants) Live performing arts programming including theater, dance, and other performing disciplines, with step-of-creation presentations and full performances, positioning the center as a "fabrique des arts vivants" (living arts factory). Ticketed through Eventbrite with tiered pricing.
• Sessions Collective artistic practice sessions proposed by resident artists that are fully part of the artistic creation process. Open to all participants including patients, healthcare workers, and external public, enabling shared moments of artistic creation.
• Art, Soin, Citoyenneté Platform Network and platform linking artistic creation with healthcare and citizenship, producing resources and connecting intersectoral structures. Includes citizen reflection groups, located webinars, and practical exchange spaces.
• Soirées astrales Seasonal artistic celebration rituals held at solstices and equinoxes, bringing together resident artists and projects developed in the Aix-Marseille territory around the center's garden.
• Antenne de la Chaire de Philosophie à l'Hôpital Philosophy antenna established in 2025 at Centre Hospitalier Montperrin in partnership with 3 bis f, hosting interactive conferences on topics related to care, mental health, and common humanity within medical humanities.
• Adhésion (Membership) Individual membership program allowing supporters to contribute to the center and gain access to its programming.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 20 artists or artistic teams supported per year through residencies
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Centre Hospitalier MontperrincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe psychiatric hospital that houses the 3 bis f within its grounds. Provides institutional hosting, staff (nurses work at the center), and collaborates on the Art, Soin, Citoyenneté approach. Co-founded the Réseau ASC association in 2025.
• Office national de diffusion artistique (ONDA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational office for artistic distribution providing support for touring and dissemination of performing arts.
• D.C.A - association française de développement des centres d'artmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench association for the development of art centers. The 3 bis f is a member, providing networking and professional development opportunities.
• Traverses - réseau des scènes de la région SUDmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of performing arts venues in the SUD region. The 3 bis f participates in this professional network.
• Arts en résidencemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network supporting artist residencies. The 3 bis f is a member, providing visibility and professional connections.
• PAC - Provence Art ContemporainmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork promoting contemporary art in Provence. The 3 bis f is a member.
• Plein Sud, réseau des scènes de la région SudmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of performing arts venues in the Sud region. The 3 bis f is a member.
• Fondation Humanité et biodiversitémajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAwarded the Oasis nature label to the 3 bis f's garden, recognizing its ecological and biodiversity value.
• Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in FrancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-partner with Mondriaan Fund for Ghita Skali's residency and exhibition 'What remains' (April-September 2026).
• Mondriaan FundmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDutch cultural fund co-partnering with the Embassy for Ghita Skali's residency and exhibition 'What remains' (April-September 2026).
• Biennale d'Aix-en-ProvencemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Lina Jabbour residency (2024) and various programming including Printemps de l'Art Contemporain.
• Institut de l'Image / ESAAIXmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArts school and cinema institute in Aix-en-Provence. Co-produces events and screenings with the 3 bis f, including during Rencontres ASC.
• Centrewallonie-bruxelles à ParismajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural center in Paris. Partner for the Soirée astrale #12 été (2024).
• Chaire de Philosophie à l'Hôpital (GHU Paris Psychiatrie & Neurosciences)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSeventh antenna of the philosophy chair established at CHM in 2025 in partnership with 3 bis f. Focuses on 'Faire corps communs autour de l'impératif d'humanité' (Making common bodies around the imperative of humanity).
• voyons voir - art contemporain et territoiremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerContemporary art organization partnered with 3 bis f for Lina Jabbour's residency (2024) as part of Biennale d'Aix.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Art et Marges Musée: Brussels museum dedicated to art created by people with mental health conditions or social marginalization. Comparable to 3 bis f through its explicit positioning at the intersection of contemporary art and mental health, with an educational and exhibition mandate.
• Bethlem Gallery: London-based gallery and arts program operating within the Bethlem Royal Hospital site of the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. The closest international analog to 3 bis f's art/psychiatric-care model, sharing the hospital-embedded institutional positioning.

Direct peers

• Hospitalfield: Scotland-based arts, heritage, and residency center with a long history of cross-sector programming. Comparable as a heritage-sited arts center offering residencies, exhibitions, and interdisciplinary programming, though not specifically hospital-embedded.
• Centre d'art contemporain - la Synagogue de Delme: Rural CACIN in Lorraine programming contemporary art exhibitions and residencies in a heritage building. Comparable to 3 bis f as a contemporary art center of national interest occupying a distinctive architectural site with a similar funding model.
• MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain: Montpellier-based contemporary art center combining exhibitions, residencies, and live arts programming across multiple venues. Comparable to 3 bis f as a CACIN-tier multidisciplinary arts center with national recognition, though serving a larger urban market.
• Bétonsalon - Centre d'art et de recherche: Paris-based contemporary art and research center with university affiliation. Comparable as a CACIN-type contemporary art center with a research-oriented, cross-disciplinary programming model similar to 3 bis f's ASC approach.
• Le MAGASIN - Centre d'art contemporain de Grenoble: National center for contemporary art in Grenoble housed in a heritage industrial site. Comparable as a CACIN-designated contemporary art center combining exhibitions, residencies, and interdisciplinary programming with a similar public funding model.
• CAC Brétigny - Centre d'art contemporain d'intérêt national: Contemporary art center of national interest in Brétigny, programming exhibitions, residencies, and live arts. Directly comparable to 3 bis f by CACIN designation, scope of visual/performing arts programming, and reliance on French public funding.

Broad incumbents

• Palais de Tokyo: Paris-based contemporary art center of national significance; the largest and most prestigious CACIN in France. Comparable because it programs both visual arts and live arts and operates as a national-interest contemporary arts center, though at far greater scale and urban location.

Regional players

• FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: Regional contemporary art fund sharing the same PACA region as 3 bis f. Comparable as a publicly funded contemporary art institution with residency and exhibition programs, though focused on collection and dissemination rather than the art/care methodology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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