Frac Bourgogne

What Frac Bourgogne does

FRAC Bourgogne (Fonds régional d'art contemporain de Bourgogne), headquartered at 41 rue des Ateliers, Dijon, is a regional public contemporary art institution operating under the French Fonds régional d'art contemporain framework. It manages a permanent collection of 886 works organized around the curatorial theme 'LE RÉCIT ET SES FORMES' (narrative and its forms), with acquisitions governed by a Technical Acquisition Committee. The institution employs approximately 7-8 staff and is funded primarily through three public sources: the Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, the Ministry of Culture via DRAC Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, and the Ville de Dijon.

The institution operates Les Bains du Nord as its permanent exhibition space at 16 rue Quentin in Dijon, alongside the Boutique des Bains du Nord, which serves as both a retail space for artist multiples and editions and the venue for the STOREFRONT residency-exhibition program in partnership with ENSA Dijon. Two artist residency pipelines are active: STOREFRONT (with ENSA Dijon) and HôTEL DES GLACES (with Le Café des Glaces in Tonnerre, offering a 3,000 EUR bursary). The FRAC Lab educational program, launched in 2014, distributes pedagogical mallettes to schools across three age tiers (5-10, 11-14, 15-18). Geographic reach extends across the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region via 'hors les murs' exhibitions in Beaune, Chalon-sur-Saône, Auxonne, Nevers, Mâcon, and Tonnerre.

The business model is non-commercial: admission to exhibitions is free, with earned revenue limited to publications (catalogues, monographs, artist books) and artist multiples sold through the Boutique des Bains du Nord. Customer segments include the regional general public (primary), schools and educational institutions (mediation and FRAC Lab), and emerging artists (residencies). Strategic positioning is defined by an explicit refusal to operate as a conventional museum, instead emphasizing collection circulation across the territory. The institution announced a new dedicated venue in 2025, signaling expansion of its physical footprint.

Name

Frac Bourgogne

Legal name

FRAC Bourgogne

Website

https://frac-bourgogne.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FRAC Bourgogne is a publicly funded regional contemporary art institution in Dijon, France, managing a collection of 886 works. It operates Les Bains du Nord exhibition space, runs artist residencies (STOREFRONT, HôTEL DES GLACES), and delivers the FRAC Lab education program for youth aged 5-18, serving the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Dijon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Funding: Supported by the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Bourgogne Franche-Comté), and the city of Dijon. Funding covers operations, acquisitions, and programming.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

FRAC Bourgogne manages a publicly held contemporary art collection of 886 works organized around the curatorial theme 'LE RÉCIT ET SES FORMES', and circulates these works through free exhibitions at its Les Bains du Nord space in Dijon, off-site 'Hors les murs' shows across Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, and a retail boutique selling artist multiples, editions and publications. It also runs two artist residency programs (Hôtel des Glaces and STOREFRONT) and the FRAC-Lab educational kit service that lends mallettes pédagogiques to schools and community groups.

Product overview

FRAC Bourgogne (Fonds régional d'art contemporain de Bourgogne) is a regional contemporary art institution managing a collection of 886 works. The institution operates Les Bains du Nord and the Boutique des Bains du Nord as its primary exhibition spaces in Dijon. Its core offerings include artist residency programs (Hôtel des Glaces and STOREFRONT in partnership with ENSA Dijon), the FRAC-Lab educational program for youth, off-site exhibitions throughout the region, and a publishing program producing monographs, catalogs, and artist books. Visitor services include guided tours, workshops, and accessibility features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FRAC Lab: Pedagogical tool launched in 2014/2015 for children and youth aged 5-18, consisting of educational kits for discovering contemporary art.

Products and services

• Les Bains du Nord

Quantifiable outcome

• 886 artworks in the permanent collection
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ENSA Dijon (École nationale supérieure d'Art)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Annual STOREFRONT residency-exhibition program for emerging artists. Two residency periods per year at Boutique des Bains du Nord. Supported by ADHEX and Ville de Dijon. Artists Guillaume Boulley, Clara Denidet, Tindara Sparta, Raphaël Rossi, and others have participated.
• Le Café des Glaces (Tonnerre)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Hôtel des Glaces artist residency program providing studio space, accommodation, and 3,000 EUR bursary. Residents include Leonardo Pellicanò (2022) and Iroise Doublet (2023).
• Ville de DijoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor funder and partner supporting exhibitions, STOREFRONT program, and public art installations in the city.
• Musée des Beaux-arts de DijoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-exhibition partner for 'Halle 38 - Années tropiques' (2020-2021). Also partner for 'Juliette, Biblis, Diane, Patty, Martha et toutes les autres' exhibition.
• Consortium Museum (Dijon)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Bertrand Lavier exhibition 'Unwittingly But Willingly' (2021-2022). Combined 30 artworks from both collections.
• La Minoterie (Dijon)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for mediation activities and exhibition of collection works. Sculpture installations including Giulio Paolini's work and Jacques Villeglé artworks displayed.
• DRAC Bourgogne Franche-ComtécoreOthersDirection Régionale des Affaires Culturelles - governmental cultural authority providing ministry funding and support.
• Région Bourgogne-Franche-ComtécoreOthersRegional council providing major funding and institutional support for operations and acquisitions.
• Lycée Hippolyte Fontaine (Dijon)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for student-curated exhibition project involving baccalaureate students in prosthetic dentistry and arts specialties.
• Why NoteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerContemporary music association partnering for concerts and 'Sound & Vision' exhibition at Eglise Saint-Philibert.
• ADHEX TechnologiesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCorporate sponsor supporting the STOREFRONT residency program.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FRAC Bretagne: Regional FRAC with permanent exhibition space, a several-hundred-work collection, and educational outreach across its territory, operating under the same national FRAC mandate and collection-diffusion mission.
• FRAC PACA: Marseille-based regional FRAC managing a contemporary art collection and programming across the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region under the same national framework as FRAC Bourgogne.
• FRAC Franche-Comté: Sister regional FRAC in the neighboring Franche-Comté half of the merged Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Operates under the same national FRAC mandate, public funding model, regional-collection mission, and educational-outreach structure as FRAC Bourgogne.
• FRAC Île-de-France: Largest French FRAC, operating Le Plateau exhibition space in Paris and Magasins Généraux. Shares the national FRAC collection-and-diffusion mandate but at significantly larger scale, making it the standard benchmark for what FRAC Bourgogne's model can become.
• FRAC Grand Large (Hauts-de-France): Regional FRAC serving Hauts-de-France with a permanent exhibition space in Dunkirk. Operates the same national collection-building and diffusion mandate under public funding, comparable in regional scope to FRAC Bourgogne.
• FRAC Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Another regional FRAC operating a contemporary art collection, programming, and residencies in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes under the same national funding structure. Closest mid-sized comparator to FRAC Bourgogne's scale and activities.
• FRAC Centre-Val de Loire: Regional FRAC in the Centre-Val de Loire region managing a collection, exhibitions, and educational programmes under the same national FRAC framework, broadly comparable in scale and remit to FRAC Bourgogne.
• FRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine (MÉCA): Regional FRAC for Nouvelle-Aquitaine housed in the MÉCA creative campus in Bordeaux. Runs the same collection, exhibition, and residency framework as FRAC Bourgogne, though with a larger co-located creative-industries setting.

Broad incumbents

• Centre Pompidou: France's flagship national museum of modern and contemporary art in Paris. Defines the national policy and visibility framework in which all FRACs — including FRAC Bourgogne — operate, and sources many of the artists collected by regional FRACs.

Regional players

• Consortium Museum (Dijon): Independent contemporary art museum located in Dijon and an existing co-exhibition partner. Shares local contemporary-art audience but operates an independent private/foundation model rather than a regional public collection, so its economics and governance differ from FRAC Bourgogne.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

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