frac reunion

Name

frac reunion

Legal name

Fonds régional d'art contemporain de la Réunion

Website

https://fracreunion.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Piton Saint-Leu

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: FRAC Réunion is an EPCC (Établissement public de coopération culturelle) financed by the French State (Ministère de la Culture) and the Région Réunion. As a public cultural institution, it does not operate a commercial revenue model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FRAC Réunion is a public cultural institution operating a contemporary art collection displayed through temporary exhibitions at the heritage Maison Dussac and a permanently open botanical garden-collection in Piton Saint-Leu, Réunion. It provides cultural mediation services, school-based educational programs, artwork loans, and publishes artist editions including exhibition catalogs and monographs. Admission is free to the public.

Product overview

FRAC Réunion (Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain de la Réunion) est un Établissement public de coopération culturelle (EPCC) géré par le Ministère des affaires culturelles de l'océan Indien et la Région Réunion. L'institution propose un jardin-collection (Le Jardin-Collection) ouvert en permanence, des expositions temporaires à la Maison Dussac (6 allée des Flamboyants, Piton Saint-Leu), des publications (éditions de catalogues d'exposition et d'ouvrages monographiques), des programmes de médiation culturelle, des prêts d'œuvres, et une série vidéo documentaire '40 ans d'art contemporain'. Les espaces principaux sont le Jardin-Collection (permanente) et la Maison Dussac (expositions temporaires, horaires: mercredi-vendredi 9h-17h, samedi 14h-18h).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FRAC Éditions: Publication arm of FRAC Réunion producing catalogs, monographs, and artistic publications

Products and services

• Le Jardin-Collection Permanently open botanical garden and outdoor exhibition space at Maison Dussac that combines contemporary artworks with a collection of endemic and medicinal plants from Réunion, including landscape creations by Sébastien Clément. Open to the public free of charge.
• La Maison Dussac - Temporary Exhibitions

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Integration3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• DAAC (Délégation académique à l'action culturelle)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDAAC (Délégation académique à l'action culturelle) is an academic partner collaborating with FRAC Réunion on the 'Raconte-moi l'œuvre' educational program for kindergarten students, which combines art education, language skills, and digital tools. The program is developed in partnership with the Tribu platform of the French Ministry of Education.
• Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Indian Ocean (DAC OI)coreOthersThe Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Indian Ocean (DAC OI) is a founding co-constituent of FRAC Réunion as an EPCC public institution, alongside the Réunion Region. The Ministry provides ongoing state funding and oversight.
• Région RéunioncoreOthersThe Réunion Region is a founding co-constituent of FRAC Réunion as an EPCC public institution, alongside the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Indian Ocean. The Region provides ongoing regional funding and support, including for the garden renovation project.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• FRAC Île-de-France: Paris-region FRAC with the same statutory framework and contemporary art collection mandate. Similar educational outreach and publication activities make it a direct operational analog, despite much larger scale.
• FRAC Occitanie Montpellier: Southern France FRAC fellow with similar contemporary art collection, exhibition rotation, and education programs. Comparable in scale and operational model.
• FRAC Bretagne: Brittany's regional contemporary art fund with comparable collection, exhibition, and mediation activities. Same national FRAC network and peer-size profile.
• FRAC Grand Large — Hauts-de-France: National FRAC peer located in Dunkirk with a contemporary art collection and public engagement programs. Same FRAC network logic and direct relevance as a comparator.
• FRAC PACA (Fonds régional d'art contemporain Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur): Another FRAC under the same national FRAC network, sharing the same public-collection model, contemporary art mission, and Exhibitions program. Comparable in legal structure (EPCC-like) and audience engagement approach, though hosted in Marseille.
• FRAC Normandie: Normandy's regional contemporary art fund, operating under the same FRAC national framework with exhibitions, a collection, and cultural mediation services. Directly comparable institution.
• FRAC Corse (Cité de la Corse): FRAC peer serving an island territory (Corsica), sharing the unique characteristics of running a regional contemporary art fund in a non-mainland French geography. Closest geographic peer.

Regional players

• Musée Léon Dierx: Réunion's principal fine arts museum in Saint-Denis, sharing the same regional cultural mission and free public access model. Closest geographic museum peer, though focused on 19th-century fine arts rather than contemporary art.
• La Cité du Volcan — Muséum de La Réunion: Réunion's natural history museum focused on volcanology and island heritage; shares the same island cultural-institution ecosystem, public funding model, and educational mission.

Broad incumbents

• MAC/VAL — Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne: French public contemporary art museum with a permanent collection, rotating exhibitions, and educational programming. Larger, more established institution with a comparable art-and-public-mission mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJixzddMHvUhdvdB3t0KT0g
• Facebookfacebook.com/FRAC.Ile.de.La.Reunion
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/frac-reunion
• Instagraminstagram.com/fracreunion

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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