INDIA : The French Institute in India and the French Embassy in India announce the launch of the third edition of the Villa Swagatam cross-residency programme, which brings together around thirty partners across France, India, Bangladesh and as of 2025, Sri Lanka.

PARIS : Articulée autour des métiers d’art, la résidence, fondée par l’Institut français en Inde, a pour ambition de créer une nouvelle génération d’ambassadeurs culturels.

GOA: [From] two countries with very distinctive styles, Lokesh Khodke from India and Jean-Marc Troubert from France will be presenting their work based on their collaboration.

For much of the year, Mumbai-based Tony Xavier works as a chief learning officer with an edtech company but to pursue his passion for writing,

The French Institute in India announced the selection of the 28 laureates of the second edition of its residency programme Villa Swagatam for 2024-2025.

Deborah Fischer’s sources of inspiration can be found aplenty in our surroundings. Discarded waste, bunches of fabric scraps, cracks in a wall — the mixed-medium artist’s creative

Vastrakala’s intricate hand embroidery is part of private homes in France, the Opera de Monte Carlo in Monaco, and even the refurbished throne of French emperor Napoleon.

The Embassy of France in India announced the launch of the second edition of the Villa Swagatam residency programme, a holistic network of residencies aimed at fostering cultural exchanges between France,

CHENNAI: Formative years of growing up between the diverse regions of Provence and Tamil Nadu, these are blurry borders for Victoire de Brantes.

LUCKNOW: Playing with the eye of aari and zardozi needles to create golden motifs on fabric was an ‘everyday affair’ for Mohd Shami until he met French Moroccan visual artist Yassine Bablzioui a few weeks ago.

Villa Swagatam, a platform for cultural exchanges between French and Indian artists, designers and writers, recently hosted Yassine Bablzioui, a French Moroccan Multidisciplinary Visionary at Kalhath Institute in Lucknow.

The event was attended by French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain, Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens, Director, FII, and Catherine Colonna, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs

New Delhi. 24 July 2024. The French Institute in India is pleased to announce the selection of the 28 laureates of the second edition of its residency programme Villa Swagatam for 2024-2025.

The Embassy of France in India unveils the second edition of the Villa Swagatam residency

Comic book writer, in residency with Alice Boner Institute, Varanasi

French designer discovering the art of embroidery during her Residence at Vastrakala, Chennai

On the occasion of the next India Art Fair, to be held in Delhi from 1 to 4 February 2024,

French visual artist in Residency with the Kalhath Institute, Lucknow

New Delhi. 14 September 2023. India is a country where the world of tomorrow is being built, where public figures and organisations

New Delhi. 17 July 2023. La Villa Swagatam a annoncé aujourd'hui les 17 lauréats sélectionnés pour sa première saison de résidences.

New Delhi.March 3, 2023. Visiting India for the G20 FMM, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna today inaugurated