Founded in 1986, CAP - Centre d’art has had a dual mission: to support artistic production and to promote contemporary art. Located in the heart of the former working-class district of Saint-Fons, a former industrial town with a stimulating yet complex history, geographical position and socio-economic situation. The contemporary art center has been a resource both for artists and visitors for over thirty years.

CAP - Visual arts center is proud of its identity as a laboratory for experimentation of contemporary art and a space promoting a vision of culture as a space of freedom and a tool for emancipation. A lively, open and inclusive space, where creation and transmission are the guidelines of its project.

French and international artists, whether emerging or at a more established stage in their careers, inhabit the exhibition space. The program includes four exhibitions a year, both monographic and group shows, with an emphasis on residencies and the support for the production of new works and projects specifically designed for the CAP. Throughout the year, the program is enriched by research and production residencies, multidisciplinary projects and off-site collaborations, as well as other formats we have yet to invent.
The art center has a space dedicated to mediation and an artothèque – a collection of artworks available to the public - with over 800 works – are precious tool for the education department.

Since winter 2023, CAP - Centre d’art has extended its surface and added ten artists’ studios. This new chapter strengthens our work with the artists, encouraging the porosity between the artist studio and the exhibition space.

CAP – Visual arts center has become a platform where art emerges, takes shape and is exhibited.

Director: Alessandra Prandin