Program

Villa Vauban

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  Villa Vauban

  Open workshop for children: Pin it! Carry art with you on your unique button badge

  17h00-00h00 (multilingual)

  What would you say about taking the magnificent paintings of the Villa Vauban with you everywhere you go? In this workshop, you can create a unique button badge featuring your favorite paintings from the museum. So don’t hesitate to join our mediators to accessorize your clothes or bags with true works of art. 

   

   

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  Villa Vauban

  Strolling concert: GeiBassGei

  20h00, 21h00, 22h00 & 23h00

  This is a duo consisting of two Luxembourgish musicians, Jean-Jacques Mailliet and Max Serra. Their repertoire comprises original compositions influenced by their individual and collective musical backgrounds. They combine elements of Irish and Norwegian folk music with their passion for jazz.

  The two musicians met at the Luxembourg conservatory as children and continued their training together at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP).

  Although the double bass and violin belong to the same family of instruments and are almost identical in construction, they stand in exciting contrast to each other. This reflects the artistic partnership of Jean-Jacques and Max: they are very different, both musically and personally, and find their strength not in harmony, but in symbiosis.

  GeiBassGei takes the audience on a personal musical journey, telling a shared story from two perspectives with all its ups and downs, played on the double bass and violin.

   

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  DJ-Set

  20h30–00h30

  Club Sauuce, the young collective comprising Vespucci and Lopaulso, is responsible for providing the music in the courtyard of the Lëtzebuerg City Museum and in the park of the Villa Vauban during the Museum Night. As organisers and DJs, they bring together local and international artists to create unique soundscapes. Club Sauuce's musical style moves between disco, funk, house, tech house and minimal house, breathing new life into spaces.

   

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  Villa Vauban

  Stand-up Comedy: Lil’ Aïda

  19h00 & 20h30 (EN)

  Lil’ Aïda (Aïda Sghiri) left Paris for Luxembourg at the end of 2021 with one goal in mind: to double her salary. But the only thing she’s managed to do so far… is triple her rent!

  This French-Tunisian comedian loves to play with her roots, her expat misadventures, and her emotional attachment to Luxembourg. She has two missions: turning life’s absurdities into punchlines… and bringing glory back to the Bouneschlupp.

  After cutting her teeth on Luxembourg’s English-speaking comedy scene, she founded the Duchesse Comedy Club, the first feminist and inclusive stand-up night in the region — a real springboard for emerging talents across the Greater Region.

  An entrepreneur at heart, Lil’ Aïda left her corporate job to set European stages on fire. She now dedicates the rest of her time to building her start-up: Pass Comedy, the first LinkedIn for performing artists.

   

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  Villa Vauban

  Guided tour of the temporary exhibition: Viaggio in Italia. Views of Naples, Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan, 17th–19th century

  17h30 (FR) & 20h15 (EN)

  The exhibition takes us on a journey of discovery through Italy’s iconic cities and regions. Over a period of three centuries and from the hand of Italian, Dutch, French and British painters, it presents idealised ancient landscapes, numerous vedute and scenes of everyday life in urban settings. The paintings have in common the southern light, the elegance of the architecture, the charm of the landscapes and the omnipresence of Antiquity.

  Alongside views of the cities mentioned, there are capricci, imaginative compositions of ancient ruins in bucolic landscapes. The Roman squares painted by Gaspar van Wittel (1652–1736), the Venice of Canaletto (1697–1768) or the industrial city of Milan as seen by the futurist Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) are among the centrepieces on display.

   

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  Villa Vauban

  Guided tour of the permanent exhibition: A stroll through art. European painting and sculpture, 17th–19th century

  19h30 (FR), 20h30 (DE), 21h30 (EN), 22h30 (FR), 23h30 (EN)

  With more than 100 paintings and 14 sculptures, Villa Vauban’s permanent exhibition takes visitors on a journey through three centuries of artistic creation: from the 17th-century Netherlands to Italian dreamscapes and French painting around 1850. In addition to styles, art periods and numerous masterpieces, there are small formats and miniatures to discover, as well as the spectacular acquisitions of Jean-Pierre Pescatore, benefactor of the City of Luxembourg, on the occasion of the auction of King William II of the Netherlands’ collection in 1850. The great diversity of subjects and artistic styles is conveyed at the beginning of the tour in the form of an immersive video projection that transports visitors into the atmosphere of the paintings they will discover on their stroll through art.

   

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  Thematic guided tour: The Villa Vauban and its sculpture park

  17h15 (DE) & 18h30 (FR)

  The Villa Vauban, Art Museum of the City of Luxembourg, is located in the middle of a park designed by Édouard André (1840–1911), one of the main landscape artists of his time, and reconstituted in its original form. Discover the park and its sculptures during a guided tour.

   

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  Villa Vauban

  Thematic guided tour: Discovery of the casemates in the park of the Villa Vauban

  18h00, 20h00 & 22h00 (multilingual)

  Remember to bring a small flashlight! The visit begins in the park of Villa Vauban.

   

   

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  Villa Vauban

  Culinary night at Villa Vauban: Benoît & Claude Viticulteurs

  Ongoing

  Benoît & Claude Viticulteurs are a small, family-run winery located in the vineyards of Remich. During the Museum Night, you can find them at the Villa Vauban for a glass of “roude Fiederwäissen”, a first taste of the 2025 wines. Also take pleasure in a culinary time-out in the midst of the cultural richness of this special night.

   

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  Villa Vauban

  Culinary night at Villa Vauban: Chiche!

  Ongoing

  Chiche! is a Lebanese-Syrian restaurant that began as a pop-up in Hollerich and is now based in Limpertsberg, with locations across Luxembourg. It serves generous, multicultural cuisine while supporting refugees and migrants through training and employment. With 77 staff members from 22 countries, Chiche! blends food and social impact. For the Museum Night, Chiche! will serve traditional Syrian sandwiches with falafel and chicken shawarma.

   

• Image credits

  1 © Rachel Gillen I  2 © Max Kremer, Post Luxembourg I 3 © Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg, photo : Skandal Agency I 4 © Lil’ Aïda I 5 © Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg, photo : Nadia Dentzer I 6 © Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg, photo: Marion Dessard I 7 © Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg, photo: Nadia Dentzer I 8 © Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg I 9 © Claude Kox I 10 © SIP/Gregory Molitor