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Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon
8 bis Quai Saint-Vincent
69001 Lyon


Art historian Michal B. Ron is an experienced host of Marcel Broodthaers Memorial Birthday Parties, which take place every January 28 and sometimes also halfway, July 28, when another Marcel (Duchamp) has his (full) birthday. A few of these yearly M.B. Memorial Birthday Parties have been celebrated together with An Paenhuysen, and for the Department of Filliousophy, Michal and An share their party expertise to create a Birthday of Art at la fête permanente of the Biennale on October 17, one of the key dates in Filliou’s Whispered History of Art on the origin of art. 2026 marks the 100th birthday of Robert Filliou (17.1.1926 – 2.12.1987) and the 1 000 063 Birthday of Art. How to celebrate art? We will do so at la fête permanente on October 17, one of the key dates in Filliou’s Whispered History of Art. “A propos de fête,” wrote Marianne Filliou concerning the annual anniversary party, “Robert’s proposal for Art’s Birthday is to take the artworks off the walls, out of the display cases, and so on, and simply celebrate art.” Or as Filliou put it in 1973 on the occasion of the first official Birthday Party of Art: “How about you joining the funmaking?”