TOULOUSE
The Pink City is a metropolis that can still be described as “a city on a human scale”. If you want to explore it on the surface on foot or by bike, you’ll find it rich in history, atmosphere and light. But for once, we invite you to explore it from below, underground, in a visit teeming with parallel universes thanks to the works of art in the metro…
Tisséo doesn’t just manage the city’s public transport system, it also tries to connect users with their urban environment. So, in 1993, when the first metro line A was inaugurated, Tisséo collectivités introduced a policy of enhancing public space with a selection of artists whose universes are curiously interwoven into the metro stations.
After familiarising yourself with the history of the metro in general, and the Toulouse metro in particular, you’ll dive right in with a presentation of works whose shapes, colours and textures are articulated in new ways between the walls, escalators and passers-by. These artists also invite you to reappropriate this sometimes frightening underground space. From Sophie Calle’s sweet notes to Marcheschi’s calligraphic vault of heaven, this tour is an artistic mediation that goes against the grain of the usual museum visit…
A total of 48 works of art can be seen on lines A and B of the metro, as well as on the tram line, covering some forty kilometres in all. Today, this network is considered to be the largest contemporary art gallery in France! On this tour, the guide chooses a selection of artists and you travel together on the most artistic transport line in the country!
Tour in partnership with Tisséo.
