From October 14-16, a delegation of FRAME members from across France, the United States, and Canada will gather in Lyon for FRAME’s 2026 Annual Conference. In partnership with its member museums and hosts for the conference, the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon and macLyon, FRAME has chosen to align this year’s conference theme with the context of the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennial, which will take place concurrently. Through a series of dedicated workshops and a keynote panel featuring prestigious figures from the art world, the 2026 conference will focus on the theme of “The Social Engagement of Museums and their Audiences through Contemporary Creation”.

FRAME Co-Presidents William B. Beekman and Christelle Creff extend their gratitude to Sylvie Ramond, General Director of the MBA I MAC Museums Pole, Lyon, and Director of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, for her enthusiastic invitation, as well as to Isabelle Bertolotti, Director of the MAC Lyon, and to Aurélie Voltz, Director of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Saint-Étienne, who will welcome the delegation to the FRAME exhibition Flying Colors: Dialogue with the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which is taking place simultaneously in Saint-Étienne.

FRAME’s keynote panel, which will take place on October 15 at 3pm CET/9am EST, is accessible on invitation only. It will be livestreamed, will explore key social issues and their impact on the museum community through the lens of artists and art world professionals. We will share the link for the session soon on our website and via LinkedIn.

Participants in the panel discussion are:

• Sandra Jackson-Dumont, cultural strategist, curator and educator
• Kent Monkman, interdisciplinary Cree visual artist who lives and works between New York City and Toronto
• Catherine Nichols, art historian, writer, and curator of the 2026 Biennial of Contemporary Art in Lyon and artistic director of Manifesta
• Barthélémy Toguo, French-Cameroonian painter, sculptor, and engraver

Moderator:

• Anaël Pigeat, journalist and art critic

To read this article in French, please click here.

The keynote panel discussion is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art. The Terra Foundation for American Art expands narratives of American art through its grants, collection, and initiatives. With offices in Chicago and Paris, the foundation works with organizations to foster intercultural dialogues and encourage transformative practices, locally and globally