Château de Linardié



 Château de Linardié is the name for a once active cultural center located in the South West area of France seven kilometres from Gaillac in the Tarn, France. It operated for 10 years, from 1996 to 2006.

History
 Château de Linardié functioned with the financial support from the town of Gaillac (led by its dynamic Mayor Charles Pistre), from the Department of the Tarn, and from the Midi-Pyrénées region. The project entailed the physical restoration of the Château itself and the establishment of an Association to run its activities. Founder  David Marshall began work on the Château on 8 January 1996 and the Association Culturelle du Château de Linardié was officially declared on 6 November 1996.

Château de Linardié employed secretarial and administrative personnel and appointed as artistic director, Danielle Delouche, a graduate from the University of Sorbonne VIII, Paris, and a specialist in Art History, who has been a contributor to numerous art and design periodicals. The Association collaborated with the University of Toulouse le Mirail, where the Director of the Department of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Xavier Lambert, as well as the Maître des Conférences, Carole Hoffman, were responsible for seminars, colloquia, and conferences. They were especially helpful in helping Linardié develop its artistic policy. Another key person was Francis Pratt, a former research fellow at the University of Stirling in Scotland where he was a founder member of the Vision Group.

Due to legal difficulties encountered by Gaillac, the town was forced to cede ownership of the Château in September 2006. It is no longer available to the Association and is now rapidly falling back into the state of ruin from which David Marshall rescued it in 1996.

Artists exhibited at Château de Linardié

 * Jacky BORZYCKI / painting	5 to 25 May 1997	France
 * Isabelle MAUREAU / painting	6 to 14 May 1998	France
 * Linda SHEPARD / glasswork	4 to 28 June 1998	U.S.A.
 * Thérèse BRANDEAU / sculpture	6 to 30 August 1998	France
 * Hilary McMICHAEL / painting	17 September to 18 October 1998	UK.
 * Anne McMICHAEL / ceramics	17 September to 18 October 1998	UK.
 * Vi N'GUYEN / painted sculpture	22 October to 15 November 1998	Vietnam
 * Paul REY / painting	1 to 25 April 1999	France
 * Marianne CATROUX / relief 	10 June to 4 July 1999	France
 * Katherine BOUCHARD / installation	15 July to 22 August 1999	Canada
 * Francis PRATT / painting	15 July to 22 August 1999	UK.
 * Roger BRACE / painting	15 July to 22 August 1999	UK.
 * Jill LANE / painting	15 July to 22 August 1999	UK.
 * Frank TOURREL / painting	2 to 26 September 1999	France
 * Patrick COHN / multi media	7 to 31 October 1999	France
 * CATERINA / painting	16 March to 9 April 2000	France
 * Jacky BORZYCKI / painting	11 May to 3 June 2000	France
 * Françoise BERTHELOT / sculpture	8 July to 31 August 2000	France
 * Joe BIGBIG / sculpture	8 July to 31 August 2000	Ghana
 * Patrick COHN / installation	8 July to 31 August 2000	France
 * Nacéra DÉSIGAUD / sculpture	8 July to 31 August 2000	Algeria
 * Patrick DIAZ sculpture	8 July to 31 August 2000	France
 * Thierry FRUMIN / installation	8 July to 31 August 2000	France
 * Jean-Baptiste GAUDIN / installation	8 July to 31 August 2000	France
 * Ernst GOTTSCHALK / sculpture	8 July to 31 August 2000	UK.
 * Xavier KREBS / painting	8 July to 31 August 2000	France
 * Stephen MARSDEN / painting	8 July to 31 August 2000	UK.
 * David MARSHALL / ceramics	8 July to 31 August 2000	UK.
 * Francis MASCLES / sculpture	8 July to 31 August 2000	France
 * Véronique MATTEUDI / sculpture	8 July to 31 August 2000	France
 * Abel REIS / sculpture	8 July to 31 August 2000	Brazil
 * Linda SHEPARD / glasswork	8 July to 31 August 2000	U.S.A.
 * Laure TETAR / multi media	12 October to 12 November 2000	France
 * Vincent GIOUSE / drawing	5 April to 20 May 2001	France
 * David RIBAS / painting	25 May to 1 July 2001	France
 * Anne FLEURY / painting	25 May to 1 July 2001	France
 * Marianne CATROUX / relief	8 July to 2 September 2001	French
 * Linda SHEPARD / glasswork	8 July to 2 September 2001	U.S.A.
 * Tidjane SEKOU TRAORÉ / sculpture	8 July to 2 September 2001	Burkina-Faso
 * Andrée OMNES-PLAT / drawing	7 September to 7 October 2001	France
 * Philippe ASSALIT / photography	21 October to 5 November 2001	France
 * Élisabeth POIRET / painting	28 March to 28 April 2002	France
 * Paul VILLAIN / poetry	28 March to 28 April 2002	France
 * Marika PERROS / painting	5 May to 23 June 2002	France
 * Jean-Philippe BAERT / installation	4 July to 25 August 2002	France
 * Patrick COHN / installation	4 July to 25 August 2002	France
 * Marie MAQUAIRE / video 	4 July to 25 August 2002	France
 * Monsieur CLUB & the Jim Caddy's Assistants / video – multi media	4 July to 25 August 2002	Germany France
 * Rémi PAPILLAULT / architect – installation	4 July to 25 August 2002	France
 * Alain JOSSEAU / multi media – installation	5 September to 20 October 2002	France
 * Agnès CHARBONNEL / photography	27 October to 24 November 2002	France
 * Sylvie FONTAYNE / photography	27 October to 24 November 2002	France
 * Anne MONTAUT / photography	27 October to 24 November 2002	France
 * Christine MORAZIN / photography	27 October to 24 November 2002	France
 * Fabrice DESAMIS / painting – collage	3 April to 18 May 2003	France
 * Eric ANDRÉATTA / installation – video	7 July to 31 August 2003	France
 * Claude FAURE / installation	7 July to 31 August 2003	France
 * Jakob GAUTEL / installation	7 July to 31 August 2003	Germany
 * Jason KARAÏNDROS / installation	7 July to 31 August 2003	France
 * Xavier LAMBERT / multi media	7 July to 31 August 2003	France
 * Miller LEVY / video	7 July to 31 August 2003	France
 * Pol PEREZ / installation	7 July to 31 August 2003	France
 * Les REQUINS MARTEAUX / installation	7 July to 31 August 2003	France
 * Pierrick SORIN / video	7 July to 31 August 2003	France
 * Véronique BARTHE / photography	7 September to 19 October 2003	France
 * Mireille LOUP / multi media – video	7 September to 19 October 2003	France
 * Mabel ODESSEY / photography	26 October to 23 November 2003	U.S.A.
 * Carole AUBERT / painting – installation	23 May to 27 June 2004	France
 * Didier CROS / painting	23 May to 27 June 2004	France
 * Chu-Yin CHEN / video – multi media	4 July to 29 August 2004	Korea
 * LAWICKMÜLLER / digital photography	4 July to 29 August 2004	Germany
 * Stéphane MASSON / installation	4 July to 29 August 2004	France
 * Orlan / multi media – photography	4 July to 29 August 2004	France
 * Nicole TRAN BA VANG / digital photography	4 July to 29 August 2004	Vietnam
 * Zhou XIAOHU / video installation	4 July to 29 August 2004	China
 * Ghizlane ABBADI / video	5 September to 17 October 2004	Morocco
 * Frédéric BELLI / painting – installation	5 September to 17 October 2004	France
 * Shadi GHADIRIAN / photography	5 September to 17 October 2004	Iran
 * Claude JEANMART / digital photography	5 September to 17 October 2004	France
 * Ginette LAFON / photography – installation	5 September to 17 October 2004	France
 * Véronique SAPIN / Video	5 September to 17 October 2004	France
 * Alice ODILON / photography	24 September to 28 November 2004	France
 * Thanos CHRYSAKIS / sound installation	3 April to 8 May 2005	Greece
 * Pascal Dombis / multi media installation	3 April to 8 May 2005	France
 * Francis PRATT / painting – Science	3 April to 8 May 2005	UK.
 * Rachel HENRIOT / multi media – video	15 May to 26 June 2005	France
 * Louis BEC / multi media installation – Science	3 July to 28 August 2005	France
 * Michel BRET / multi media 	3 July to 28 August 2005	France
 * Edmond Couchot / multi media 	3 July to 28 August 2005	France
 * Carmen MARISCAL / photography installation	3 July to 28 August 2005	Mexico
 * Karl Sims / video	3 July to 28 August 2005	U.S.A.
 * Marie-Hélène TRAMUS / multi media	3 July to 28 August 2005	France
 * Joseph Nechvatal / painting – Science	4 September to 16 October 2005	U.S.A.
 * Laurence DEMAISON / photography	30 October to 27 November 2005	France
 * Hans BOUMAN / video 	11 March to 7 May 2006	Holland
 * Andrea FORTINA / painting	11 March to 7 May 2006	Italy
 * Gilles GHEZ / modelage installation	11 March to 7 May 2006	France
 * Anne GOROUBEN / drawing – painting	11 March to 7 May 2006	France
 * Claude JEANMART / video multi media	11 March to 7 May 2006	France
 * Paloma NAVARES / photography	11 March to 7 May 2006	Spain
 * Vladimir SKODA / sculpture	11 March to 7 May 2006	Czech Rep.
 * Jack VANARSKY / installation	11 March to 7 May 2006	Argentina
 * Paloma Navares / photography – installation	3 June to 20 August 2006	Spain