Roundtables | Step Across the Border – An art scene spanning the Grande Région

Roundtables is a programme created by Mudam Luxembourg and Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, designed to be an engaging space for discussing contemporary art. Our shared objective is to demystify contemporary art, encourage dialogue and foster an environment conducive to genuine interaction.  

The concept consists to gather around representatives of the Luxembourg art community to discuss, listen and reflect on contemporary art. Everyone is welcome, whether you are an artist, a cultural professional , or simply interested in the relationship between contemporary art and the world around us. Through short presentations followed by open conversation, Roundtables encourages questions, debate and new perspectives.  

Each session focuses on a specific theme, ranging from questions such as “How do artists respond to social change?” to “What goes on behind the exhibition scenes?, and is presented by guest speakers and members of the teams from both institutions.  

Roundtables creates an open environment for discussion, allowing conversations to flow naturally. It strengthens existing networks within Luxembourg’s art community and encourages the creation of new ones. It provides a space for learning, curiosity and the exchange of ideas, bringing together people eager for a shared exploration of the world of contemporary art.  

Step Across the Border – An Art Scene Spanning the Greater Region   

Over the past twenty-five years, institutions, artists and public authorities have launched numerous initiatives to build connections between cultural actors  in the Greater Region1. In today’s era of unprecedented cross-border economic and labour flows, how does this dynamic reflect in the field of contemporary art? Can the Greater Region be considered as a cultural entity on its own? 

Biographies  .

Julien Hübsch (b. 1995 in Esch-sur-Alzette) lives and works in Luxembourg and Germany. 

Julien Hübsch’s work investigates the constant negotiations between architecture, vandalism and collective authorship. Next to using tools like scanners and printers to create images taken from his surroundings, Hübsch constantly re-samples his own works, thus shifting his own timelines and keeping existing works in a constant state of process. His practice, which also includes large-scale interventions in exhibition spaces, oscillates between sculpture, painting, digital image-making and archive. 

 In 2023 he was awarded the Grand-Duc Adolphe Prize by the Cercle Artistique du Luxembourg (CAL). In 2026 he received the Andrea Neumann Kunstpreis in Saarbücken. He was a resident at Cité internationale des arts in Paris in 2023 and 2026, as well as at Fonderie Darling in Montreal, Quebec in 2024. 

Julien Hübsch’s works have been shown in galleries and institutions in e.g, Berlin, Frankfurt, Freiburg, New York, Luxembourg, Kassel and Mainz. They are part of the public collections of the Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart in Luxembourg, the Luxembourg National Library (BnL), the Lëtzebuerg City Museum and the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture. 

Marianne Villière 

Marianne Villière (b. 1989 in Nancy) lives and works in Strasbourg.  

After completing a Master’s degree at ENSAD Nancy in 2012, she graduated with a Master’s degree in CCC – Critical Curatorial Cybermedia Theory at HEAD – Genève in 2014. The same year she was awarded the Gianni Motti Prize. In 2024, she received the Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg, which granted her a six-months residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York. 

In the public space, her practice seeks points of rupture in order to reverse power dynamics and make margins and biodiversity visible. This leads her to create compositions of contextual and ephemeral situations. Discreet yet complicit, her interventions invite a double-edged reading. At first glance, the gesture may seem funny, light, or even superficial, only to confront us more directly afterwards. 

While still a student, she exhibited at the Biennale Jeune Création at Les Rotondes. In 2017, on invitation by Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, she participated in the Night of Museums alongside Catherine Elsen. Her first solo exhibition took place in 2020 at Espace d’art Dominique Lang in Dudelange. She also took part in residencies at Neumünster and Kulturfabrik, collaborating on several occasions with writer Jérôme Quiqueret. 

Claudia Passeri (b. 1977 in Esch-sur-Alzette) lives and works in Luxembourg and Italy.  

Passeri studied graphic design, scenography and photography in Bologna, Brussels and Rome. Since 2002, her work has been regularly exhibited in Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the United States. 

In 2006, she founded the curatorial project Agence Borderline with Michèle Walerich. She frequently organizes collaborations with artists and creatives from diverse backgrounds. In 2011, she received the Edward Steichen Award Luxembourg, which led to a four-month residency at ISCP in New York in 2012. A selection of her works was exhibited in 2014 at Mudam Luxembourg and Bozar in Brussels. In 2015, she created Mangia Mina, a solo exhibition at the Centre d’Art Nei Liicht in Dudelange, which was subsequently presented in 2017 at the SRISA Gallery in Florence. Since 2016, a permanent monumental work, Zeitgeist – Karl Cobain, has been on display at Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain. In 2016, she was awarded a research residency at Fonderie Darling in Montreal, Quebec, by Luxembourg’s Fonds culturel national (FOCUNA). In 2018, she co-founded the collective Common Wealth with Benoit Delzelle. The collective received the Bert-Theis Grant and held an artists’ residency in Italy in July 2019. In 2019, under the curatorship of Danielle Igniti, she occupied the Chapelle de la Charité as part of the Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles. 

In 2021, she was invited to participate in the group exhibition Freigeister – Fragments d’une scène artistique au Luxembourg et au-delà at Mudam Luxembourg. In 2022, she created two monumental installations: P.G.R. – Per Grazia Ricevuta (For Grace Received) in Belval, Sanem, and Nous avons remué terre et ciel, nous avons remué ciel et terre (We Moved Heaven and Earth, We Moved Earth and Heaven) in Kayl. In 2025, she presented the solo exhibition Rurale Brutale at Konschthal Esch in Esch-sur-Alzette.