Besançon. Still at home in its exceptional building, the Higher Institute of Fine Arts is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Fifty years exactly. On May 16, 1975, the School of Fine Arts was inaugurated on Rue Denis-Papin, which previously shared the premises of the former conservatory, Place de la Révolution. With fewer than a hundred students at the time, Claude Dodane, then director, wanted to open an industrial aesthetics section (now object design, which is still the specificity of the ISBA) led by Charlotte Perriand, (renowned architect, designer, photographer, etc.). The Besançon regional school was at that time the only one to provide this comprehensive education in addition to traditional teaching.

The premises became cramped, and Jean Minjoz's municipality proposed the current location, which was merely agricultural land, in 1965. The plans were entrusted to...

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