{"id":4843,"date":"2015-08-04T08:10:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T06:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/lieux\/hab-galerie-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:04:29","slug":"hab-galerie","status":"publish","type":"lieu","link":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/en\/places\/hab-galerie\/","title":{"rendered":"HAB Galerie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Located at the westernmost tip of I\u0302le de Nantes, Hangar 21 is better known by its moniker, Hangar a\u0300 Bananes (aka, the \u201cBanana Hangar) due to its unique history: designed in 1949-50, it was built to receive exotic fruit from Africa \u2014 like bananas and pineapples \u2014 which were then unloaded and stored in this air-conditioned hangar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

As property of the port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire, it was renovated to host the first edition of the Estuaire Nantes <> Saint-Nazaire art biennial in 2007, where it was used as a vast exhibition space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dubbed the HAB Galerie in 2011 \u2014 and managed by the public corporation Le Voyage \u00e0 Nantes, which promotes Nantes and the surrounding region as a travel destination using culture \u2014 this permanent space is dedicated to contemporary art. <\/strong>Exhibitions here offer an opportunity to explore an artist\u2019s work, which is planned and completed in-situ, whether it features videos, sculptures, paintings, installations \u2014 or all the above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HAB Galerie also boasts an excellent bookstore- gift shop, with a wide array of publications on contemporary art, art history, architecture, design, graphic novels, children\u2019s books, and a selection of original objects made by local creatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<\/div><\/section>\n\t

Book shop<\/h2>I’m interested<\/a>\"\"<\/div><\/section>\t\n\t