Marseille-Provence 2013 Capital of Culture in March 2004 and later expanded their bid to include neighboring cities in Provence. A French jury selected Marseille as its choice in September 2008. In May 2009, the European Council officially announced that Marseille would be the European Capital of Culture in 2013 in parallel with the city of Košice in Slovakia. In 2006, the official Marseille-Provence 2013 association was created under French laws for non-profit organizations. It brought together members of both the public and private sectors and was first directed by Bernard Latarjet and then Jean-François Chougnet. The association administrative council was led by
EUROPEUM - European Culture Centre new place for the European Art collection which was to be the EUROPEUM. Other notable artworks include Catalan medieval Madonnas, Luca Giordano's "Flight into Egypt", “Man of Sorrows” by Jan Gossaert, "Portrait of a Boy with a Bow and a Dog” by Nicolaes Maes, “Portrait of Antonio Canova” by Antonio d’Este, François-Xavier Fabre’s “Portrait of Michał Bogoria Skotnicki” or Bertel Thorvaldsen’s “Mercury”. EUROPEUM - European Culture Centre The EUROPEUM - European Culture Centre is a division of the Kraków National Museum housing a permanent exhibition of European art. Placed on two floors in a restored 17th century granary, the museum