Roubaix's 'Ni Dieu ni maître !' Exhibition Loses Libertarian Title for Besançon Run in 2027

The exhibition "Ni Dieu ni maître !", organized by La Piscine in Roubaix, will be presented under a different name when it travels to Besançon. At the Musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie in February 2027, the show will be retitled "L'Art en liberté". The change was made by the municipal government of Besançon, led by Les Républicains (LR), which invoked the principle of neutrality to justify dropping the original libertarian title. The Doubs prefecture's city hall is responsible for the renaming. The original title, "Ni Dieu ni maître !", is a well-known anarchist slogan, and its removal for the Besançon presentation marks a notable intervention by local authorities in the framing of a touring exhibition. The Roubaix venue, La Piscine, is the originating institution for the show. The Besançon display is scheduled for February 2027 at the Musée des beaux-arts et d'archéologie. No further details about the exhibition's content, curators, or additional tour venues were provided in the source material.