LAAC Museum of Contemporary Art, Dunkirk

Museum of Contemporary Art in Dunkierka - a museum founded in 1982 on the initiative of the Dunkier Urbanist Gilbert Delaine.

Earlier, in 1974, Gilbert Delaine established the Association of Contemporary Art, which in the years 1974–1986 created a collection of works of contemporary sacred art, gathering over 900 paintings, sculptures, graphics and photographs of living artists from whole world. The leading theme of the collection called Dunkier Passion was life, torment and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The association purchased some of the works, and also turned to many artists with a proposal to create objects that could be included in the collection. As a result, a unique collection was created, including works of artists such as: Nicola Alquin, Armman, Francis Arnal, Georg baselitz, Luciano Castelli, Philippe Charpentier, Sergio Ferro, Rainer Fetting, Lucio Fontana, Paul Franck, Jacqueline Gainon, Karl Horst Hödicke, Koberling, John Franklin Koenig, Rolf Lukaschewski, Alfred Manessier, Tom Morandi, Mimmo Paladino, Arnulf Rainer, Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz, Gerard Schneider, Andy Warhol. The collection was shown in many cities around the world, also in Warsaw's Zachęta.

At that time, a building designed by Jean Willerval was built in Dunkierka, who won the architectural competition for the museum project in 1979. In the years 1979–1981 the Garden of Sculptures was implemented around the Museum - according to Gilbert Samel's design and using sculptures, among others Jean Arpa. The inauguration of the museum took place on December 4, 1982. In addition to the exhibition of the main collections, the museum organized temporary thematic exhibitions, including utility art, artistic glass and ceramics - ceramic dialogues.

From 1997, a new formula for the museum was worked on. They were opened again on June 25, 2005 under the name LIEU d’ART ET ACTION Contemporaine de Dunkkerque - Laac. However, with the new formula, the museum lost the character of the sacred art museum. The Gilbert Delaine collection was moved to Lille, where the center of contemporary sacred art was established in the Notre De Troille cathedral in 1999.