The Bali Foundation in Lugano, a new exhibition at Villa Carmignac, artist Turner’s secrets… Our 5 cultural highlights

The inner island at the Carmignac Foundation

The Carmignac Foundation invites reflection. The island is worthy. First boarding for Porquerolles. Then walk or cycle to the Villa, which sits on its promontory, through maritime pines and olive groves. Alicaster, Miguel Barceló’s sculpture mimics the visitor. Wandering can start barefoot with a lowered gauge of 50 people. 2000m Zen temple^2:with its water ceiling, welcomes this summer Inner island. Curated by Jean-Marie Gallet, the exhibition includes around fifty interactive works, including sculpture by Auguste Rodin, painting by Peter Doig, Silver Moon by Anna-Eva Bergman, photographs by Bernard Plossou, ikebana by Camille. Henri, painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, installation by Bruce Nauman… to ourselves. A journey between dream and reality.

inner island until November 5, 2023, Carmignac Foundation.

Opening of the Bally Foundation in Lugano

A pink 1930s lakeside villa with cypresses for keepers. Purple wisteria foliage and a flight of steps leading down to the water. This is the magical setting of the Bally Foundation’s new headquarters in Lugano, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. To open this place and this dreamlike landscape, the director Vittoria Matarese imagined the exhibition Unknown lake, Proustian reflection. Gardens painted in eyeshadow by Helen Muheim, carved by Willa Wasserman or woven by Elise Perrault, liquid objects by Mel O’Callaghan, story or chorus by Yannick Haenel, Adelaide Ferriot, giant flowers by Petrit Halila and Alvaro Urbano, deep waters. Skarnulyte, an animated heart by Rebecca Horne… The journey through Villa Heleneum takes us beyond space and memory to an exploration of our unconscious.

Unknown lakeuntil September 24, 2023, Bally Foundation.

“20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”, a theater odyssey

When Christian Heck is crowned with his three Molieres for his hilarity A bourgeois gentleman In the Comédie-Française, whose staging derives from the purest Belgian surrealism, the Porte Saint-Martin theater is relaunched. 20,000 leagues under the seaby Jules Verne created in Vieux Colombier in 2015. Along with his accomplice Valerie Lesort, Christian Heck takes us to the Nautilus, a legendary ship that is both a sea monster and a modern ship, captained by Captain Nemo. . This production for actors and puppeteers, which received a Moliere for visual creativity, is a joy.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea directed by Christian Heck and Valérie Lessor, May 10 to July 23, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin.

Joana Vasconcelos’ Tree of Life in the Castle

Joana Vasconcelos introduces the château Sainte-Chapelle with her installation Tree of life. The artist maintains ties with the capital of France, where she was born. She made an exhibition at the Palace of Versailles, the only woman invited in 2012, has a permanent job. heart of paris erected the Porte de Clignancourt. Tree of life, the 13-meter-tall monumental installation is made up of at least 110,000 leaves, all woven by hand. Conceived as a tribute to Queen Catherine de’ Medici, widow of Henry II (who worked on the development of the Sainte-Chapelle and planted 3,000 elms), this textile sculpture is inspired by Daphne, a mythical figure who became a tree. laurel- to escape from Apollo. A dazzling hymn to trees and women.

Joana Vasconcelos, until September 3, Château de Vincennes.

Turner, The Bible in Citadels and Mazenod

A superb reference work, This Turner combines a study written by John Gage, Turner and Constable emeritus (who edited JMW Turner’s correspondence), a chronology that charts the artist’s life in minute detail, and rich iconography that highlights: the artist’s light. Where we understand Turner’s journey, his reflection on composition and color that drives him to invent new forms, a vanishing painting that revolves around the transience of things. Moreau, Monet, Pissarro, Renoir and Ensor will completely take over this magical landscape painter.

Turner:By John Gage, Citadelles and Mazenod editions, 400 p, 335 illustrations, 199 euro, Citadelles & Mazenod.