Maeght Foundation’s 60th Anniversary, Turner Exhibition in Monaco, Miro and Matisse in Nice… Our 5 Cultural Must-Sees

Turner at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco

After Claude Monet in 2023, Grimaldi Forum Monaco, in collaboration with the Tate, will present this summer Turner: A Noble Heritage. A journey of over 2000 m2, 38 oils on canvas and 40 works on paper (watercolours and gouaches) by Turner, all in dialogue with around thirty works that include painting as well as sculpture, photography and video, modern and contemporary. artists. Cast: Peter Doig, Olafur Eliasson, Ronnie Horne, Lor Provost, Mark Rothko, James Turrell… J.M. the first modern artists. Seen through the lens of landscape experience, the exhibition shows that his work still resonates today.

July 6 to 1^eh September 2024, grimaldiforum.fr

Maeght Foundation. 60 years.

Maeght Foundation celebrates his 60th birthday. This timeless place on the French Riviera, where architecture blends closely with nature, where the walls do not exceed the tops of the canopy pines, was born from nausea. In 1953, Aimé and Marguerite Maegt lost their son, Bernard. What to do after this impossible mourning? Georges Braque advises them to create a foundation, their artist friends will help… The couple calls upon the Catalan architect Josep Luis Sert. Reinterpreting the codes of the Mediterranean village based on stones, whiteness, yards, the place is open, dedicated to artists. Miro, Giacometti, Braque, Tal Cote, Chagall, Ubac take part in the adventure… On the occasion of its 60th anniversary, the foundation opens magnificent new premises designed by the architect Silvio d’Asia and a summer exhibition. With love, Bonnard-Matisse. Magic, of course!

Until October 6: Fondation-maeght.com

Wiaz pays homage to Victor Hugo

After celebrating Marcel Proust with sensitive portraits at the exhibition Uncle Marcel, a family affair Pierre Passebon GPassage Alerie, Wiaz discusses another literary monument, Victor Hugo. Imaginary selective intimacy connects him with the poet. first, the book reveal THE: Marine workers later passed on with his paintings… the exhibition Ocean’s Man, a tribute to Victor Hugo reflects this artistic debt. Each canvas is a sea crossing, fueled by freedom, emotions, movement of waves, reflections of the moon, bursts of the sun. “I’m guided by my inspiration, I don’t forbid myself anything,” assures Wiaz. To our delight!

Through July 20 galeriedupassage.com

Miró-Matisse. “two for two” in Nice

What do Henri Matisse and Joan Miro have in common? They belong to different generations (Matisse was born in 1869, Miró in 1893), different movements (Fauvism for Matisse, Surrealism for Miró)… It’s the same. exhibition route MiróMatisse beyond images The Matisse Museum in Nice shows the thread that unites them, despite the decorative harmony of the one, the disturbing strangeness of the other; . The two artists recognized and admired each other. As evidenced by the final confrontation between the books of the two testaments. View of Notre Dame by Matis and Catalan peasant leader By Miró. Unity and distance…

Until September 29, 2024, musee-matiise-nice.org

Bert Morrison paints the city of Nice

The Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Cherét offers the perfect setting for this flagship exhibition dedicated to Bert Morisot. During the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, this is recognition for the first woman who participated in the exhibitions of this movement. Bert Morisot in Nice, Impressionist stops brings together for the first time about sixty of his works created in the Riviera and recalls the two lives of the artist in 1881-1882 and 1888-1889. The journey, which required real investigation, is rich with lessons on the working process, image studies and Morisot’s framework. Alongside this pioneering artist is a room dedicated to her contemporaries such as Marie Cassatt, Eva Gonzalez, Marie Bashkirsteff, showing the abundance of female creativity…

Until September 29, 2024, musee-beaux-arts-nice.org