Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire From the Archive Collections at MuCEM and Avignon Musées November 1, 2018Most museums have massive amounts of ‘stuff’ filed, heaped, and mounded away in archives, basements and warehouses. The question is: what do they do with it all? It really is an issue. Marseille’s MuCEM inherited the contents of the Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires in Paris and now has around one million items. Over …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire Nice Biennial of Arts Museums Celebrate with Flowerworks August 4, 2022Flowerworks – that’s the theme for 10 museums and galleries across Nice from now until autumn and, in some cases, 2023. The Musée Massena has ‘Nice Queen of Flowers’, which looks at how flowers have provided motifs for local architecture and the decorative arts. But, of course, the painters loved them, too – Dufy (currently …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire New Art Exhibition at Musée Regards de Provence in Marseille January 26, 2018I have to hand it to the Musée Regards de Provence seems to keep finding interesting local artists to introduce to us all. This time, André Maire (1898-1984) was an inveterate traveller. He was very curious about people, civilizations and religions, and painted his impressions as he went. Continue reading here for details on this …Continue Reading
Explore · Guest Post Coming Soon to Marseille: MUCEM Plage July 2, 2015What a great idea – 640 tonnes of sand to be dumped on the MUCEM esplanade to make a big beach for the summer. It will be open all day for walks, picnics at shaded tables, pétanque games, ping-pong and, on Sundays, dances. There will also be workshops. MUCEM Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations …Continue Reading