Fondation Carmignac
The Carmignac Foundation, created in 2000 at the initiative of Edouard Carmignac, is a corporate foundation that focuses on two main areas: a collection of contemporary art that currently includes more than 300 works and the Photojournalism Prize supporting an annual investigative reportage that is the subject of an exhibition and a catalog.
Since June 2018, an exhibition space accessible to the public, the Villa Carmignac, has been created on the island of Porquerolles to offer temporary exhibitions, a garden inhabited by works specially created for the place as well as cultural and artistic programming.
Soberly integrated into the landscape, the Villa Carmignac is inserted in the heart of a National Park and on a classified site, no additional footprint on the ground is possible. The entire project therefore consisted in freeing up 2000 m2 of space under the surface of the ground, without modifying the contours of the house or the existing landscape.
The Carmignac Foundation, created in 2000 at the initiative of Edouard Carmignac, is a corporate foundation that focuses on two main areas: a collection of contemporary art that currently includes more than 300 works and the Photojournalism Prize supporting an annual investigative reportage that is the subject of an exhibition and a catalog.
Since June 2018, an exhibition space accessible to the public, the Villa Carmignac, has been created on the island of Porquerolles to offer temporary exhibitions, a garden inhabited by works specially created for the place as well as cultural and artistic programming.
Soberly integrated into the landscape, the Villa Carmignac is inserted in the heart of a National Park and on a classified site, no additional footprint on the ground is possible. The entire project therefore consisted in freeing up 2000 m2 of space under the surface of the ground, without modifying the contours of the house or the existing landscape.
Programme
The Inner island
From Peter Doig to Anna-Eva Bergman, from Ali Cherri to Auguste Rodin, the exhibition proposes to confront visitors with these floating worlds outside known geographies and temporalities.
Archipelagos will be created in the exhibition as with the installation sculpted by termites of Agnieszka Kurant under the water ceiling of the Villa Carmignac. Strange presences, human, animal, hybrid or supernatural, will populate the places through the paintings of Andrew Cranston or Verne Dawson but also the sculptures of Francis Uprichard or Corentin Grossmann in the gardens. You will have to abandon yourself, dizziness and tilting await you in the solar or twilight worlds of Harold Ancart, Marcella Barceló, Tursic & Mille or Christine Safa.
Access
Fondation Carmignac
Piste de la Courtade
Île de Porquerolles
83400 Hyères
+33 (0)4 65 65 25 50
villacarmignac.com
Open from May to October.
Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Mondays) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Last entry at 4.30 p.m.
Nocturnals on Thursdays until 9 p.m. (last admission at 7:30 p.m.)
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PLACES TO DISCOVER
• The farmers’ market of local producers : every Tuesday in downtown Hyères.
• The Saint Paul collegiate : church built in 1182 and classified as a Historical Monument.
• Parcours des Arts et du Patrimoine : about 40 galleries, craftspeople workshops and boutiques in the pedestrian streets of the old town.
PLACES TO STAY
• La Reine Jane : a family hotel with 14 bedrooms decorated by 14 designers. Aperitif on the rooftop and pleasant, generous restaurant, ideal with friends.
• Le Provençal*** : an institution of the Giens Peninsula: sea view, legendary seawater pool, friendly welcome.
• Lido Beach : hotel located in edge of beach with sight on the roadstead of Hyères.
PLACES TO EAT
• La Rascasse : the gourmet restaurant of the hotel Le Provença overlooks the sea and the Hyères islands with its outside terrace.
• Le Pothuau : provençal seafood specialities. Bouillabaisse, provençal bourride, fish soup and seafood paella… Reservation required.
• La Langouste : snack in the villa Noailles’ garden.
• Le Marais Plage : mediterranean cuisine to enjoy in front of the sea.
• Chez Lulu : traditional Italian cuisine and Le Frigo de Lulu for the Italian delicatessen and snack.
• Le Denti : fish eatery, 100% sea and local. Ideally located on a terrace downtown.
• La Brasserie : the traditional bistro of the hôtel Le Provençal.
• Don Pappazino : delicious pizzas.
