Fondation Maeght
France’s first foundation for modern and contemporary art, the Maeght Foundation will celebrate its sixtieth anniversary in the summer of 2024. Created in 1964 by art dealers, publishers and lithographers Marguerite and Aimé Maeght, it was inaugurated in Saint-Paul-de-Vence by André Malraux and immediately recognised as a public utility. This anniversary will be marked by a major summer exhibition, “Bonnard-Matisse, a friendship”, the inauguration of new exhibition rooms devoted this year to the permanent collection, and a month of celebrations featuring concerts, dance performances, film screenings, readings, etc.
France’s first foundation for modern and contemporary art, the Maeght Foundation will celebrate its sixtieth anniversary in the summer of 2024. Created in 1964 by art dealers, publishers and lithographers Marguerite and Aimé Maeght, it was inaugurated in Saint-Paul-de-Vence by André Malraux and immediately recognised as a public utility. This anniversary will be marked by a major summer exhibition, “Bonnard-Matisse, a friendship”, the inauguration of new exhibition rooms devoted this year to the permanent collection, and a month of celebrations featuring concerts, dance performances, film screenings, readings, etc.
Programme
Hélène Delprat - Listen! This is an Eclipse
a monographic exhibition dedicated to Hélène Delprat, specifically designed for the ground-floor galleries of the historic building. History and the history of art — including key artists associated with the Fondation Maeght — subtly permeate the work of Hélène Delprat, a major figure in the contemporary art scene. Her works have been in dialogue with those of these great masters for many years within the Fondation Maeght’s collection.
The poetic title of the exhibition, borrowed from Alfred Jarry, sets the tone: “Listen! It’s the eclipse.” This showcase offers the best of Hélène Delprat’s personal and shared history through a journey of over sixty works, tracing her singular adventure. Often favoring unconventional paths over assured success, she took the road less traveled. Upon leaving the École des Beaux-Arts, her stay at the Villa Médicis and her entry into the prestigious Galerie Maeght seemed to promise a clear trajectory.
André Ostier - A photographer and the artists
An exceptional exhibition dedicated to photographer André Ostier (1906–1994), a discreet yet essential figure in 20th-century art. Through a selection of 32 silver gelatin prints, the exhibition highlights the elegance and subtlety of his vision, revealing the unique relationships he maintained with the artists of the Maeght family and the great figures of his time.
Celebrated for his ability to capture the essence of his subjects, André Ostier photographed personalities such as Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Georges Braque, and Alexander Calder. A worldly man and aesthete, he immortalized with rare sensitivity the moments of creation and the events that shaped the artistic and cultural life fostered by the Maeght family, with whom he had been close since the gallery’s early days.
Barbara Hepworth - Art & Life
The exhibition invites the visitor on a journey from the modernist carving that launched Hepworth’s career in the 1920s and 1930s, through the iconic strung sculptures of the 1940s and 1950s, to her later large-scale commissions. This retrospective reveals how she integrated music, dance, science, space exploration, politics and religion, as well as events in her personal life, into her work, creating a singular vision of art and life.
« Deeply spiritual and passionately engaged with political, social and technological debates in the 20th century, Hepworth was obsessed with how the physical encounter with sculpture could impact the viewer and alter their perception of the world. »
— Eleanor Clayton, Curator
Access
Fondation Maeght
623, chemin des Gardettes
06570 Saint-Paul-de-Vence
+33 (0)4 93 32 81 63
fondation-maeght.com
Monday – Sunday:
10:00AM – 7:00PM (July – August)
10:00AM – 6:00PM (rest of the year)
Last admission 30 minutes before closing time.
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PLACES TO DISCOVER
• Fondation Cab : conceptual art venue and member of the Plein Sud network, located just below the Fondation Maeght (Saint-Paul de Vence)
• Galerie Catherine Issert : contemporary art gallery with an international outlook (Saint-Paul de Vence)
• Festival de Saint-Paul de Vence : jazzy concerts in july (Saint-Paul de Vence)
• La Chapelle Matisse : entirely designed and decorated by Henri Matisse for the Dominican sisters (Vence)
PLACES TO STAY
• La Colombe d’Or : legendary hotel and restaurant with an impressive collection of modern art (Saint-Paul-de-Vence)
• Le Domaine du Mas de Pierre : Resort 5 étoiles & Spa, Relais et Châteaux : an intimate, luxurious French-style setting in the heart of a Mediterranean garden (Saint-Paul-de-Vence)
• La Vague : 4-star hotel, vintage architecture, fine dining and a pop-colored spa in the heights (Saint-Paul-de-Vence)
• Hôtel Les Messugues : 16-bedroom mas provençal (Saint-Paul-de-Vence)
• Château Saint-Martin & Spa : 5-star hotel in a former fortress on a mountainside, with a breathtaking view of the Riviera (Vence)
PLACES TO EAT
• Restaurant Le Tilleul: beautiful terrace and warm welcome (Saint-Paul de Vence)
• Le Fromager de Saint-Paul : good food and quality groceries (Saint-Paul de Vence)
• Le Lys d’or : delicious baker (La Colle sur Loup)
