Les Musées de Menton
Covering a period of more than 1 million years, the museums of Menton have a remarkable group of museums offering a multidisciplinary approach to art, from prehistory to modern art, including invitations to contemporary artists. Since 2005, thanks to a donation from Severin Wunderman, the town of Menton has presented the largest international collection of works by Jean Cocteau, Prince of Poets.
Covering a period of more than 1 million years, the museums of Menton have a remarkable group of museums offering a multidisciplinary approach to art, from prehistory to modern art, including invitations to contemporary artists. Since 2005, thanks to a donation from Severin Wunderman, the town of Menton has presented the largest international collection of works by Jean Cocteau, Prince of Poets.
Programme
Claude Como Sweet Symphony
Venue: Galerie des musées – Palais de l’Europe
Since the 1980s, Claude Como (b. 1964, lives and works in Marseille) has used oil paint, ceramics, resin, charcoal and wool to probe her own history and experiment with her complex relationship with the realities of the world, in which the living takes centre stage. For the Palais de l'Europe, the artist is using the Tufting technique to create "an immersive, proliferating, polymorphous work that can be touched and caressed".
Access
Galerie des musées – Palais de l’Europe
Palais de l’Europe, 8 avenue Boyer
Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 6pm. Closed on Sundays, Mondays and public holidays.
Musée jean Cocteau – Le Bastion
Quai Napoléon III - Bastion du Vieux Port
Open every day from 10am to 12.30pm and from 2pm to 6pm except Tuesdays and 1st January, 1st May, 1st November and 25th December.
Musée de Préhistoire Régionale
Rue Lorédan Larchey
Open every day from 10am to 12.30pm and from 2pm to 6pm except Tuesdays and 1st January, 1st May, 1st November and 25th December.
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