Exhibition opening on Saturday 3 October 2026 at 11.30 am, as part of Gondwana, the Mediterranean Plant Festival.

Following a research residency at the Graineterie of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, and a research and creative residency exploring flat glass at Faires Atelier, Pauline Beck has developed a practice over several years that brings together scientific observation, photography and poetry. Through her research, she observes, collects and catalogues plant forms to make the processes of germination, growth and reproduction more tangible.

For this exhibition, the artist focuses on the two elements essential to germination: water and light. Analogue photographs and sculptural works enter into dialogue with a wall installation comprising some fifty coloured glass forms inspired by seeds.

2026 marks a new chapter in the evolution of the Hyères Festival. Born in a town cherished by poets and artists, and housed in the home of illustrious patrons, the Festival remains a breeding ground for the creative avant-garde, where fashion and photography come together.

This year, three women, three internationally renowned creatives and three jury presidents have generously agreed to share their perspectives on the emerging artistic scene in fashion, photography and accessories respectively: Chemena Kamali (Creative Director of Chloé), Camille Vivier (photographer) and Cecilie Bahnsen (founder of the Cecilie Bahnsen fashion house).

The Festival retains the defining features that make it unique: group exhibitions showcasing the finalists, fashion shows, solo exhibitions devoted to the previous year’s winners, workshops exploring exceptional craftsmanship, and talks addressing key issues in fashion and photography.

Festival from 15 to 18 October 2026. Exhibitions until 28 February 2027.

A tribute to the vitality of the 1960s and 1970s, the exhibition unfolds a sun-drenched imaginary shaped by desire, the sea, and freedom, where leading figures of Pop Art — Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Evelyne Axell and Martial Raysse — dialogue with contemporary artists such as Théo Mercier, Judy Chicago, Tracey Emin, and Tschabalala Self. Between celebration and critical reflection, nearly 80 works explore the legacy of a pop spirit as vibrant as ever.

A display of the artist’s numerous sculptures (even his famous « mobiles »), paintings, drawings and lithographs. In partnership with the Maeght Foundation.

One hundred years ago, on 13 December 1926, Théo Van Rysselberghe passed away in the villa that now bears his name in Le Lavandou, leaving behind a considerable body of work and an indelible mark on the Var coastline that he had made his own.

As a co-founder of the famous Les XX group in Belgium, he was one of the key figures in fostering the artistic exchange between Brussels and Paris. His encounter with Georges Seurat and his theory of the division of tones was a true revelation for him. Under his brush, this scientific technique of divided brushstrokes is transformed into pure poetry. Joining his friend Henri-Edmond Cross in Le Lavandou, he made this fishing village his permanent home, gathering around him a circle of free spirits who turned this corner of the Var into an intellectual and artistic hub of rare intensity.

Today, the place that was his final studio pays tribute to him through an exhibition conceived in the spirit of openness and high standards that characterised this remarkable man. It brings together works from private collections, whilst also benefiting from loans from museums.

This exhibition highlights the relationship that may have existed between colour and abstraction in the second half of the 20th century. Colour struggled to make its mark in post-war abstract art, which was largely resistant to the use of bright hues.

Despite this resistance, colour asserts itself through geometry in the work of Jean Dewasne, through lyrical intensity in that of Georges Mathieu, Gérard Schneider, Serge Poliakoff, Hans Hartung and, today, Fabienne Verdier, or becomes the heart of the work in Simon Hantaï’s paintings. Across the Atlantic, Shirley Jaffe, Sam Francis, Kimber Smith and James Bishop embrace Matisse’s legacy and reinvent abstract painting by placing colour centre stage. These approaches give rise to a sensation, a feeling, even a language: ‘colour abstraction’.

Video : Antoine Villeneuve, the exhibition’s curator, discusses its origins.