USEFUL INFORMATION
MAMAC
Major works from the 1960s to the present day. A rich collection of nearly 1,400 works by 300 artists.
Place Yves Klein - 04 97 13 42 01
From 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. every day except Monday mamac-nice.org
CHARLES NÈGRE
PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM
The power of the image. Temporary monographic exhibitions of the biggest names in photography.
1, place Pierre Gautier - 04 97 13 42 20
From 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. every day except Monday
Gallery of the Photography Museum from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. except Monday museephotographie.nice.fr
JULES CHÉRET MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
A Belle-Epoque palace offering six centuries of art history. An important collection of works covering the history of art from the 14th to the 20th century.
33, av. des Baumettes - 04 92 15 28 28
From 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. every day except Monday musee-beaux-arts-nice.org
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Past and present of the naturalistic sciences of Nice. The Museum now boasts more than a million specimens covering three areas of natural history (botany, zoology and geology).
60 bis, boulevard Risso - 04 97 13 46 80
From 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. every day except Tuesday mhnnice.org
MATISSE MUSEUM
The world of Henri Matisse in the exceptional setting of the Villa des Arènes de Cimiez.
Inaugurated in 1963 in the Villa des Arènes, the Matisse Museum houses donations to the City of Nice from Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and his heirs, i.e. nearly 600 works and 130 objects that belonged to the artist.
164, av. des Arènes de Cimiez - 04 93 81 08 08
From 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. every day except Tuesday musee-matisse-nice.org
MASSÉNA MUSEUM
Riviera winter resort villa, a journey through art and history. Through its collections, this museum evokes the art and history of the Riviera from the attachment of Nice to France until the end of the Belle Epoque.
65, rue de France - 04 93 91 19 10
From 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. every day except Tuesday massena-nice.org
PALAIS LASCARIS
Baroque jewel in the heart of Old Nice. Former residence built by the Lascaris family from Ventimiglia and today a museum of old musical instruments.
15, rue Droite (Vieux-Nice) - 04 93 62 72 40
Every day from 10.00am to 6.00pm sauf le mardi nice.fr/culture/musees-et-galeries/palais-lascaris-le-palais
ANATOLE JAKOVSKY INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF NAIVE ART
The château of naive, raw, singular art. Anatole and Renée Jakovsky devoted their lives to legitimising naive art and bringing together a unique collection. The museum now presents the most famous naive artists.
Château Sainte-Hélène
23, avenue de Fabron 04 93 71 78 33
From 10.00am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 6.00pm every day except Monday
nice.fr/fr/culture/musees-et-galeries/musee-d-art-naif
TERRA AMATA PREHISTORY MUSEUM
Meet the first people of Nice. The Terra Amata Prehistory Museum is located on the site of the excavation of the site of the same name which delivered up the oldest homes in the history of Humanity, dating from 400,000 years before our era.
25, boulevard Carnot - 04 93 55 59 93
From 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. every day except Tuesday
musee-terra-amata.org
NICE/CIMIEZ ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM
When Cimiez was Roman. The Cimiez district preserves Roman archaeological remains from the city of Cemenelum which testify to life in Cemenelum in Roman times.
160, av. des Arènes de Cimiez - 04 93 81 59 57
From 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. every day except Tuesday musee-archeologie-nice.org
PRICES
PASS ALL MUSEUMS IN NICE
Valid 4 days/ 96 hours
€ 15/€ 10 (group)
ENTRY TICKET
• “Matisse in the 1930s. Through Cahiers d’Art”:
Matisse and Archaeology Museum: € 12 This ticket includes admission to the Musée d’Archéologie de Nice / Cimiez.
• Museum of Photography, Palais Lascaris, Museum of Archaeology, Terra Amata: € 5/€ 4 (group)
• Natural History Museum:
€ 3,50
GUIDED TOURS Duration: ± 1h
€ 6,20/€ 85 (group)
Tour times and bookings at the corresponding museums. Free admission for children under 13 accompanied and during cultural events.
FREE TICKET
Under set conditions and upon presentation of proof for minors, job seekers, people on benefits (RSA, ASS and ASPA), Mobilité Inclusion, students, teachers, curators, ICOM and ICOMOS members, journalists and tour guides.
NICE MUSEUMS PASS
Free for metropolitan residents
Access on presentation of an identity document and proof of address less than 3 months old.
INFORMATION & ACCESS
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• Ben “We’re all crazy”: Museum of Naive Art: € 8/€ 6,50 (group)
• MAMAC, Fine Arts, Massena: € 10/€ 8 (group)
N.B. : The programme is subject to change. For more information, visit nice.fr
EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS
16-17 septembre 2023
For its 40th edition, the European Heritage Days have the themes “living heritage” and “sporting heritage”. Visit the monuments and sites specially open and discover the museums’ events.
YOURS TO DISCOVER: LE 109, CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTURES
| EXHIBITIONS |
1963: a look back, 60 years later
Bernar VENET
Until 2 September
2023 marks the sixtieth anniversary of Le Tas de Charbon, a work inscribed in the imagination of the public as emblematic of the provocative, radical, transgressive nature of contemporary art as a whole. The exhibition presents: Le Tas de Charbon, Goudrons (paintings), Portraits Noirs (Photographs), Macadam (film and photographs), the book “Noir et Relief Cartons”.
Exhibition view “Bernar Venet, 1961-2021: 60 Jahre Performance, Malerei und Bildhauerei”, Kunsthalle Berlin, Aéroport de Tempelhof, Berlin, Allemagne, 2021. Credit: Daniel Biskup / Mit freundlicher Genehmigung: Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur Bonn / © Bernar Venet, ADAGP 2023
On the fly
Until 2 September
The three artists who won the 2018/2019 prizes for young creation from the City of Nice and the Venet Foundation - Mouna Bakouli, Amentia Siard-Brochard, Johan Christ-Bertrand - present paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and videos and demonstrate the diversity of artistic practices of young talents trained in Nice at the ENSA of Villa Arson. This exhibition is part of the policy of the City of Nice to support young creation and dissemination.
| FESTIVALS |
Public lighting
Friday 16 June from 6.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.
Saturday 17 June from 2.00 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.
Sunday 18 June from 2.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
3 days of free festival, a friendly event to meet its residents, their productions, their guests, all disciplines combined.
Bel Aprem’
21, 28 June and 5, 12, 19, 26 July Until 10.00 p.m.
Panda Events and Le 109 invite you to a concept of relaxed afternoons and evenings with music, in the interior courtyard of Le 109, to enjoy original entertainment (table tennis, pilou, molky, table football and lots of others surprises) and exhibitions.
Le 109
The former slaughterhouses of the city of Nice are transformed into a multidisciplinary artistic center to bring “new blood” to contemporary creation.
89, route de Turin
Tél : +33 (0)4 97 13 32 56
Free entrance from Wednesday to Saturday from 11.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. le109.nice.fr
L’ARTISTIQUE AND THE FLAGSHIP OF THE SCHOOL OF NICE
ARMAN, BEN, CÉSAR, l’ABC de la Collection Donation Ferrero
Until 29 July
The works of Arman, Ben and César, close friends of Jean Ferrero, represent nearly 15% of the collection. They are the ABC of this collection, even its DNA. This temporary exhibition offers more than thirty works by these three artists, some of which are previously unseen.
| DON’T MISS | Retrospective of Martine Doytier
From 9 September 2023 to 24 February 2024
L’Artistique is putting on a major retrospective exhibition of the work of Martine Doytier, that artist who died too soon, at the start of her notoriety. Two of her major works are present in the City’s collections: Monsieur Martin, her only sculpture made in 1975, and the Unfinished Self-Portrait, 1979 -1984. Discover her unique, singular works.
“Autoportrait 1979 - 1984” (détail), Collection Ville de Nice / Donation Ferrero
© Michel COEN
L’Artistique
A unique set of contemporary art brought together by Jean Ferrero, photographer, collector, friend of the artists known as the École de Nice. Arts and Culture Center and Espace Ferrero.
27, boulevard Dubouchage - Tél : 04 93 13 47 70
Free entry. From 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday
Closed in August
lartistique@ville-nice.fr
nice.fr/fr/culture/musees-et-galeries/l-artistique nice.fr/fr/culture/lectures-et-conferences
USEFUL TO KNOW: GUIDED TOURS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Tour of old Nice and the fascinating history of its narrow streets
On Mondays at 9.30 a.m.
On Tuesdays at 2.30 p.m.
On Thursdays at 2.30 p.m.
Meeting place: Heritage Center
Le Sénat
14, rue Jules-Gilly
When Nice invented the Riviera
UNESCO World Heritage Site
On Mondays at 9.30 a.m.
Meeting place: Mission Nice
Patrimoine Mondial 75, quai des États-Unis
Ticket office online: vah.fr
Fort du Mont AlbanPhoto : © Viglietti VDN
CINÉMA UNDER THE STARS
| PROJECTIONS |
In the stars…
Gravity by Alfonso Cuarón
Tuesday 11 July
Audrey Hepburn, 30 years!
Two for the road by Stanley Donen
Tuesday 18 July
Film shot in Nice and at Studios de la Victorine
Summer on the Côte
The Brice Man by James Huth
Tuesday 25 July
Film shot in Nice and at Studios de la Victorine
In the stars…
2001: A space odyssey by Stanley Kubrick
Tuesday 1 August
Audrey Hepburn, 30 years!
Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Blake Edwards
Tuesday 8 August
Summer on the Côte Magic in the Moonlight by Woody Allen
Tuesday 22 August
Film shot in Nice and at Studios de la Victorine
In the stars…
The Martian by Ridley Scott
Tuesday 29 August
Quai de la Douane at the Port of Nice Free entrance within the limit of available places
VOST screenings every Tuesday during the summer at 9.30 p.m.
NICE SUMMER HERITAGE EVENTS
Heritage sites, guided tours, exhibitions… hear the story of Nice. Accompanied by tour guides from the Ville d’art et d’histoire department or on your own, on foot or by bike, discover the city’s unmissable spots.
Ticket office online: vah.fr
“MATISSE AND THE 1930S IN NICE” GUIDED TOURS
Echoing the exhibition “Matisse in the 1930s. Through Cahiers d’Art” presented from 23 June to 24 September at the Matisse Museum.
Nice and Matisse
Thursday 13 and 27 July, 10 and 24 August, 7 and 21 September, at 9.30 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours
Remembering Matisse in Nice: the places he loved which may have influenced his art. The highlight of the guided tour ends with the exhibition at the Matisse Museum.
Nice in the 1930s
Thursday 6 July, 3 and 31 August, at 9.30 a.m. The inauguration of the Palais de la Méditerranée in 1929 ushered in the golden age of art deco in Nice.
Nice on the beach
Thursday 22 June, 20 July, 17 August and 14 September, at 9.30 a.m.
While the Americans have had a presence in Nice since the 19th century, in the 1930s, they brought modernity and changing customs.
FOCUS ON THE BELLANDARIUM!
The Bellandarium, nestled in the heart of the Bellanda Tower, tells you the story of the hill of the Château and of Nice! Discover the fate of Publius Verduccius Alpinus, Catarina Segurana, Audebert de Barras, Teresa du Malounat, Gaetano Rosso known as “la Ratteta”, Lady Penelope Pitt-Rivers, Thomas Coventry and many others.
Access Montée Lesage - Colline du Château
Tuesday to Saturday from 9.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Ticket office online: vah.fr or at the Heritage Center - Le Sénat, 14 rue Jules Gilly
MATISSE IN THE 1930s. THROUGH CAHIERS D’ART
From 23 June to 24 September
For the first time, an exhibition is being exclusively devoted to the 1930s in the work of Henri Matisse. On an unprecedented scale, it brings together special loans, never shown in Nice, from public and private collections. The route of the exhibition passes through the 1930s, reflecting the profound transformation that took place in the art of Matisse. His work then reached another dimension.
1953-2023. HISTORY OF A COLLECTION
To mark its sixtieth anniversary, the Matisse Museum presents a dossier exhibition which traces its history. Unpublished archives, photographs and accounts shed new light on the constitution of the museum and its singular collection.
“AN ODE TO NATURE” BY JEFFREY CONLEY
Until 24 September
Exhibition devoted to the great American photographer Jeffrey Conley, famous for his black and white landscapes. Following the tradition of landscape photography in the United States, his works embody a plea to restore concern and respect for nature.
Waterfall, Southern Alps, NZ, 2011 Credit Jeffrey Conley
JOURNEY THROUGH THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTIONS
Until 15 August
A thematic journey through the history of art, from the 13th to the 20th century, from medieval religious painting to the modern works of Raoul Dufy.
ANONYMOUS, after Luigi GUGLIELMI, Head of a veiled woman, late 19th century, marble, N.Mba 5782 Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret © Ville de Nice
NAMES OF THE GODS!
From 27 May to 24 September
Through astonishing installations in the gardens and galleries of the museum, street artist César Malfi tells the story of the ancient Roman city of Cemenelum in an inventive, creative way. When the gods of the sky encounter the gods of the street.
BRIQ’AMATA
Lego® and men (prehistoric)
From 1 July to 24 September
MiniDariusT discovers Terra Amata and Prehistory. He explores this 400,000-year-old beach, meets Homo heidelbergensis, visits his hut. This exhibition presents the photographs of MiniDariusT, Lego® dioramas and looks back on Prehistory and the Acheulean site of Terra Amata.
PATRICK HANEZ, “RETROSPECTIVE”
From 30 June to 10 September
Gallery of the Museum of Photography
Whether it’s Urbex, portraiture or culinary art, Patrick Hanez explores the world of colour as well as that of black and white. For ten years, it’s in regattas of old rigging that he finds his inspiration.
Écume, Les Voiles d’Antibes 2017 © Patrick HANEZ
“WE’RE ALL CRAZY”
Carte blanche to Ben
Until 6 May 2024
Benjamin Vautier, known as Ben, comes to the museum for a full year. A self-taught artist, he brings his precise, affectionate look which, while shaking up space, seeks to find the backbone of Anatole Jakovsky’s naive art museum created 40 years ago.
CAROLINE TRUCCO? “YES, BUT STANDARD WORDS”
Until 1rst of October
Contemporary gallery
Born in 1987 in Nice where she lives and works, Caroline Trucco was noticed at the 60th Salon de Montrouge, which each year reveals young artistic talents in France. She developed a protean artistic approach questioning the notions of exoticism, elsewhere and the Other. She led collaborative work based around ethnography in the artistic field.
Caroline Trucco, L’errance du Lys, 2023 © Adagp, Paris 2023
THU-VAN TRAN. NOUS VIVONS DANS L’ÉCLAT
Until 1rst of October. Second floor
MAMAC is organising the first major museum monograph in France of artist Thu Van Tran.
The exhibition highlights the main aspects of her work: an artistic world imbued with her dual Franco-Vietnamese culture; the common history of the two countries and the visible or invisible heritage still inscribed in the language, the bodies in Vietnam; the sustainable transformation of landscapes and the issues raised around the living.
Thu Van Tran. View of exhibition Viva Arte Viva, 57e Biennale of Venise, 2017. © Adagp, Paris 2023 - Picture : Thu Van Tran
ARTY PARTY! SUMMER’S HERE!
Saturday 8 July from 10.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. Get together for the event of the summer! Treasure hunts, storytelling, workshops with the artists. The museum becomes the playground of musicians, storytellers and actors for encounters and magical moments.
Fils de Flûte, Christophe Servas
© Lou Breton / M6
Summer programme : mamac-nice.org/fr/evenement/ cest-lete-au-mamac
ODON. BAROQUE METAMORPHOSIS
Until 25 September
This exhibition “Odon, baroque metamorphosis” brings together more than sixty recent braidings and designs by the artist which find their place in the architecture of the Palace dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.
© Odon, Nice 2 (détail), Adagp, Paris 2023
THE RIVIERA IN PAINTING
Seeing the Riviera and beyond in painting, Emmanuel Costa (1833-1921)
From 22 June to 17 September
Emmanuel Costa was one of the most productive of Nice painters, one of the most appreciated by landscape collectors on the Côte d’Azur. We owe him the ceiling of the Opéra de Nice. He was also a talented portrait painter and little-known religious painter.
THE BAROQUE FROM A TO Z. THE CHAMBER OF WONDERS. WORKS BY SYLVIE T.
Until 15 January 2024
The Palais Lascaris Museum presents the exhibition “The Baroque from A to Z. The Chamber of Wonders. Works by the artist Sylvie T.”, which brings together more than 50 drawings, engravings, palimpsests, sketchbooks and other surprises by the artist.
A COLLECTION WITH 1 MILLION SPECIMENS
Founded from the collections of two 19th century naturalists from Nice, the museum now houses more than 1 million specimens. Reflecting the exceptional biodiversity and geo-diversity of the Nice region, it studies and raises public awareness of the riches of the natural heritage.
Guided tours by reservation: paul.thoisy@ville-nice.fr
| EVENT |
E. Costa : Nice, le quai du Midi, 1854
RICHARD ORLINSKI DECORATES THE CITY OF NICE
From 8 June to 30 September
The artist Orlinski’s will be on display as you walk around Nice. This spectacular exhibition, which can be seen day and night, features groups of ten spectacularly large sculptures. The iconic Kong, Standing Bear, T Rex, and Crocodile will be in the city, transformed into an open-air museum.
ORIGIN KONG
MUSEUM MUSEUM
L1
L2
Tramway L1
L1
5 KONG
T-REX
Tramway L2
MUSEUM MUSEUM
BARIL
CHEVAL STANDING BEAR
9 MUSEUM MUSEUM 12
6
Tramway L2
MUSEUM MUSEUM
© Amelie Marzouk
CULTURAL LOCATIONS IN NICE
1 MATISSE MUSEUM
164, avenue des Arènes de Cimiez
Bus : Lignes 5, 18, 16, 40, 33 Arènes - Musée Matisse
2 NICE/CIMIEZ ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM
160, avenue des Arènes de Cimiez
Bus : Lignes 5, 18, 16, 40, 33
Arènes - Musée Matisse
3 TERRA AMATA PREHISTORY MUSEUM
25, boulevard Carnot
Tramway : L2 Port Lympia
4 CHARLES NÈGRE PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM
1, place Pierre Gautier
Tramway : L1 Opéra - Vieille Ville
5 JULES CHÉRET MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
33, avenue des Baumettes
Tramway : L2 CUM
6 ANATOLE JAKOVSKY INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF NAIVE ART
23, avenue de Fabron
Tramway : L2 Fabron
7 MAMAC
Place Yves Klein
Tramway : L1 Garibaldi
Tramway : L2 Garibaldi - Le Château
8 PALAIS LASCARIS
15, rue Droite
Tramway : L1 Opéra - Vieille Ville
9 MASSÉNA MUSEUM
65, rue de France
Tramway : L2 Alsace-Lorraine
10 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
60, boulevard Risso
Tramway : L1 Garibaldi
11 LE 109
89, route de Turin
12 L’ARTISTIQUE
Arts and Culture Center
Espace Ferrero
27, boulevard Dubouchage
13 CINÉMA EN PLEIN AIR LE
14 HERITAGE CENTER LE SÉNAT
14, rue Jules Gilly
Tramway : L1 Vieille Ville
T-REX MUSEUM 12 L2 WILD KONG KONG ROARING LION OURS MARCHANT MUSEUM MUSEUM 4 MUSEUM 8 13 MUSEUM MUSEUM 7 MUSEUM MUSEUM 10 MUSEUM MUSEUM 3 CROCODILE MUSEUM MUSEUM 2 MUSEUM 1 MUSEUM 11 LE SÉNAT 14 MUSEUM MUSEUM
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10 museums with unique permanent collections and multiple experiences
4 , 000 centuries of Art and History in the open air between sea and mountains
A timeless, universal museum experience mixing heritage and modernity, memory, and future
Nice, Winter Resort Town of the Riviera UNESCO World Heritage Site
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