On 14 and 15 September, gourmets will be able to join special evenings of the gastronomic Festival of Stars at the Hermitage Hotel.
The real stars of haute cuisine Yannick Alleno, who has nineteen Michelin stars on his account, and Chef Richard Lee from Saison in San Francisco, will offer the public an author’s menu.
The cost of the dinner is 650 euros
On 13 and 14 September, anyone can join the biennale of contemporary art ‘Les visiteurs du soir’.
Eight cultural venues in the Principality will be the setting for the festival. Monaco’s new national museum, the Villa Sauber, invites you to the exhibition ‘Pasolini, en chiaroscuro’, a collection of classic paintings accompanied by video installations featuring excerpts from films by the iconic Italian director Pasolini.
The Princess Grace Theatre will host a meeting with composer and visual artist Luciano Cessa on 13 September, after which the audience will be immersed in the atmosphere of the unusual musical performance ‘Monaco Veloce’.
Other museums and galleries in the Principality, such as Villa Paloma, Pavillon Bosio, Società delle Api and Collect MC, will also be inviting visitors to visit the exhibitions free of charge.
The programme of the large-scale festival includes performances and meetings at venues in neighbouring cities: the French town of Menton, Bosolei and Dolceacqua in Italy.
From 12 to 27 September, the leading online platform Art Collect will hold an exhibition at Espace22 gallery.
The guests will be able to get acquainted with the works of contemporary artists from France. Fred Ballin, Islablack, Fabienne Dessoli, Christophe Coupe, Marie de Oliveira, Loelia Lange, Pierre Bayeux, Jean-Marc Roumejon, Eric Broliquier Sautour, Christine Teri-Demore, Antoine Pisano will present their works as part of the collective exhibition.
On 12 September, the gallery will host a vernissage.
Entrance to the exhibition is free
From 2 to 15 September, Espace Léo Ferré and Monaco Town Hall are presenting a large photographic exhibition in memory of Léo Ferré (1916-1993), a popular Monaco performer. A concert hall in the Fontvieille district was named in his honour.
Belgian photographer Hubert Grooteklas (1927-1994) recounts his friendship with the artist, which lasted more than three decades.
The exhibition will be the final event at Espace Léo Ferré before the move.
The exhibition can be visited free of charge.
From 1 September to 30 October, the Metropole shopping centre will open Monaco’s first pop-up with exclusive black caviar and French Perrier-Jouët champagne.
Perrier-Jouët is a champagne producer from the Épernay region of Champagne. The house was founded in 1811 by Pierre-Nicolas Perrier and Rose Adelaide Jouët and produces both vintage and non-vintage cuvées, around 3,000,000 bottles a year, under the prestigious Belle Epoque label.
Classic Caspian Caviar will offer several types of luxury caviar, including The Royal BelugaCaviar. The company follows sustainable production methods. All sturgeons come from certified farms where the fish live in fresh seawater. The animals are raised in natural conditions and therefore taste almost identical to wild-caught sturgeon.
Set menus and private events will be available to guests. Exclusive champagne and black caviar can be tasted daily from 10:00 to 19:30.
Brighton band Youth Sector will be performing at the Grimaldi Forum on 5 September. The English are ready to rock the stage in Monaco! Their music is an endless stream of positive energy. Their hits have been played on prestigious BBC radio stations and their funny videos get hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube.
Chagall and his cry for freedom in Nice
Until 16 September
This summer, the Musée National Marc Chagall in Nice is hosting an exhibition that presents a radically new perspective on the work of the greatest artist of the 20th century. Chagall, born in Belorussia, then part of the Russian Empire, survived anti-Semitic persecution, two world wars, exile and personal grief. The author of the great ‘Biblical Message’ of twelve paintings of Genesis and Exodus and the ‘Song of Songs’ is considered a brilliant colourist, poet and visionary who interpreted religious texts with inspiration. Yet the political side of his art remained in the shadows for decades.
The timely exhibition in Nice is the fruit of the artist’s granddaughter’s selfless and painstaking archival work. Meret Meyer, who attended the opening of the exhibition, emphasised the deeply humanistic nature of her grandfather’s art. The exhibition features true masterpieces, including ‘Loneliness,’ provided by the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The painting was painted in 1933, when Hitler came to power in Germany. A white calf lies beside a pitiful and inconsolable rabbi with a Torah in his hands, whose huge moist eye seems to symbolise the approach of the coming tragedies. Another canvas that cannot leave anyone indifferent is ‘Purim’. The painting, painted in 1916, was exhibited by the Nazis in Germany in 1937 as an example of degenerate art.
The National Marc Chagall Museum also presents a number of documents that testify to the upheavals of the last century that affected the greatest artists of our time. Among them are two prints illustrating Anne Frank’s book, and ‘A Prayer of Remembrance’ from 1946, which recounts the horror of the Holocaust with incredible simplicity and as if in hushed tones. The historical and political orientation of the exhibition is underscored by documents, including an extract from the French register concerning Chagall and his family, dated 10 October 1940: ‘Russian Jew, naturalised, of no national interest’….
This exhibition of great artistic (and not only) importance was first presented at La Piscine, the Museum of Art and Industry in Roubaix, and at the MAPFRE Foundation in Madrid. The sad fact is that the opening of the exhibitions took place on 7 October 2023. What is this, if not a sign from above…?
A Political Chagall. A Cry for Freedom
Marc Chagall National Museum
Avenue Dr. Ménard, Nice
Berthe Morisot and her Riviera at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nice
Until 29 September
This was the era of the luxurious Riviera resorts, whose bright lights and lush vegetation literally dazzled the first tourists. It was a time of change in the history of art, when artists sought to convey their emotions, to listen to their own feelings, to see the world differently, a time when Impressionism was born. In 2024, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of this major artistic movement, the Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret in Nice is dedicating an exhibition to Berthe Morisot, one of the most famous artists who worked in this style.
In her work, this sensitive and refined woman was largely inspired by the two winters she spent on the Riviera, 1881-1882 and 1888-1889. The exhibition presents some sixty works created by Berthe Morisot on the Côte d’Azur.
‘I don’t think there has ever been a man who treated a woman as an equal. Yet this is exactly what I would ask for. After all, I know that I am their equal,’ Berta declared. Endowed with a vivid personality, sometimes unruly, friends with the greatest artists of her time, Berta Morisot knew how to establish herself in the artistic community. In those days, however, it was really not easy to erase the boundary between the sexes.
Among Berta’s works in the style of impressionism on the verge of abstraction presented at the exhibition are two self-portraits, a view of the port of Nice, and orange picking in Cimieux. There are also paintings by Renoir and Monet to admire. Some of them, including a view of the Principality, are provided by the Princely Palace of Monaco.
One section of the exhibition is dedicated to Berta Morisot’s contemporaries. The exhibition brings together works by Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalez, Maria Bashkirtseva and Louise Breslau, telling the story of the amazing flowering of women’s creativity on the Riviera during the ‘Belle Epoque’. Impressionism, which challenged the norms of painting, certainly had a profound impact on society as a whole.
Berthe Morisot in Nice. Impressionist stops
Jules Chéret Museum of Fine Arts
33, Avenue des Baumettes, Nice
Miguel Barceló and his oceans at Villa Paloma
Until 13 October
Monaco is inextricably linked to oceanography, which is why the summer exhibition entitled ‘Miguel Barceló, the Oceanographer’ at Villa Paloma is so appropriate for the Principality. The new National Museum of Monaco is presenting the works of Mallorca-born Miguel Barceló. Museum director and exhibition curator Bjorn Dahlström describes Barceló as a brilliant master of both painting and ceramics. ‘I found it interesting to present Barceló from a certain angle, namely through his relationship with the sea. There is a clear ecological implication: even if Barceló is not strictly speaking an environmentalist, his work appeals to our conscience,’ says Björn Dahlström. — I like exhibitions that provoke rather than explain. Barceló is an islander, a great representative of the Mediterranean.
The exhibition offers some sixty works by Miguel Barceló, created over forty years of active creativity, and resembles a fascinating journey from the exploration of the abyss to the human figure, barely discernible in seascapes and still lifes. Other notable exhibits include large-scale compositions of powerful waves, bronzes and ceramic works inspired by ancient masters. There is even a real sea bestiary adorning tablecloths and sheets, an embroidery made by the artist in tandem with his mother. This is how a major contemporary artist really turned into an oceanographer for the duration of the Monaco exhibition.
Miquel Barceló, oceanographer
Villa Paloma
56, boulevard du Jardin Exotique, Monaco.
Ulrich Rumpp and his cosmogony in Tourrettes-sur-Loup.
Until 28 October
We recommend our readers to visit charming Tourrettes-sur-Loup near Vence, a medieval ‘violet town’ where the humble violet flower has been cultivated for centuries. From 1 June, the local town hall, which is undergoing a remarkable transformation at the will of one artist-designer, is simply unrecognisable…
Ulrich Rumpp offers us a leap into the future. But it is a very bleak future due to global warming… The year 2050 is just around the corner. The ice floes and glaciers have almost completely melted and the water has risen all the way to the castle. The mayor is rescued on the first floor, while the rest of the staff have to swim to work. This sketch gives the ominous scenario a somewhat humorous touch.
It took the artist more than two years to realise the idea. He used recycled tracing paper in delicate blue and white colours to create the waves that engulfed the building. Jellyfish, salmon and flying fish are made of the same material. The colourful and cheerful installation, however, aims to warn people of impending danger. The explosion of colour on the huge canvases on the walls of the town hall symbolises the birth of our planet.
The exhibition hints at the dangerous situation in which we all find ourselves. By visualising a worst-case scenario, the artist provides food for thought but also hope through elegant shapes and bright colours. The Town Hall of Tourrettes-sur-Loup definitely deserves praise for its creative approach to attracting tourists and for its attention to contemporary art.
Cosmogonie. L’histoire de la Terre et du vivant
Castle Town Hall, Tourrettes-sur-Loup
A series of summer music performances at La Note Bleue on 30 and 31 August will be completed by Latin American performer Joyce Moreno.
Joyce began her career as a teenager in the late 60s. She is now called a legend of the bossa nova style in Brazil. Her music is a synthesis of local folklore and jazz. During her 50-year career she has worked with Marcos Valle, Caetano Veloso, Edu Lobo and Nelson Angelo.
This evening will definitely remain in your memory!
Table booking: +377 93 50 05 02
On 3 September, Monaco will commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of the Principality during the Second World War. This year’s celebrations will be particularly special.
A special tribute will be paid to General Robert T. Frederick. The Principality provided financial assistance for the erection of the bronze statue, which was unveiled on 14 August in La Motte, Var. A postage stamp depicting the General was issued in Monaco on 15 August. The commemoration will be attended by the military man’s descendant, grandson Bradford Hicks.
There will be a ceremony at the Maison de France at 9:30 a.m. in the presence of the French ambassador. At 17:00 in Monaco Cemetery, in front of the monument to those who died in the world conflicts of the twentieth century, a military ceremony will take place in the presence of Prince Albert II and the first persons of the state. Honours will be paid to both Monegasque, French and American military personnel.
At 18:00, the procession will lay flowers at the memorial plaque on the façade of the National Council dedicated to Monegasque resistance fighters René Borghini and officer Esther Poggio, shot on 15 August 1944. Next, the Prince will inaugurate a thematic exhibition in the hall of the Public Ministry. The exhibition, entitled ‘Monaco Liberated!’ will be open to the public from 3 September until 31 January 2025.
The richest water element has since ancient times been associated by people with incredible power that harbors an immutable energy. Iuliia Malashenko aka Lady N desire to connect with inner beauty and reflect it on the outside, and thus be able to convey a message or feeling to whoever is looking at it. It’s like parallel worlds. When you dive under the water, you get into another reality, disconnect from the daily hustle and bustle and just enjoy the moment.
Iuliia, tell us about your experience of underwater photography?
— Underwater photo shoot is an experiment that is worth it. Water is a constant companion of modern culture, especially in the art of photography. It is not easy to make up your mind for such a photo shoot, it will be to the liking of creative individuals who feel these ethereal environments very subtly and are ready to see themselves in a completely new, unusual for the average person, perspective. It is so inspiring and energizing that you want to share invisible atoms of these emotions again and again.
What do you think is the uniqueness of underwater photography in world culture?
— Underwater photography is developing well globally, and commercially too. It allows you to surprise even the most sophisticated viewer, because the water element opens up completely new possibilities in photography. A model underwater feels completely different than on land. Moreover, the process of shooting itself is so exciting and unpredictable that even within one location you can get more than a hundred different variants of the frame. One important aspect is the ability to ignore the role imposed by society. That’s why I think this kind of art form is really important.
What do you enjoy most about modeling?
— I just want to do what I feel passionate about — work that I enjoy. If I didn’t have that feeling, I wouldn’t be doing it. What feelings did you want to convey by participating in this project? Tenderness, feeling of freedom and security. We know that water can do a lot of things, including recovery of human organism. I sincerely believe in miracles and know only one truth — love.