Arts & Culture Archives

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Opens New Season with Guest Artist Maxim Vengerov

September 11, 2018

The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2018-19 season opens this month, with Principal Conductor and Artistic Director Kazuki Yamada directing a programme of music by Verdi, Shostakovich and Beethoven.

Nice Philharmonic Celebrates the Bicentennial of Charles Gounod

GILLY LLOYD

September 8, 2018

Arts & Culture

The opening concert of the Nice Philharmonic 2018-19 season celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of French composer, Charles Gounod.

Matisse and Picasso: Two Exceptional Artists United in One Great Exhibit

NATJA IGNEY

August 23, 2018

Arts & Culture

Under the title “La Comédie du Modèle” the Matisse Museum in Cimiez takes a closer look at the role of the model in the two painters’ works

The Golden Treasures of the Pharaohs Light up Monaco

NATJA IGNEY

August 19, 2018

Arts & Culture

Leaving their homeland for the first time, over 150 masterpieces from ancient Egypt are currently on display in a stunning exhibition at the Grimaldi Forum

Irene Kopelman Offers a Poetic View of our Environment

FLORENCE DUBOSC

August 7, 2018

Arts & Culture

This summer, the Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain (MAMAC) in Nice presents the works of Irene Kopelman, an Argentinian artist who likes to explore exceptional ecosystems, where she seeks to understand the mechanisms of the living world.

Cannes Celebrates Dada and Surrealist artist Max Ernst

FLORENCE DUBOSC

August 2, 2018

Arts & Culture

La Malmaison in Cannes hosts a beautiful exhibition of the works of preeminent Dada and Surrealist artist Max Ernst, entitled “L’imagination en jeu”

Collectif 8’s Faust the Talk of the Town at Festival Off d‘Avignon

NATJA IGNEY

July 17, 2018

Arts & Culture

Accolades upon accolades are being heaped on the company around Gaële Boghossian and Paulo Correia for their adaptation of Goethe’s masterwork

Musée Jean Cocteau collection Séverin Wunderman Menton

Valerio Adami’s Pop Art is Colouring the Summer in Menton

FLORENCE DUBOSC

July 12, 2018

Arts & Culture

Running throughout the summer and until mid-November, the Musée Jean Cocteau in Menton is celebrating the works of Valerio Adami, an Italian illustrator and painter, recognizable for his strong black lines dividing vivid colour fields.

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo celebrates Bergman Centennial

GILLY LLOYD

July 1, 2018

Arts & Culture

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the man regarded as one of the greatest film and theatre directors of the 20th century, Ingmar Bergman.

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Celebrates Bernstein Centennial with Denève & Benedetti

GILLY LLOYD

June 1, 2018

Arts & Culture

In the penultimate concert of the 2017-18 Grande Saison series, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra pays tribute to the genius of Leonard Bernstein in the year of his Centennial, with two works by the American composer and conductor.

Colourful and Poetic Landscapes of Franco Fontana on Display in Nice

FLORENCE DUBOSC

May 19, 2018

Arts & Culture

According to Franco Fontana “the purpose of art is to make visible the invisible.” And with his photographs, he does just that, taking ordinary everyday scenes and turning them into striking, colourful landscapes.

SOLI Chamber Ensemble to Perform in Baiardo

RIVIERA BUZZ

May 16, 2018

Arts & Culture

On Thursday May 24, enter the enchanting world of SOLI Chamber Ensemble in a special one-time concert in the village of Baiardo (10 km north of Sanremo).