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FONDATION

MAEGHT

EXPERIENCE Provence and the Côte d’Azur Nestling amid the umbrella pines in the hills above Alberto Giacometti
⌂ 623 chemin Gardettes, St-Paul-de-Vence # 10am–
6pm daily (to 7pm Jul–Sep) ¢ 24 & 31 Dec ∑ fondation
maeght.com
These slender
bronze figures by
St-Paul-de-Vence, this small foundation houses one
inhabit their own
of Europe’s largest collections of 20th-century art.
shady courtyard.
The Fondation Maeght was established in 1964 by Cannes art
dealers Aimé and Marguerite Maeght, who numbered the
likes of Chagall, Matisse and Miró among their clients. Their
private collection formed the basis of the foundation, and
they enlisted the help of their artist friends when designing
the grounds: highlights include a courtyard filled with stick-
thin Giacometti sculptures, an elaborate sculpture-filled
maze designed by Miró, a bold swimming pool by Braque
and a large mural mosaic by Chagall. The Maeghts intended
the foundation not as an art museum, but as a forum to
present modern art – a place for artists to gather, exchange
ideas and exhibit their work. Today, just a fraction of the
vast permanent collection is on display
at any one time, with a changing
programme of popular
temporary exhibitions.

Georges Braque
designed Les
Poissons mosaic in
this swimming pool.

Cowled roofs allow
indirect light to filter
into the galleries.

Alexander Calder’s Les
Renforts (1963) is what he
called a “stabile” – a
Bold exterior of the counterpart to his more
Fondation Maeght familiar mobiles.
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