Category: Actualité

The exhibitions of the Year of the Sea 2025 in Nice are many and varied, complemented by conferences, installations, performances, and shows. Everyone is involved: the City of Nice, retailers, museums, and more, as part of the UNOC 2025 (United Nations Ocean Conference). Let's take a closer look at the exhibitions.

Exhibitions for the Year of the Sea 2025 in Nice’s museums

Nice, from the shore to the sea

From May 8 to September 21, 2025, the Massena Museum is presenting an exhibition on the relationship between Nice and the Mediterranean. The first prehistoric humans, the Greeks who founded Nikaïa, resources from the sea and trade, winter resorts, etc.
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Matisse Méditerranée(S)

From Wednesday, May 7 to Sunday, September 7, 2025, the Matisse Museum in Nice will highlight Matisse's fascination with the Mediterranean: Corsica (1898), Nice (between 1917 and 1954), Spain, Italy, Algeria, and Morocco.
Matisse Museum
164, avenue des Arènes de Cimiez
06000 Nice
Opening hours: Open every day except Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Access: Bus lines 5, 18, 16, 40, 33 - Arènes station - Matisse Museum
Official websiteOfficial website

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Prehistoric men at the beach

From Friday, April 25, 2025, to Sunday, September 28, 2025, the Terra Amata Museum of Prehistory is offering a fascinating exhibition on the links between prehistoric man and the sea: resources, raw materials, navigation, etc.

Terra Amata Prehistory Museum
25, boulevard Carnot
06300 Nice

Opening hours: Open every day except Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Access: Tram line 2 – Station: Port Lympia
Official website

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Laurent Ballesta - Seas and Mysteries

From April 5 to September 28, 2025
The sea remains an unsuspected world. The many existing photos and films are not enough to reveal it in its entirety. That is what makes this exhibition by Laurent Ballesta - Seas and Mysteries so unique, giving us more to discover at the Charles Nègre Museum of Photography in Nice.

Charles Nègre Museum of Photography
1, Place Pierre Gautier
06300 Nice
Opening hours: Open every day except Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Access: Tram line 1 – Station: Opéra – Vieille Ville
Our page on the Laurent Ballesta exhibition - Seas and Mysteries
Official website

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Les Particules, the human tale of dying water

Manon Lanjouère offers a profound reflection on ocean pollution. Each image, with its visual beauty, invites contemplation but also, with its visual power, calls for action. Charles Nègre Museum of Photography 1, Place Pierre Gautier 06300 Nice Opening hours: Open every day except Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Access: Tram line 1 – Station: Opéra – Vieille Ville

Our page about this exhibition
Official website

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Nice Archaeology Museum - Cimiez
160, avenue des Arènes de Cimiez
06000 Nice
Opening hours: Open every day except Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Access: Bus lines 5, 18, 16, 40, 33 - Arènes station - Musée Matisse Official website

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Les reliques de l'écume (The Relics of the Foam), exhibition by Racca Vammerisse

From Saturday, May 3, 2025, to Sunday, September 28, 2025, the Museum of Fine Arts presents a beautiful exhibition by ceramic artist Racca Vammerisse. This artist creates sculptures incorporating pearls, shells, tentacles, claws, and coral.
Musée des Beaux Arts Jules Chéret
33, avenue des Baumettes - 06000 Nice
Hours: Open every day except Monday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Access: Bus 38: "Musée Chéret" stop or Tram L2: "Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen" stop (access via stairs)
Official website

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Exhibitions for the Year of the Sea 2025 at other sites and museums

The Living Ocean Exhibition

83 photographs by Greg Lecoeur and Olivier Anrigo on global marine biodiversity.
Esplanade de la Bourgada
Traverse de la Bourgada
06000 Nice

Park opening hours:
October 1 to March 31: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
April 1 to September 30: 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

 

Ugo Schiavi – La Zone de Minuit

From Wednesday, May 7 to Sunday, August 24, 2025, the artist immerses us in a sprawling installation of the world of the abyss.
Grande halle des anciens abattoirs de Nice
Official website

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Becoming Ocean: a social conversation about the ocean

From Thursday, May 8 to Sunday, August 24, 2025, Villa Arson invites visitors to reflect on what we know and don't know about the ocean and its future. Artists will provide us with an approach, knowledge, and questions about the ocean, the master of our future. Villa Arson 20 avenue Stephen Liégeard 06100 Nice Hours: Open every day except Tuesday, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. 2pm-7pm in July and August. Access: Tram line 1 - Le Ray station Official website

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MOANA FA' A' ARO

From Friday, May 23, 2025, to Friday, June 27, 2025, artist Aurélien Mauplot will be exhibiting his multifaceted work inspired by islands and oceans.
Maison Abandonnée [Villa Cameline]
43 Av. Monplaisir
06100 Nice
Access: Bus 23, Église Jeanne d'Arc stop - Tram Line 1, Borriglione stop
Official website

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Official website for all events

Art in the city for the Year of the Sea 2025 in Nice includes a series of works of art - paintings, frescoes, sculptures, monumental constructions - scattered throughout the city. These artistic works are installed in the streets, in the squares, to benefit the greatest number of people.

The urchin of art in the city

A gigantic sea urchin test (the test is the "skeleton" of the sea urchin) is installed at Rauba Capeu, in place of the famous I Love Nice. The structure stands out beautifully against the backdrop of the city or the Mediterranean. Composed of a galvanized steel structure, it is clad in crochet and braided mesh, giving it quite the appearance of sea urchin tests.

But if you look closely, you'll discover marine elements: stars, ship's bars, sextants and why not satellites so useful for navigation.

Ichtus for the Year of the Sea 2025 in Nice

Ichtus (fish in ancient Greek) is an installation by Dan Mestanza.

An exhibition of the dreamlike, hypnotic world of the sea, made up of a myriad of luminous, animated fish.
- Sous les arcades Massena, from March 7 to June 2, 2025
- Sous les Arcades des Ponchettes, from June 4 to 15, 2025

Artistic performances for the Year of the Sea 2025 in Nice

Submersion

From Wednesday, May 7 to Tuesday, May 13, 2025
From 2:00 pm to 7:30 pm, every 30 minutes
Free admission upon reservation
Le 109, pôle de cultures contemporaines
89, route de Turin
06300 Nice
[STUDIO ANTIPODES]
Access: Tramway Line n°1 - Vauban Station
Le 109

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Le Chant des Sirènes

From May 7 to August 24, 2025
From 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm, every 30mn
Le 109
Le 109, pôle de cultures contemporaines
89, route de Turin
06300 Nice
[STUDIO ANTIPODES]
Access: Tramway Line n°1 - Vauban Station
Le 109

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Ocean futurism

A performance that aims to propose visionary and convincing imaginings of alternative futures that challenge us and stimulate our own imagination.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
From 09:30 to 16:30
CUM Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen
65 Promenade des Anglais
06000 Nice
Access : Tramway line n°2 - Station : Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen

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Beyond the tears

A choreographic and immersive experience where the body becomes the fluids that compose it. Its vulnerability and emotions intertwine with the power and softness of water.
Friday June 13, 2025
From 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Musée de la Photographie Charles Nègre
1, Place Pierre Gautier
06300 Nice
Hours : Open every day except Monday from 10 am to 6 pm
Access : Tramway line n°1 - Station : Opéra - Vieille Ville
Official website

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Between sky and sea

Performance dance and participatory proposed by Compagnie HUMAINE
From Saturday, June 28 to Sunday, July 6, 2025
From 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, every 30mn
Ponchettes
Les terrasses des Ponchettes
Promenade des Anglais - Cours Saleya
06300 Nice
Access : Tramway line n°1 Station : Opéra-Vieille Ville

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SeaMe !

Playful theater and immersive experience by the French-Norwegian Compagnie LiLi Re
SeaMe! takes children from the surface of the water to the bottom of the ocean thanks to an immersive installation.
Saturday, October 18, 2025
From 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Le 109, pôle de cultures contemporaines
89, route de Turin
06300 Nice
L'Entre-Pont
Access: Tramway Line n°1 - Vauban Station

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Conferences 2025 Year of the Sea in Nice

The Pelagos Sanctuary: an international marine protected area and a unique refuge for marine mammals in the Mediterranean 

Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
L'Artistique
Free admission
Location: L'Artistique
L'Artistique
27, boulevard Dubouchage
06000 Nice
Access: Tram lines 1 and 2 – Station: Jean Médecin
Official website

Speaking for the ocean: The Arctic, El Dorado or sanctuary?

Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
Free admission
Location: L'Artistique
L'Artistique
27, boulevard Dubouchage
06000 Nice
Access: Tram lines 1 and 2 – Station: Jean Médecin
Official website

The world of Lola, a Mediterranean sea turtle: Adventure on the surface of the water

Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Free admission
Location: L'Artistique
L'Artistique
27, boulevard Dubouchage
06000 Nice
Access: Tram lines 1 and 2 – Station: Jean Médecin
Official website

Ocean 2100: Anticipating challenges, building the future of the seas

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 9 a.m.
Free on registration
CUM Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen
65 Promenade des Anglais
06000 Nice
Access: Tram line 2 – Station: Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen

Rachel Carson, for the beauty of the world

Lecture by Thierry Paquot, philosopher, essayist, and biographer of Rachel Carson. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) denounced the overuse of pesticides, which destroy ecosystems, endanger the health of the Earth, and make many humans sick.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
At 4 p.m.
CUM Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen
65 Promenade des Anglais
06000 Nice
Access: Tram line 2 – Station: Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen

Speaking for the Ocean: The Ocean, a treasure to be protected // The Ocean without laws

What a gigantic ecosystem the ocean is! But how can we manage it, given its essential role in the balance and health of life on Earth?
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
At 6:00 p.m.
Free admission
L'Artistique
27, boulevard Dubouchage
06000 Nice
Access: Tram line 1 and line 2 – Station: Jean Médecin
Official website

Study day of the Local High Council for Climate and Biodiversity

Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 9 a.m.
CUM Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen
65 Promenade des Anglais
06000 Nice
Access: Tram line 2 – Station: Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen

The Abyss: Discovering the last great mystery of the planet

Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at 2:30 p.m.
Free admission
L'Artistique
27, boulevard Dubouchage
06000 Nice
Access: Tram line 1 and line 2 – Station: Jean Médecin
Official website

An unexpected ecosystem: the sandy-muddy seabed of the Baie des Anges

Wednesday, June 25 at 2:30 p.m.
CUM Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen
65 Promenade des Anglais
06000 Nice
Access: Tram line 2 – Station: Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen

One Ocean Science Congress

Organized with Ifremer and CNRS
2,000 international scientists will gather to identify indicators and innovative solutions for ocean health.
June 3-6, 2025
Official website
one-ocean-science-2025.org

Ocean Rise & Coastal Resilience Summit

Organized by the city of Nice and the Ocean Climate platform, the Ocean Rise and Resilience Coalition summit will reflect on accelerating collaboration, access to knowledge, and financing to adapt to ocean and climate change. June 7, 2025

Blue Economy and Finance Forum

The Blue Economy and Finance Forum (Monaco) will mobilize heads of state, businesses, financiers, and civil society to invest significantly in the blue economy.
June 7 and 8, 2025
Official website

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Official website for all events

Exhibition Raymond Moretti, the man who paints

The Alpes-Maritimes department is hosting a major exhibition of the works of Nice-born Raymond Moretti, from April 5 to June 29, 2025, at the Espace culturel départemental de Port Lympia in Nice.
The artist's talent is varied, both in the medium used (paintings, drawings, sculptures) and in the inspiration of the subject and the artistic styles.

You will be amazed at the expressiveness of a simple pencil stroke, a simple curved line on a white sheet of paper, which brings horses to life. Or at his countless lines that overlap, double up and complement each other to create the portrait of the Zealot.

You admire the incredible force of the form and color of the “Cri” or “Marianne”. And what can be said about the dancing and almost sonorous forms of the works devoted to Jazz.
What modernity in the works proposed at the Negresco hotel.

One could feel Raymond Moretti's work, from the caress to the punch.

Raymond Moretti

Raymond Moretti was an artist born in Nice in 1931 and who died in Paris in 2005.
He developed an interest in painting at a very early age, and in 1947, when he was just 16, he painted a Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law.
In 1959, he used a studio at the Villa Paradiso in Nice to create portraits of Dalida and Martine Carol. Also in Nice, he collaborated with Jean Cocteau on the theme of the Age of Aquarius.
He met Pablo Picasso, who inspired him and supported him in his work.
He painted, but he also designed stamps and posters (for the Nice carnival, Art Expo in New York, Charles Aznavour's last tours) and illustrated books (Rimbaud's Le Bateau ivre, Chemin initiatique sur la Franc-maçonnerie, De Gaulle by André Malraux, etc.).
His work can be found in many areas, throughout France and abroad.

Practical information

Espace culturel départemental du Port Lympia
2 quai Entrecasteaux, 06300 Nice

Access
Bus 15, 30, 98, Port Lympia stop - 607, Arson/Fodéré stop
Tram 1, Garibaldi stop
Tram 2, Port Lympia stop

Opening hours
Open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
except Mondays and Tuesdays, and May 1st

The Nice Jazz Fest 2025 takes place over 4 days, from July 24 to 27, 2025 in Nice. The program brings together talented musicians to (re)discover as much as heavyweights of today's jazz.

Nice Jazz Fest 2025 program

Thursday, July 24, 2025

• Earthgang
  Masséna - 8:00 pm
• Polo & Pan
  Masséna - 9:15pm
• Ray
  Masséna - 11:00 pm
• Daoud
  Théâtre de Verdure - 7:15pm
• Sullivan Fortner Trio
  Théâtre de Verdure - 8:30pm
• China Moses
  Théâtre de Verdure - 9:45pm
• John Scofield "Long Days Quartet"
  Théâtre de Verdure - 23h00

Friday, July 25, 2025

• Freddie Gibbs & El Michels Affair
  Masséna - 8:00 pm
• Lamomali
  Masséna - 9:30 pm
• Mustard
  Masséna - 11:30pm
• Stochelo & Mozes Rosenberg "The songs of Charlie Chaplin... and more!"
  Théâtre de Verdure - 7:15pm
• Edouard Pennes presents "Bird Lives!" with Giacomo Smith
  Théâtre de Verdure - 8:30pm
• "Oscar Peterson Celebration" with Sullivan Fortner, John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton
  Théâtre de Verdure - 9:45pm
• Jalen Ngonda
  Théâtre de Verdure - 23h00

Saturday, July 26, 2025

• GoldLink
  Masséna - 8:00 pm
• Masego
  Masséna - 9:15pm
• Jorja Smith
  Masséna - 11:00 pm
• Tyreek Mcdole
  Théâtre de Verdure - 7:15pm
• Nubya Garcia
  Théâtre de Verdure - 8:30pm
• Christian McBride, Benny Green & Gregory Hutchinson Remembering Ray Brown Trio
  Théâtre de Verdure - 9:45pm
• The Cookers
  Théâtre de Verdure - 23h00

Sunday, July 27, 2025

• MRCY
  Masséna - 8:00 pm
• Feu! Chatterton
  Masséna - 9:15pm
• Santa
  Masséna - 11:00 pm
• Monsieur Mālā
  Théâtre de Verdure - 7:15pm
• Ekep Nkwelle
  Théâtre de Verdure - 8:30pm
• Avishai Cohen Quintet
  Théâtre de Verdure - 9:45pm
• Jazz Celebration feat. China Moses, Hugh Coltman, Pablo Campos, Robin Mckelle, Jowee Omicil...
  Théâtre de Verdure - 23h00

Practical information

Place Massena
Théâtre de verdure
See streetcar, bus, bike, parking access, etc

Booking strongly recommended

Official website