Category: Actualité

David Alibo's Feminin-Plural exhibition in Nice is presented at Lou Babazouk 2, from April 2 to 21, 2024.

David Alibo’s Féminin-Pluriel exhibition in Nice

David Alibo is a collagist. That is, he cuts and glues different pieces of paper to make works of art. And what works they are!
First, the collages are made with such mastery that you have to get up close to realize the different pieces. But above all, it's the composition, or rather the staging, that makes the works so compelling and meaningful.

In a style inspired by surrealism, he creates works strong in meaning and symbolism. Admire his series on humanity, the first three paintings on the left as you enter. Admire his tributes to Josephine Baker and Marilyn Monroe. Finally, always oscillating between surrealism and symbolism, David Alibo exhibits a great tribute to women.

Practical information

Lou Babazouk
2 - 5 rue Benoît Bunico - Nice

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 6pm

Site officiel

André Camart's Transparence exhibition in Nice runs from April 2 to 21, 2024 in the Lou Babazouk room

Exhibition Transparence by André Camart in Nice

André Camart is a painter who began by referring to some of the great masters of painting, such as Caravaggio. But he searched for his own voice, based on his own impulses and emotions. He soon abandoned the figurative for the abstract.
André Camart paints abstracts to which everyone can respond in their own way. Indeed, his canvases carry meaning - for the artist, of course, but also for the visitor. His work cannot leave you indifferent. There's always an element, a color, a way of working with matter that guides the visitor. It's up to each individual to perceive his or her own personal meaning.
The artist is constantly evolving and searching. Like these canvases in front of which we photographed him, which are a search for color transparency. Or could we say: a search for transparency in spite of color? Or these other paintings, which contrast a harsh, even hostile universe with an elevation to greater light and harmony.
But you'll have your own interpretation when you visit this exhibition.

Practical information

Galerie Lou Babazouk
8, rue de la Loge - Nice

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 6pm.

Official website

100 titles by Frédéric Pasquini exhibition is on view at the Musée Charles Nègre de la photographie gallery in Nice, from March 30 to June 23, 2024.

100 titles by Frédéric Pasquini exhibition

Frédéric Pasquini has photographed moments in everyday life, mainly in Europe. He captures the moment that reveals a reality other than the one we see. He captures the expression on a face as much as the unexpected in social movements, the poetry of a scene, the unusualness of yet banal situations. Art is not only photographic, it's born of the connections the artist makes. The subjects are very diverse, which already captures our attention. But the photos presented take on another dimension, when you read their titles.
So I suggest you enlarge our photos to read their captions. And you'll agree that Frédéric Pasquini has a great sense of humor. And his photos take on a new meaning that they didn't necessarily have at first glance. In fact, the artist plunges us into a raw reality that every visitor will recognize. This is what makes his photos so pleasing, revealing society's major problems without being professorial or moralistic, leaving each viewer free to interpret. A great success.
It's varied, colorful, original and captivating. In short, this is an exhibition we absolutely recommend.
But who is this photographer Frédéric Pasquini?

Frédéric Pasquini

Frédéric Pasquini is a photographer from Nice. He has been working as an author-photographer and photojournalist for some twenty years. He is a correspondent for major newspapers. He is a member of the Hans Lucas agency. He is artist-in-residence at the 109 contemporary culture center in Nice.
He regularly exhibits in galleries in France and abroad.

Museum's official website
FrédéricPasquini official website

The Exhibition Henri Dauman in Nice is held at the Musée Charles Nègre de la photographie in Nice, until May 26, 2024.

Exhibition Henri Dauman in Nice

This Henri Dauman exhibition is subtitled: The Manhattan darkroom or in French: La chambre noire de Manhattan.

Featuring some 170 photographs by Henri Dauman, the exhibition is a comprehensive retrospective of contemporary American life.
We discover Andy Wharhol's first exhibitions, the birth of Minimal Art, and the work of numerous precursors such as Merce Cunningham, Philip Glass and Walter Wendy Carlos.
Henri Dauman photographed artists such as jazz musicians, bringing out all their sensitivity and personality. Miles Davis, for example.
Henri Dauman is almost a photographer of the inner life of these characters.

But he also photographs personalities who have reshaped politics, or rather political communication, such as John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Henri Dauman also shows us minorities, such as the African-American women demonstrating against segregation in the United States.
It's a kind of recent history of American society that unfolds before our eyes, in photos.

Who is Henri Dauman

Henri Dauman (1933-2023) was born in Montmartre. Orphaned at the end of the Second World War, he emigrated to New York to be reunited with an uncle.
The city fascinated him, as much by its architecture as by the life that went on there. He never stopped photographing it.
He began a career as a French correspondent for the French press. But he soon began contributing to American magazines, including the cultural supplement of the New York Times.
Henri Dauman brings a new perspective on America, a testimony to its cultural and social effervescence.

Practical information

Charles Nègre Museum of Photography
1, Place Pierre Gautier, near Cours Saleya in Vieux Nice

Open every day
except Mondays, December 25, January 1, Easter Sunday and May 1.

• The museum: open from 10am to 6pm
• The gallery: open 10am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 6pm

official website

The Alpes-Maritimes department is offering a major Tintin exhibition in Nice, from January 27 to June 30, 2024. It takes place in two different venues:
- Hergé et l'art, at the espace culturel départemental Lympia
- and Tintin and Chang, at the Asian Arts Museum.

Exhibition Tintin à Nice : Hergé et l’art

This exhibition reveals the author, or rather the artist, Georges Remi aka Hergé. Many documents are on display, including original drawings, sketches and objects that once belonged to him, such as his drawing desk.
We also discover Hergé's paintings, most of them abstract, as well as the artists who were his references, such as Louis Van Lint, for example.
Exceptionally, the exhibition also features plates from Hergé's last comic book, Tintin et l'Alph-art, an unfinished work packed with artistic references.
Oh, I forgot, on the terrace stands THE famous rocket from Objectif Lune, which has become as famous as Tintin and Snowy.

Exposition Tintin à Nice : Tintin et Tchang

Tintin and Chang exposes Hergé's relationship with his friend Chang, and more generally with China.
We can see certain documents, drafts of drawings, documentary books, which helped the author to present a China, without errors. Many original pages, drafts, original comics, i.e. copies published in the 30s.
And, of course, a great deal of documentation on Tchang, the real thing, the young Chinese student who introduced Hergé to China. Without him, Hergé would not have discovered Chinese civilization, or at least would not have understood and experienced it.
It's worth noting that Hergé made it a point of honor to stay on the right track, so as not to present an erroneous China and lose the trust of his readers.

Practical information

Asian Arts Museum
405 Promenade des Anglais
Arénas
Access: streetcar line 2, Parc Phoenix stop
Free admission

Espace culturel départemental Lympia
2 Quai Entrecasteaux
Access : streetcar line 2, Lympia stop.
Free admission

The Nice 2024 Carnival program is always varied, colorful, festive, in short, it makes you want to be there.
The theme of the Nice 2024 Carnival is: The King of Pop Culture. It takes place from February 17 to March 3, 2024, on Place Massena and around the Albert 1er garden.
This year's Guest of Honor at Carnaval de Nice 2024 is the Aosta Valley Carnival.

Nice Carnival 2024 pre-carnival program

Bal Veglione

February 16, 2024, at .de Nice

• From 7pm to 8:30pm: Viennese waltzes, by the Opéra de Nice orchestra. Free admission.
• From 9:30pm, Disco, Pop/Rock then DJ Set with Mosimann. Admission charged.

Carnival Village

Vintage video game stalls, merry-go-rounds, wooden games, creative workshops, snack bar.
Every day, from 11am to 6pm
Square Leclerc, Promenade du Paillon

Nice Carnival 2024 program

Opening parade

Saturday, February 17, 2024, from 2:30pm to 4:30pm.
Place Massena, Avenue de Verdun, Promenade des Anglais, Avenue Max Gallo and return to Place Massena.
All the magic of colorful, illuminated floats, parading to music and a joyous festive atmosphere.

Grande journée Pop'ulaire

Sunday, February 18, 2024, at Théâtre de Verdure, Espace Jacques Cotta (Albert 1er garden).

• Carnival race of café boys in Vieux Nice
• Workshops and discoveries in the Carnival village
• Frenchy Carnival brunch, music, Brunch at the Théâtre de verdure,
• petanque, inflatable games, etc.

Battle of flowers

Floats parade by, entirely covered in flowers, which are thrown towards the public.
The famous flower battle takes place on Place Massena and around the Albert 1er garden, every Wednesday and Saturday, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm, i.e.

• Wednesday, February 21
• Saturday, February 24
• Wednesday, February 28
• Saturday, March 2, 2024.

Lou Queernaval

France's first gay carnival, organized by Nice's LGBTQIA+ community, the city of Nice and the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolis.
Place Massena.

Daytime carnival corso

Sunday, February 25, 2024
Grand parade of floats + the Parada Nissarda, Place Massena and around Jardin Albert 1er.

Night carnival parade

Saturdays and Tuesdays, from 8:30 pm to 10 pm approx.

• Saturday, February 17,
• Tuesday, February 20,
• Saturday, February 24,
• Tuesday, February 27,
• Saturday, March 2, 2024.

Parade of colorful floats, with huge, cartoonish, sometimes caustic figures. We enter directly into the imaginary, accompanied by street performances.
Place Massena and around the Albert 1er garden.

K-POP Night

Korean music shows: dance, K-Pop, Dj Set, Korean food, etc.
at the Théâtre de verdure, Jardin Albert 1er.
Friday, March 1, 2024, from 4pm to 10pm.

Closing ceremonies

Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3, 2024.

Saturday, March 2, 2024

All the neighborhood carnivals get together for a big party, the Grande boum du Doudou. Music, confetti shower, recreational snack.
Promenade du Paillon - Square Leclerc
From 11am to 6pm

Incineration of the King of Carnival
Quai des États-Unis, opposite the Opéra beach
at 10:45pm

Sunday, March 3, 2024

From 10am to 12pm, grand bain du Carnaval (11:45am), open to all, accompanied by the famous Niçois pointus. Don't hesitate to come in disguise.
12h buffet, registration on site, accompanied by the famous Niçois pointus.

Practical information

The Nice Carnival is not free, so you'll need to reserve your seats.
Either seats in the Place Massena bleachers,
or tickets without seats, to attend the parades.
Children under 6 don't pay BUT MUST BE PROVIDED WITH A FREE TICKET.

Addresses to find your way around:

• • Place Massena
  • Around the Albert 1er garden: Avenue de Verdun, Promenade des Anglais, Avenue Max gallo and back to place Massena
  • Théâtre de verdure : Jardin Albert 1er
  • Promenade du Paillon

Find out more about the Nice Carnival 

Official website
Tickets on sale here.