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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.

The big 2024 sports dates in Nice are worth noting, for all sports fans. Here we mention amateur sports, or at least, where the very many amateurs come up against a few professionals.

Big 2024 sports dates in Nice

January 6, 2024: Prom' classic. 10km race, timed or not.

April 21, 2024: Nice Half Marathon. A series of events for everyone, including families.

June 16, 2024: Iron Man. An XXL, long-distance triathlon.

June 21-23, 2024: Ultra trail d'Azur Mercantour. A trail, a race from mountain trails to the Promenade des Anglais.

July 20, 2024: Tour de France cycliste. Start of the penultimate stage on

July 21, 2024: Tour de France cycliste. Final time-trial finish of the Tour Monaco-Nice.

September 22, 2024: Women's Iron Man.

October 2 - 6, 2024: 4 Trails Nice Côte d'Azur by UTMB. 4 trails of different distances and difficulties.

November 3, 2024: Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes. Starts from Nice.

This selection does not take into account local events, such as the Prom' Swim, the Bain de Noël, etc.

The exhibition Robert Doisneau : le merveilleux quotidien is presented at the Musée de la photographie Charles Nègre in Nice. It runs from October 14, 2023 to January 28, 2024.

The exhibition Robert Doisneau : le merveilleux quotidien

This Robert Doisneau exhibition in Nice features 110 photographs. 78 of these are black-and-white photographs of the wonderful everyday life of Paris and its suburbs. The exhibition highlights 40 years of his career, from the 30s to the 70s.
Another section, Palm springs 1960, deals with the construction of a golf course in the middle of the Colorado desert. But beyond that, the life of the retirees who live there. These photos are in full color.
We are delighted by the photographer's eye, always focused on the beautiful, the simple, the convivial, the unusual, the comical. Doisneau's photographs are like an ethnographic study in which each person brings his or her own sensibility and share of dreams.

Who is Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) is one of the world's most famous photographers. He owes his popularity to his photographs of everyday life. Robert Doisneau became a freelance photographer (1946 for the Rapho agency). He was then able to devote himself to his observation of everyday life, between two commissioned reports.
He worked for the most prestigious agencies, receiving numerous awards (Prix Kodak in 1947, Prix Nièpce in 1956, Prix du livre des rencontres d'Arles in 1979 and 1980, Prix national de la photogrpahie in 1980, Prix Balza in 1986, etc.). Major museums host his exhibitions (Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Modern Art of Oxford, Moscow Multimedia Art Museum, Festival des rencontres d'Arles, etc.).
In short, Robert Doisneau, through the quality of his sense of observation, is the photographer who will have had the greatest impact on his contemporaries, both French and foreign.

Practical information

Museum of photography
1 place Pierre Gautier
towards the flower market

Official website

The Regard sur les Alpes sauvages exhibition by Robert Forte runs until March 17, 2024. The Musée de la Photographie Charles Nègre features numerous landscape shots as well as the animals that populate the Alps.

Some photos

Who is Robert Forte?

Following a traffic accident, Robert Forte changed career direction because of his disability. A lover of the mountains, he turned to photography.
Robert Forte travels the Alps from north to south in search of a spectacle like skylights, different animals in privileged moments like hunting for food.

Conclusion

Don't miss this beautiful exhibition, every photo catches the eye.

Useful information

Exhibition Regard sur les Alpes sauvages by Robert Forte at Musée de la Photographie Charles Nègre,

until March 17, 2024.

The ticket gives access to the Robert Doisneau exhibition, but also to the Robert Forte exhibition.

Ticketing