Events for the Weekend of August 3rd and 4th, 2024 in Antibes
Events for the Weekend in Antibes
33rd Sacred Art Festival
Tuesday, July 23rd: “Presentation of the 33rd Edition and Concert” CAPPELLA DI SAN BERNARDINO – 18:15 Presentation of the Festival by Philippe DEPETRIS, artistic consultant, and a free concert; “Musical Moments of Heritage” “Latin Inspirations” – Philippe DEPETRIS, flute, Pascal POLIDORI, guitar FREE. Registration via email is required (limited seats)
Saturday, September 7th: “The Sacred Art Festival in the City” CHIOSCO PIAZZA NAZIONALE – ore 20:00 “In the colors of Venice and Italy” Ensemble “Nuova Cameristica di Milano” Gabriele OLIVETI, Alessandro VESCOVI, violins Chiara OLIVETI, viola, Alberto DRUFUCA, cello Luigi CORRENTI, double bass Works by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Galuppi, Tartini, Puccini FREE concert without reservation, limited seats
https://www.festivalartsacre-antibes.fr/
Olympic and Paralympic Torches from 1936 to 2022
Starting from June 18, the Espace Culturel des Arcades hosts the exhibition “The Olympic and Paralympic Torches from 1936 to Today.” A collection of over 130 objects related to the history of the Olympics, curated by Greek private collector Stratos Klimou. The ties between Antibes and its twin city Olympia facilitated this exceptional exhibition during the peak period of the Olympic Games in Paris. You can admire 41 Olympic and Paralympic torches, including the one from the 1936 Berlin Games, an Olympic altar from the ship used to transport the flame, a priestess’s dress from the flame lighting ceremony in Olympia, champion medals, and many other memorabilia, symbols of the Games’ history.
From June 18 to July 28, Free entry.
The Garoupe Plateau in Celebration!
Music, tastings, art… Experience a village-like atmosphere, warm and old-fashioned, on the Garoupe Plateau. La Guinguette de la Garoupe from 6:00 PM: May 8, June 10, July 8 and 22 (as part of the Nights of Garoupe), August 12 and 26 (Night of Garoupe), and June 9. Contemporary Art Expo: June 15 from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM and June 16 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
From May 8, 2024, to September 9, 2024.
Sportivi!! Claude Serre
In 2018, the museum presented a comprehensive thematic retrospective that surprisingly excluded sports. It would be a shame to continue this omission. The Olympic year, 2024, corrects this injustice. Here is again this sarcastic, subversive genius, amusing, brilliant. Remaining, as sports love to cite records, the humorous cartoonist who has sold the most albums worldwide with his title “Black Humor and Men in White.” A gold medal, then. Coluche would have enjoyed it, undoubtedly throwing him a sharp and invigorating “Sportivi!!”
INFO: +33 (0)4 92 90 54 29 / 30
Joan Miró. Masterpieces from the Nahmad Collection
From June 30 to September 27
The Picasso Museum offers a unique experience: presenting twelve masterful works by Joan Miró, from one of the world’s most important private collections, the Nahmad Collection. Miró feels at home here, as a guest in his friend’s house. The friendship that, since their first meeting in Paris in 1920, linked the two artists for life was also a ferment of their creative passion. The rooms host a single work, sometimes two. Contrary to traditional exhibitions that gather and associate, this is no longer about accumulation but about concentration and reception of the object in its singularity for contemplation and interpretation.
Note: From June 4 to 29, 2024 Installation of the summer exhibition and closure of the first floor. Discounted entrance with access to the second floor, ground floor, and terrace.
INFO: +33 (0)4 92 90 54 20
Without all the Ceremony
As a maritime and frontier city, Antibes has long had to defend itself, and much of its heritage is directly inherited from this context. The Saracen towers, the old Grimaldi castle, Fort Carré, the walls from Saint-Jaume bastion to Saint-André bastion, are markers in our urban planning of a violent reality, fear of assaults, looting, bombings, in a word, war. But what is war? Fort Carré’s programming this year offers perspectives, reflections on commitment, the duty of memory, and the traumas it generates: thematic visits, workshops, museum cafés for discussions, a cinema visit around Roberto Rossellini’s “Paisà,” and a theatrical walk in collaboration with the Antibes Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art.
INFO: +33 (0)4 92 90 52 13
“CHATTERIES” (Cat Cuddles)
The Postcard Museum presents a temporary exhibition of antique postcards depicting cats. Domestic animals have often been used to illustrate postcards. Among the most frequent are cats. Photographers and illustrators have provided numerous images, from large cats sleeping on a comfortable cushion to kittens. These illustrations are found on postcards and wall calendars distributed by mail carriers. In both cases, these images remain on display for several months (especially for calendars). We must admit that these naturalistic scenes have a calming, even beneficial effect on the viewer. Outside of any religious or political ulterior motives, the presence of animals accompanying our daily lives is reassuring.
https://museedelacartepostale.fr/
