“Tintin, Hergé, and Chang” exhibition in Nice at two venues

You have until June 30, 2024, to visit the exhibition “Tintin, Hergé, and Chang” at the Espace culturel Lympia and the Museum of Asian Arts in Nice. This exhibition presents, across two spaces, the many facets of Tintin’s creator through a superb selection of precious documents, drawings, and original objects, exhibited for the first time on the French Riviera.

From illustration to comics, from advertising to journalistic cartoons, to visual arts, Georges Remi, known as Hergé, is at the center of attention. His life and work are accessible in Nice at two cultural venues with free admission.

Hergé and Art at the Espace culturel Lympia: Hergé’s life is intimately linked to his work. As a child, his pencil invaded the margins of his school notebooks. As a teenager, he rarely separated from his sketchbook. As an adult, he was glued to the drawing table. His omnipresent creativity intimately involved him in the events that formed the fabric of his life dedicated to comics. With the exhibition “Hergé and Art,” we discover Hergé’s multifaceted universe and decipher the art of this ingenious creator who used every means at his disposal to create compositions inspired by other important artistic movements of his time, without neglecting his interest in ancient civilizations and so-called primitive arts.

Tintin and Chang at the Museum of Asian Arts: In 1934 in Brussels, the story of a famous friendship between two artists, Tchang and Hergé, born on the borders of Eurasia, begins. This friendship, born during the creation of “The Blue Lotus,” survives barriers, separations, and oblivion. Thanks to Chiang’s advice, Hergé develops a genuine sympathy and admiration for the Chinese people. When it was necessary to create an alter ego for Tintin, Hergé chose to name him after his initiator of Chinese culture. And if Tintin saves Chang from drowning on the banks of the Yangtze, it will be his new friend who will guide him through the labyrinths of Shanghai and the mysteries of China. Solitary and generous, they face the adversities, stupidity, and brutality of Japanese occupation. This friendship will take Tintin to the peaks of the Himalayas in search of Tchang, just as Hergé will search for his friend in China to finally bring him back to Brussels in 1981, one of the most beautiful stories in comics.

The exhibition “Tintin, Hergé, and Chang” is the result of collaboration between the Espace culturel Départemental Lympia and the Hergé Museum in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

The Espace culturel Départemental Lympia is located on the Nizza waterfront, at Quai Entrecasteaux, number 2.

The Museum of Asian Arts is located on the Promenade des Anglais, at number 405.