Mougins
is a clusterfuck of bad bus karma. I miss two busses, get on one going the
wrong way, have one pass me by while I'm sitting at the bus stop (I end up
walking 4-5 miles)...but worth the trip! Killer views over the panorama -
Mediterranean to the Alps - and a sweet
villàge perché, filled with artists and galleries, restaurants and cafés,
history and culture...and the MACM.
La
Muséé Photographie mainly features photos of Picasso (the great) by his
photographer friends, especially André Villers, whose donations to the city of
Mougins made the museum possible. These virtuosos of the camera make Picasso
come alive, both in his work and his family life.
The
pièce de resistance is the MACM, Muséé d'Art Classique de Mougins -ancient
roman, Greek, and Egyptian art to modern pieces in amazing juxtapositions. Four
floors of paintings, sculptures, carvings, and more puts Mougins on the map and
visitors up close and personal with the beauty of the ancient world and its
influence on neoclassical, modern, and comtemporary art by artists like
Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Dufy, Cézanne, Rodin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Man Ray,
Calder, Lichtenstein, Rubens, Klein, Degas, Dali, Warhol, and others.
Interactive touch screens further enrich the experience.
A mighty army
of artists live here!
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