CAUMONT CENTRE D'ART - Exhibition NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE : Le bestiaire magique

Presentation

From April 30th to October, 5th, 2025.

This exhibition highlights the influence that animals and imaginary creatures had on the artist throughout her life. Through this previously unexplored theme, the exhibition shows how her work, throughout her career, was peopled with a fascinating magical bestiary that mingled symbols, myths, autobiographical accounts and the legacy of Surrealism.

The exhibition retraces Niki de Saint Phalle’s whole career, offering an original interpretation through the prism of her portrayal of animals. The exhibition route is designed to be an initiatory fairy tale, inviting visitors to wander amongst the mischievous creatures before entering an imaginary world where all beings live in magical harmony. The works of this artist often have an autobiographical dimension, evoking an experience of life marked by a constant thirst for creation, which eventually led her to make large-scale sculptures. Her fantasy bestiary can particularly be seen in her monumental public projects (fountains, playgrounds) and her architectural projects, begun in the 1960s.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION :

The visit includes :

The Niki de Saint Phalle exhibition
The 18th century salons whose refined decorations recreate the atmosphere and aesthetics characteristic of this period.
The gardens invite the visitor to enjoy the tranquility of a walk in the shade of the cypresses and the coolness of the fountains.
The film "Cezanne au pays d’Aix" is projected continuously in the Auditorium (subtitled in english)
Open every day from 10 am to 7 pm

Pets are forbidden.

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