Galleries in Nice
I particularly wanted to visit the Musee International D’Art Naif Anatole Jakovsky in Nice. It’s a collection housed in a chateau and displays naive art from the 18th-21st Century.
I am drawn to naive art as it’s done by untrained artists outside the established art world and I love the way the artists don’t conform to the usual rules, they break the grammar.
The images of the boat, show a work by Jean Branciard called Le Tigre from 1998. Branciard collects found materials and puts them together hapazardly to form his sculptures. The materials used all have a history and were useful in a previous existence. He is not formally trained but has always drawn and painted. The boat makes me think of fragile memories or half remembered dreams, something intangible which is difficult to grasp hold of.
Three of my favourite images from the gallery, La petit danseuse (oil on wood) by Camille Bombois, Le Marin (oil on canvas) by Manfred Sohl and Les Tres Marines (oil on canvas).
FAMM (Female Artists of the Mougins Museum)
Getting a train from Nice to Cannes and then a bus to the village of Mougins we visited Famm, on 9th March 2026, a museum celebrating women artists. The museum is over four floors and is an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and photographs. These were some of the artworks that I enjoyed the most.
Portrait of Mrs Emmanuel Gonzales (mother of the artist) 1870 by Eva Gonzales, pastel on paper, Joueuse de Mandoline by Francoise Gilot, Hammer and Sickle (and unborn baby) 1950 by Frida Kahlo, Generation 2012-2014 by Jenny Saville, Portrait of a young girl 1958 by Judith Rothschild, Untitled (Woman walking with the candelabra) from Louisiana Project 2003 by Carrie Mae Weens, Le Train 1975 by Leonor Fini, Ode to the Dog Rose 2021 by Sahara Longe, Katy in a pink dress 2023 by Chantal Joffe, Jackie Curtis as a Boy 1972 by Alice Neel, The Cockfight 2023 by Elizabeth Colomba.
