Posted in Art, Event, News, tagged Marseille, Mucem on October 24, 2020| 1 Comment »
Fabulous, literally….the rooftop at MuCEM
During November and December, MuCEM’s new Happy Hour programme includes free admission to all exhibitions from 16:00-18:00. This starts today and will last for the duration of the curfew. It’s worth remembering that all the public museums in Marseille are free too, for the next 12 months.
Details here and worth a click to see the lovely photo of MuCEM, better than mine! https://www.mucem.org/le-mucem-en-mode-happy-hour
Posted in Art, News, tagged Koons, Marseille, Mucem on September 21, 2020| 2 Comments »
Koons with one of his balloon dogs
Next year’s MuCEM blockbuster will be a show devised by and dedicated to US artist Jeff Koons. His sculptures depict everyday objects, including stainless-steel balloon animals which sell for stratospheric prices: ‘Rabbit’ sold for $91.1m. Curators at the Marseille museum have invited Kooms to ‘dialogue’ with their collection of thousands of items. He will choose 200 of them to exhibit and produce 20 works inspired by them. The artist has already been to Marseille twice to plan the show. (more…)
Posted in Event, News, tagged Marseille, Mucem on December 17, 2019| 2 Comments »
Fabulous, literally….the rooftop at MuCEM
MuCEM has announced its programme for the coming year, chapeau! to them for letting us all know.
One of the major exhibitions will be Pharaons Superstars, 29th April – 17th August which interestingly runs roughly parallel to Pharaon, Osiris et la Momie at Aix’s Musée Granet. Lots for the Egyptologists in 2020.
Here’s the listing: Mucem_Expositions_2020_Communique_de_Presse
Posted in Art, Event, Food, Patrimoine, tagged Aix, Lolmede, Marseille, MPG2019, Office du Tourisme, Panier on September 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »
A cartoon-based gastro-guide in Aix
An olive-based trail in Marseille’s Panier
and
Graeco-Roman Banquets in Marseille’s Jardin des Vestiges
Posted in News, Patrimoine, Transport, tagged Colorbus, Erre 1930, Marseille on May 12, 2019| 2 Comments »
Posted in Miscellaneous, News, tagged Marseille, Navette to L'Estaque, Navette to Pointe-Rouge on April 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »
The summer services for the hourly boats – navettes maritimes – which go from the Vieux Port down to Point Rouge or along to L’Estaque and back will start on Saturday 27th April until 29th September. Cost still 5€ each way. If you haven’t tried these short journeys, they are a great way to see the coast and spend a little time in either community. Pointe Rouge has a nice sandy beach and restaurants ‘pieds dans l’eau’, while L’Estaque has a walk around the viewing points that once drew painters from all over the country……loads of restaurants too.
During the summer, 25 June – 27 September, there will be an additional service down to Les Goudes, 8 euros.
More on https://www.marseilletourisme.fr/fr/decouvrir/infos-pratiques/transports/navette-maritime/.
*** I was going into the metro in Marseille one day last summer when illuminated signs warned people that the boats had stopped running due to a sudden Mistral. So it’s a good idea to have a bus timetable to get back, if need be!
Posted in Event, News, tagged Marseille on February 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »
It’s most unusual for one person to have 5 exhibitions in 5 different Marseille museums simultaneously, but then Sophie Calle is an unusual person. She’s a French writer, film-maker and photographer, who has exhibited world-wide and has represented France at the Venice Biennale. (more…)
Posted in Film, News, Transport, tagged Aix, Marseille, parking on December 13, 2018| 2 Comments »
Everyone I have spoken to has been saddened by the announced closure of the Librarie de Provence. Now there is an online petition to show local support. They aim to get 5000 signatures and were well over 2500 when I checked this morning. (more…)
Posted in Patrimoine, Publication, tagged Marseille, Marseille Tourist Office on December 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Marseille has been working hard to get itself on the tourist ‘must-see’ list and the Tourist Office now offers many organised visits to different parts of this vibrant city. Apart from the obvious sites, visitors can opt for food-tasting tours, street art walks, lunch on a cruise ship, or behind the scenes at the Marseille opera which includes a fascinating visit to the atelier where costumes are made.
Their new catalogue describes them for trip-organisers – but at the same time gives us individuals lots of ideas for outings!
Posted in News, Patrimoine, tagged Fort Saint-Jean, Marseille, Mucem on October 9, 2018| 4 Comments »
…you may be interested in the new space opened in the Fort Saint-Jean in July.
(c) MuCEM, Gabriel Popoff
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