Featured Events in Nice in May, 2025 (May Updated)

Nice "Art and Ocean Biennale" - Selected by the United Nations, the whole city has been transformed into an ocean laboratory! This summer's super dream punch-in event that you can't miss is here! From May to October 2025, Nice, France will host the first "Art and Ocean Biennale", and will be deeply linked with the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC 2025) held in France for the first time in June!

This exhibition invites you to discover his artistic journey, from the revelation of Henri Matisse's Luxe, Calme et Volupté, where the need to bring about the "miracle of the imagination" fully appeared to him, to the development of his touch in relation to that of Paul Cézanne and finally the blossoming of his own pictorial language in his studio in Vence. His unique style unfolds throughout the exhibition in the landscapes of Normandy and Provence, the motif of the studio, the views of ports and bathers or even the musicality of parties and receptions. And if the Norman is above all a painter, he also sought very early on to transpose the recurring motifs of his imagination into the illustration of books, textile creation or even ceramics. This project is an opportunity to rediscover the richness of the Dufy collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, which we owe mainly to the generosity of the artist's wife, Eugénie Brisson from Nice.

MAMAC is reinventing itself through off-site exhibitions, loans of works, and nomadic mediations. Running until June 27, 2025, a fun, and modular traveling exhibition module centered around Niki de Saint Phalle has been created. This artistic and educational journey will be deployed in schools in the Nice academy, promoting accessibility for audiences far removed from the cultural sphere: rural areas and priority neighborhoods, but not only.

Sanyu, born in China and trained in calligraphy and ink painting, spent most of his life in Paris. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris before joining the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Sanyu is known for his drawings of female nudes, a theme absent from Eastern tradition, and for his style, which combines Chinese heritage with influences from the Parisian avant-garde. Often compared to Matisse, Sanyu developed a unique art form, at the crossroads of two cultures.

Discover the "Living Ocean" exhibition in Paris and Nice: 83 sublime photographs by Greg Lecoeur and Olivier Anrigo explore the beauty and biodiversity of the world's marine life. The "Living Ocean" exhibition, co-curated by Laurent Loiseau, the city of Nice, and the Métropole, has been selected for February 2024 to be shown at the Grilles du Sénat (Luxembourg Gardens) in Paris.

In 1948, upon his return from exile in the United States, where he had found refuge during the Second World War, Marc Chagall first settled in Orgeval, in the Paris region, until 1949, then on the Côte d'Azur, in Vence, where he lived until 1965. He settled permanently in Saint-Paul-de-Vence where he remained at the villa "La Colline" from 1966 until his death in 1985. During this period, Chagall implemented numerous monumental projects such as stained glass windows, mosaics and the creation of the Marc Chagall National Museum, inaugurated in 1973, the first national museum dedicated to a living artist. The artist continued his lithographic work, notably in collaboration with Charles Sorlier at Mourlot in Paris and with Cramer editions in Geneva. Between 1966 and 1985, Chagall produced more than half of the original lithographs he produced during his career (662 out of 1,101). The museum holds 148 lithographs from this period in its collection, almost all of which come from donations from Charles Sorlier in 1986 and 1988. The exhibition presents a large number of them, enriched by paintings, a tapestry and stained glass projects for the museum. These creations, marked by exceptional vitality, resonate with some of his early works and illustrate the permanence and recurrence of the themes explored by the artist since his earliest years: the self-portrait, the couple, the circus, the Bible...

The Brass Band is a large orchestra composed exclusively of brass and percussion. Very widespread in Great Britain, brass bands are both popular and serious, festive and classical, dazzling and delicate! In this large majestic family, an extraordinary ensemble was born in the year 2000: the Brass Band Méditerranée, affectionately nicknamed BBMed. Directed by Olivier Mauny, full professor of trumpet at the Conservatoire de Musique et d’Art Dramatique d’Antibes Juan-les-Pins, this ensemble of 35 musicians has forged a solid reputation through performances as diverse as they are captivating. https://www.brassbandmediterranee.com Information Source: Azur World Events | eventbrite

Bridget Bazile will close the FIVM Cannes 2025 festival, accompanied by her pianist Vincent Balse and the Choir of Notre-Dame de Bon-Voyage. Bridget Bazile, with her undeniable charisma, charmed Grammy Awards voters by being selected in 2021, in the category “Best Gospel Performance Song” for “We Need a Word from The Lord”, from Rickie Monie’s album “Inspirational Melodies”. Information Source: Azur World Events | eventbrite

When: May 22, 2025 @ 8:30am Where: St Isidore Cultural Center & Community Hall (Bouchard St, St Isidore, AB T0H 3B0) in the BarBar room, located upstairs - https://goo.gl/maps/roRUwy91sDv2KfW96 What: Please have staff bring water, lunch & required paperwork (core manual, pen & paper to take notes, etc.) Information Source: PRAAAF | eventbrite

Musicâme à Vence – Cathédrale Notre-Dame de la NativitéUn concert éclatant à Vence 🌸💃 Une sélection éblouissante d’œuvres classiques, interprétée par des musiciens d’élite, vous transportera dans une soirée festive et raffinée. Virtuosité, émotions et magie musicale au rendez-vous pour un moment unique. Réservez dès maintenant vos places pour un événement incontournable ! 🎻 Ensemble Musicâme France FlûtesIssam Garfi ; Violon-solo Sibylle Cornaton Duschesne, 2nd violonMatei Ioan ; AltoFrançois Duchesne ;VioloncelleThibault Leroy ProgrammeR.Strauss :Ouverture “Der Fledermaus”C.Chaminade :Concertino pour flûteP.I.Tchaïkovsky : Air de LenskyA.Vivaldi : Concerto pour 2 Violons en Eb Maj. RV515G.Enescu :Cantabile & PrestoC.M.Weber/P.Taffanel :Fantaisie l’Opéra “Der Freischütz”G.Caccini :Ave MariaC.Saint-Saëns :Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso🪑 Les places sont attribuées en fonction de votre ordre d’arrivée, selon la catégorie réservée PREMIUM : Très bonne visibilité Cat A : Bonne visibilité Cat B : Visibilité moyenne Information Source: Musicâme France | eventbrite