Villa Les Camélias

Exhibition

"Les Lumières du Voyage"

OLIVIER DESVAUX

From May 28 to September 21

"Les Lumières du Voyage"

Olivier Desvaux invites us on a journey, with stops ranging from the Urals to Greece, from the banks of the Seine to Japan, from the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon to Syracuse, from San Francisco to the Norwegian fjords… A wide variety of landscapes, each a suspended moment in time, from which a timeless poetry emerges.

Olivier Desvaux works within the tradition of oil painting. A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2006 and the recipient of numerous awards, he joined the prestigious circle of Official Painters of the French Navy in 2018.

His studio is located on a bend of the Seine in Normandy, a landscape renowned for its exceptional light. From this daily spectacle, as well as from his countless travels, Olivier Desvaux most often draws his inspiration outdoors, with a particular attraction to natural light and to water—whether it be river, sea, or the mirror-like surface of Lake Baikal.
Olivier Desvaux’s compositions are often structured by architectural lines, but also by a staging of emptiness that gives rhythm to the works and fosters a majestic luminous atmosphere. When figures appear, they seem to float within the vibration of the light, lending them an enigmatic and silent presence.

In the display cases, studies are presented that served as the basis for large-format works created in the studio. These include interior scenes, portraits of loved ones, landscape details, or everyday moments captured in travel sketchbooks, all revealing another facet of his work—observant, intimate, often tender, and always captivating.

“Capturing reality, feeling, finding the inspiring light, the poetry of a place. For me, it is an experience with the living world, with the elements, that is always at the origin of the work done in the studio.”  Olivier Desvaux

Discover the temporary exhibition

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Ramiro Arrue Exhibition

Ramiro Arrue was prolific: the drawings, paintings, enamels, and workshop documents gathered here reveal a silent universe filled with delicacy and majesty.

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“If Cap d’Ail Were Told to Me” Exhibition

On the garden level, the villa displays objects and countless photographs from the late 19th century to the 1950s, immortalizing the lives, leisure, festivities, and everyday landscapes of Cap d’Ail’s residents.

Practical Information

Museum & Bookstore Opening Hours

April 1 – October 31
Tuesday to Friday
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM / 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Last admission: 30 minutes before closing.

Sunday
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Last admission: 30 minutes before closing.

Closed on Monday and Saturday

November 1 – March 31
Tuesday to Friday
9:30 AM – 12:00 PM / 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Last admission: 30 minutes before closing.

Sunday
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Last admission: 30 minutes before closing.

Closed on Monday and Saturday

Admission Fees & Access

Free for children under 12

Full price: €9

Reduced price: €5 (students, ages 13-18, seniors 60+)

Groups (reservation required): €5 per person (groups of 5+)

School visits: upon request

Credit cards accepted

17 Avenue Raymond Gramaglia
06320 Cap d’Ail

SNCF Train Station: Cap d’Ail stop, 200m away

Bus lines:

  • Line 600 Nice-Monaco-Menton: Beaverbrook stop
  • Line 79 Les Genêts-Gare SNCF-Savorani H: Bois Joli stop

 

Wheelchair ramp available upon request

Exhibition

Les Lumières du Voyage

Conference visits for groups

Tuesday mornings from 10:30 to 11:00 am

June: 3, 10, 17, and 24
July: 1st, 8, 15, and 22
August: 19 and 26
September: 2 and 9