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

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.

“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