Culture & Arts

The history of the red carpet at the Palace of Festivals on the Croisette in Cannes dates back to the pre-war times. The Cannes Film Festival was born as a response to the first world film festival held in Venice.

12 May, 2025

Monaco Art Week announces dates and participants for its 7th edition

Monaco Art Week will take place from the 7th to 12th July 2025, under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. For its 7th edition, the members are delighted to welcome H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of Hanover as their patron.

7 May, 2025

Robert De Niro to Receive Honorary Palme d’Or at 78th Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival has announced that American actor, director, and producer Robert De Niro will be honoured with the prestigious Honorary Palme d'Or during the opening ceremonyof its 78th edition on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. This accolade recognizes De Niro's exceptional contributions to cinema over his illustrious career.

28 Apr, 2025

Big Art Festival Welcomes the Black Eyed Peas to Monte-Carlo for an Unforgettable Night

Monaco’s social calendar just found its crown jewel.

25 Apr, 2025

“Monaco and the Napoleons” Exhibition at the Grimaldi Forum

An unprecedented exhibition exploring links between the Principality and the Napoleons is coming to the Grimaldi Forum this summer. “Monaco and the Napoleons: Intertwined Destinies,” will be on display from July 11 to August 31, 2025.

24 Apr, 2025

I Love Art: It’s been 40 years since Marc Chagall left us

What is reality? Isn’t it preserved in our dreams when daily life is unbearable? We’ll never know if it’s been more of a refuge or an aesthetic bias, so unclassifiable is Chagall’s work, dazzling with freedom and audacity.

13 Apr, 2025

I Love Art: Top Spring Art Expositions 

From retrospectives of great masters to bold experiments by contemporary artists, art is once again taking center stage this spring. Our selection of the season's most striking and significant art exhibitions is a must-see for anyone who says "I love art.

6 Apr, 2025

Pierre Boulez, hero of the Printemps des Arts Monte-Carlo festival

I Love Art: Pierre Boulez, hero of the Printemps des Arts Monte-Carlo 2025 festival

The Festival programme includes an impressive selection of some 25 concerts, theatrical and poetic performances as well as musical strolls of the Francis Bacon Art Foundation.

1 Apr, 2025

I Love Art: Henri Matisse, 70th anniversary of the death of modern art’s pope

He had been seduced, transported, dazzled by the French Riviera sun. His first stay in Nice in the 1930s, made one of the greatest masters of modernity, Henri Matisse, settle and spend the rest of his days here.

12 Mar, 2025

Culture & Arts

Ben Wrote The Final Word: The Artist Of The “School Of Nice”, Known

There'd be tons of books to write about Ben. As a man, as an artist. A truly unique creator who, in the 1960s, shook up all the fashion and principles of the so-called art society, giving a radically new impetus to contemporary art.

24 Jan, 2025

Marc Chevalier at the Eva Vautier gallery in Nice

I Love Art: Top Winter Art Expositions 

Female artists in the spotlight at the Mougins Museum Permanent exhibition From impressionism to abstraction, female artists, too often neglected, have truly marked the history of art.

6 Dec, 2024

Culture & Arts

I Love Art: Top Summer and Autumn Art Expositions

A feeling of the sublime with Turner at the Grimaldi Forum Until September After the special Monet event last summer, an equally exceptional exhibition of the incredible Joseph Mallord William Turner is now in store for us.

8 Aug, 2024

The AlUla: Tapestry of Creativity Exhibition takes centre stage in Monte Carlo

HelloMonaco had the pleasure of speaking with Nora Aldabal, the Executive Director of Arts and Creative Industries at the Royal Commission for AlUla, during the AlUla: Tapestry of Creativity exhibition in Monte Carlo.

6 Aug, 2024

Ballets de Monte Carlo: A Creative New Perspective

Puglia Enraptured: Ballets de Monte-Carlo Mesmerizes with Core Meu

In the heat of a Puglian summer, the Ballets de Monte-Carlo wrapped up their 2023-2024 season with a spellbinding performance of **Core Meu**. From July 18th to 20th, Lecce's historic Piazza Del Duomo was the stage for this captivating ballet, attended by the Princess of Hanover.

4 Aug, 2024