Prince Albert II presented Nicolas Daubanes with the Prince of Monaco - Villa Medici creation grant during a ceremony at the Princely Palace on 18 March 2026. Nicolas Dauberies, an artist in residence at Villa Medici, was awarded with €30,000.
There was a time when fraud required being face to face or nearby, a handshake a local letter or a forged signature on heavy paper. Today, it requires only a voice. Not even a real one. In early 2026, something unsettling began to happen to some Monaco residents.


