Prince Albert II and Princess Caroline inaugurated an exhibition exploring Monaco’s architectural evolution titled Mémoire des lieux (Memory of Places) at the Quai Antoine Ier on 29 September 2026.
The Quai Antoine Ier Exhibition Hall is currently the setting for a thoughtful exploration about what happens when buildings vanish, landscapes transform, and Monaco reinvents itself. Curated by Célia Bernasconi, Director of the Heritage Institute, the exhibition features photographs, monumental works, audiovisual installations, and contemporary pieces.
“The exhibition invites visitors to experience Monaco from a new perspective: a city in constant flux, where artworks, architecture, narratives, and the experiences of its inhabitants form fragments of a living memory,” says a recent press release by Monaco’s Department of Cultural Affairs, organizers of the exhibition.
Alongside the Sovereign and the Princess of Hanover, several officials, including Secretary of State Yvette Lambin-Berti and Minister of the Interior Lionel Beffre, attended the exhibition’s opening event.
Guest artist: Gabriel-Noé Rosticher
Gabriel-Noé Rosticher, a 2023 graduate of Pavillon Bosio, is one of the artists featured in this group exhibition. He has developed a practice centred on listening to and perceiving our surrounding environments. Through video, installation, and sculptural work, he explores urban spaces and their sonic, visible, and even invisible dimensions.
For Mémoire des lieux, he created a new film dedicated to Monaco, offering a sensory map of the Principality through its tunnels, galleries, infrastructure, traffic arteries, and spaces undergoing transformation.
The exhibition also features work by artists Albert Diato, Luis Molné, Roger Capron, Victor Vasarely, Denis Morog, Keith Haring, Gabriele Basilico, Lidwine Prolonge, Mathilde Janson, and Jürgen Nefzger. The design of the exhibition was created by Louise Chatelain and Théophile Sargenti as part of the Pavillon Bosio’s Décors program.
The exhibition is free to the public and runs until 24 January 2027.
