MERCREDIS@MACM 2022-2023

The MERCREDIS@MACM continue on
WEDNESDAY 14TH JUNE

For the last conference of the season, we look forward to welcoming Amélie Puget from the  International Perfume Museum's Gardens to celebrate the wonderful natural scents that mesmerize us today as much as they did in the past.

A SHORT STORY OF PERFUME
From Antiquity to the present day

Throughout this conference designed like an olfactory journey through times and emotions, the highlights of the History of perfume will be presented in light of the Mougins Museum's collections. 

This series of monthly conferences (in French) takes place from October to June in the intimate setting of the Egyptian crypt. Each event ends in the friendly atmosphere of a drinks reception, an excellent opportunity for all participants to meet & continue to talk about the topic adressed in the conference.

ADMISSION: 10€ / 8€ for the Friends of the MACM
Please are limited.
Please book in advance on reservations@mouginsmusee.com / +33(0)493751822 or directly from the museum's website (Book online tab)

Past conferences:

OCTOBER
Géraldine Crevat, our special correspondent from the land of the Greek gods:
APOLLOS'S BETTER GUARDED SECRETS
Apollo is a complex and fascinating god who enlightens the world. Influential deity of manifold function, what is his true nature? Geraldine Crevat will take us on a journey into the land of the Greek gods to help us understand Apollo's role and his lasting legacy.

The conference will be followed by a signing of Geraldine Crevat's latest book Dans les secrets des dieux grecs (The Greek gods' better guarded secrets)
Interactive and fun, this book offers the reader a captivating insight into the major gods and goddesses of the Greek pantheon by unveiling their most intimate secrets. As readers turn the pages, they will begin to understand the temperament of these mythological figures and by doing so, better understand themselves...

NOVEMBER
Interview with a prominent actor in the world of photography:
STÉPHANE BRASCA

This month's event will feature an open conversation with Stéphane Brasca, founder and managing editor of De l'air, the national photography magazine created in 2000. Stéphane Brasca is also a photo book editor, exhibition curator and photography consultant. 

DECEMBER
We will welcome Hélène Bouillon, Egyptologist and Curator at the Louvre-Lens for a lecture on a subject that cannot be missed this year:
CHAMPOLLION, ON THE TRAIL OF HIEROGLYPHS
This lecture echoes the outstanding exhibition currently on show at the Louvre-Lens that marks the 200th anniversary of the deciphering of the hieroglyphs.

JANUARY
This year, we are putting the spotlight on a few temporary exhibitions the Mougins Museum is proud to be lending artefacts to.  Our next guests will be Armande Cernuschi, Exhibition Curator, and Georges Cardoso, Registrar, from LUGDUNUM, Museum and Roman theatres, for a presentation on the exhilarating topic of their current exhibition:
SPECTACULAR!  ENTERTAINMENT IN ROMAN TIMES

Gladiatoral combats, musical and theatrical performances, chariot races...as many extraordinary forms of entertainment conducive to social cohesion that contributed to glorify the city and the power of Rome. Organisers of such events were at the height of ingenuity to stage the most spectacular shows. Although they were for all to enjoy, men and women, slaves and wealthy officials alike, the seating arrangement in arenas and theatres echoed nonetheless the Roman social hierachies. 

FEBRUARY
In honour of Coup de Crayon, presented at the MACM until Sunday 2nd April, the  Mougins MUseum's team is delighted to welcome Grégory Couderc, Scientific Curator at the Musée national Marc Chagall in Nice for a conference entitled
MARC CHAGALL: "COLOURS MAKE DRAWINGS SING"

Through an exploratory tour of Marc Chagall's work, the conference will address the artist's creative process. In his numerous sketches, lines & colours blend together to give way to the finished works: painting, engraving, stained glass, mosaic... Chagall experimented with numerous techniques such as pastel & collage throughout his life.

APRIL
THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN ON PICASSO'S WORK
Conference by Caroline Lebert.

Caroline spends her life in museums & has studied at the École du Louvre to nourish her passion for the arts. A tour guide with more than 20 years’ experience, Caroline is a specialist in 20th century artists who she presents with eloquence & brio.

MAY
THE USE OF COLOUR IN ANTIQUITY & IN CONTMEPORARY CREATIONS
Camille Béguin will share with us her doctoral research on the topic of polychromy & ancient marbles. Whilst specialists such as archaeologists, scientists & restorers are constantly adding to the existing body of knowledge on ancient pictorial practices, how do museums transmit their findings?