A modernist masterpiece where art, architecture and Mediterranean landscape merge into one extraordinary experience.
- Modern and contemporary art
- Works by Giacometti, Miró, Calder, Braque and Chagall
- Monumental sculpture
- Mosaics and ceramics
- The Giacometti Courtyard
- The Miró Labyrinth
- Works integrated into the gardens and architecture
- Temporary exhibitions
Don't visit only the galleries. Move between inside and outside continuously — the relationship between the works and the building is the real experience.
Don’t miss The Giacometti Courtyard and Miró Labyrinth. They demonstrate perfectly how the foundation was conceived as an environment rather than a conventional museum.
The architecture: Look beyond the artworks.
Nearby route ideas
The Côte d'Azur Art Escape
Fondation Maeght + Fondation Hartung-Bergman + Musée Picasso Antibes
One of the strongest contemporary-art routes on the French Riviera:
Maeght → Hartung-Bergman → Picasso
It combines art foundation, artist studio and artist museum.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence art route
Fondation Maeght + Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Combine the foundation with the medieval village and its historic artistic connections.
Modern art Côte d'Azur
Fondation Maeght + Fondation Hartung-Bergman + Chapelle Matisse + Musée Picasso Antibes
A particularly strong route for understanding the extraordinary concentration of modern artists on the Côte d'Azur.
Sculpture + landscape route
Fondation Maeght + Fondation Hartung-Bergman + Château La Coste
For travellers interested in sculpture, architecture and art integrated into landscape.
Artlovers Mediterranean weekend
Nice → Saint-Paul-de-Vence → Fondation Maeght → Antibes → Fondation Hartung-Bergman
A perfect slow-art itinerary combining major art institutions with Mediterranean towns and landscapes.
About
Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence is one of Europe's most important destinations for modern and contemporary art, combining a major collection with exceptional architecture, sculpture gardens and Mediterranean landscape. Created by Aimé and Marguerite Maeght and opened in 1964, the foundation was designed by Josep Lluís Sert in collaboration with artists including Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Alexander Calder and Marc Chagall.
Its galleries, courtyards and gardens contain paintings, sculpture, mosaics and architectural interventions that were conceived to exist in dialogue with their surroundings. Highlights include the Giacometti Courtyard, Miró Labyrinth and the foundation's distinctive modernist architecture. For art travellers, Fondation Maeght is much more than a museum visit: it is a destination where art, architecture and landscape form a single experience.
Worth the trip
Because the Fondation Maeght is not simply a place where art is displayed. The architecture, gardens, sculptures and landscape were conceived together, creating one of Europe's great total art experiences.
