Centre de Photographie de Mougins | |
Established | 2021 |
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Location | 43, rue de l'Église 06250 Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, France |
Website | centrephotographiemougins |
The Mougins Center of Photography (Centre de Photographie de Mougins) is a photography gallery located in the village of Mougins, in the Alpes-Maritimes department, France. [1] [2] It opened in July 2021. [3]
The building was previously home to the photography museum of André Villiers , which closed in 2018. [4] The rehabilitation was financed by the municipality as well as by the Provence-Alps-French Riviera administrative region. [5] Its inaugural exhibition was by Isabel Muñoz. [6]
François Cheval is the gallery's artistic director and independent curator and Yasmine Chemali is its manager. [7]
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