Mougins Center of Photography

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Mougins Center of Photography
Centre de Photographie de Mougins
Established2021 (2021)
Location43, rue de l'Église
06250 Mougins, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Website centrephotographiemougins.com

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]

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The building was previously home to the photography museum of André Villiers  [ fr ], 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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