Description:
On the ramparts above the port is the Château Grimaldi, once the home of the princes of Antibes of the Grimaldi family, who ruled the city from 1385 to 1608. Today it houses one of the world's great Picasso collections. Picasso came to town after the war and stayed in a small hotel at Golfe-Juan until the museum director at Antibes invited him to work and live at the museum. Picasso spent 1946 painting here. When he departed, he gave the museum all the work he'd done: 24 paintings, 80 pieces of ceramics, 44 drawings, 32 lithographs, 11 oils on paper, 2 sculptures, and 5 tapestries. In addition, a gallery of contemporary art exhibits Léger, Miró, Ernst, and Calder, among others.
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Awards:
Frommer's
- Highly Recommended 2010
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Contact:
- tel: 04-92-90-54-20
Address:
- Place du Mariejol
- Antibes Juan les Pins
Hours:
- June-Sept Tues-Sun 10am-6pm (until 8pm July-Aug); Oct-May Tues-Sun 10am-noon and 2-5:30pm
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- No Sweat
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