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Kwame Brathwaite - Black is Beautiful

  • Cultural
  • Exhibition
Elevation : 269m
Centre de la photographie de Mougins, 43, Rue de l'Église, 06250 Mougins
The Mougins Photography Centre is an institution dedicated to still and moving images, committed to promoting and exhibiting the many trends in contemporary photography.
While almost everyone may be familiar with the expression ‘Black is beautiful,’ few people know who made it popular. We owe not only the slogan but an entire aesthetic specific to the Black community to an African-American photographer. Native to Brooklyn, Kwame Brathwaite (1938-2003) founded a movement in the 1960s whose ambition was to portray an original culture breaking free from the dominant culture. With the creation of AJASS and the Grandassa models, Brathwaite used the medium of...

Services

Services

Hearing disability
Visual disability
Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
Doors >=77 cm wide
Lift (80 x 130 cm) and door >= 77 cm
Accessible with assistance for the visually impaired
Lift
Toilets
Parking

Rates

Rates

Rates 2025

Rates 2025
Full price
6€

Student
3€

Group adults
4€

Guided tours can be booked with no minimum number of participants, subject to the availability of a guide: €10 per person.
Free tours are available for school groups from Wednesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., upon written reservation at: centrephotographie@villedemougins.com

Combined ticket: Mougins Art Centre
Visit both the Centre of Photography and the Mougins Art Centre with a combined ticket valid for one day.
Full price: €8 / Reduced price: €4 (for students from outside the PACA region).

Free admission:
On the first Sunday of each month, for visitors under 18, students from the South region, jobseekers, people with disabilities (plus one accompanying person), ICOM / ICOMOS / CIPAC / French Ministry of Culture cardholders, members of the Centre's Friends Association, teachers, journalists, members of La Maison des Artistes, and Arles Photography Festival visitors.

“Kwame Brathwaite: Black is Beautiful” is part of the Rencontres d’Arles program within the framework of the Grand Arles Express. The exhibition is accessible upon presentation of the Rencontres d’Arles 2025 pass.

Payment methods

Payment methods

Payment methods

Bank/credit cardBank/credit card
CashCash
Contactless paymentContactless payment

Opening times

Opening times

Monday
Closed

Tuesday
Closed

Wednesday
13:00 - 18:00

Thursday
13:00 - 18:00

Friday
13:00 - 18:00

Saturday
13:00 - 18:00

Sunday
13:00 - 18:00

Monday
11:00 - 19:00

Tuesday
Closed

Wednesday
11:00 - 19:00

Thursday
11:00 - 19:00

Friday
11:00 - 19:00

Saturday
11:00 - 19:00

Sunday
11:00 - 19:00

Monday
Closed

Tuesday
Closed

Wednesday
13:00 - 18:00

Thursday
13:00 - 18:00

Friday
13:00 - 18:00

Saturday
13:00 - 18:00

Sunday
13:00 - 18:00

Monday
Closed

Tuesday
Closed

Wednesday
13:00 - 18:00

Thursday
13:00 - 18:00

Friday
13:00 - 18:00

Saturday
13:00 - 18:00

Sunday
13:00 - 18:00

Location

Location

Kwame Brathwaite - Black is Beautiful
Elevation : 269m
Centre de la photographie de Mougins, 43, Rue de l'Église, 06250 Mougins

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • English
  • French

Environment

Environment
  • Village centre
  • Pond within 5 km
  • Less than 10 minutes from a bus stop on foot
Updated on 18 June 2025 at 11:30
by Office de tourisme de Mougins
(Offer identifier : 7062714)
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