Villa Arson

  • Museum
  • Fine Arts
  • Modern/contemporary art
  • Partenaire Marque CAF
20 avenue Stéphen Liégeard, 06100 Nice
Built in the middle of a Mediterranean garden, Villa Arson brings together an old 18th-century residence set in contemporary brutalist architecture, while offering a splendid panorama of the city of Nice. Admission is free.
Located on the Saint-Barthélemy hill, Villa Arson occupies a vast 2.3-hectare estate overlooking the city of Nice and the Bay of Angels. The architectural ensemble, built in the middle of a Mediterranean garden, brings together the former 18th-century home of the Arson family, now set in modern buildings made of raw concrete and Var pebbles, designed in the late 1960s by architect Michel Marot (1926–2021).

Inaugurated in 1972, Villa Arson was designed as an innovative establishment where teaching, research, experimentation, production and artistic dissemination are combined.

Both a national art school, a national contemporary art center and a hub for international residencies, Villa Arson develops its program each year by inviting numerous visual artists, performers, musicians, critics, graphic designers, exhibition curators, researchers, and heads of French and international institutions to enrich it.

Through its artistic programming and residency policy, the school plays a central role within the network of local, national and international cultural structures: its offering is constantly renewed in order to encourage interactions between its students and players in the French and foreign artistic and intellectual scenes.

Villa Arson is open to the public during exhibition periods:
every day, except Tuesday, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. in July and August).
Admission is free and without reservation.

Services

Services

Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
Sound engineering
Video projector
Microphone
Stage
Table
Round table
Amphitheater
Free choice of caterer

Services offered

Quality standards

Quality standards
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Rates

Rates

Free entry.
free - for everyone

Openings

Openings

Monday
14:00 - 18:00

Tuesday
Closed

Wednesday
14:00 - 18:00

Thursday
14:00 - 18:00

Friday
14:00 - 18:00

Saturday
14:00 - 18:00

Sunday
14:00 - 18:00

Closed on December 24th, 26th, 31st and January 2sd.
Open from 2pm to 7pm in July and August
The Villa Arson is open to the public only during exhibition time.
Monday
14:00 - 18:00

Tuesday
Closed

Wednesday
14:00 - 18:00

Thursday
14:00 - 18:00

Friday
14:00 - 18:00

Saturday
14:00 - 18:00

Sunday
14:00 - 18:00

Closed on December 24th, 26th, 31st and January 2sd.
Open from 2pm to 7pm in July and August
The Villa Arson is open to the public only during exhibition time.

Location

Location

Villa Arson
  • Partenaire Marque CAF
20 avenue Stéphen Liégeard, 06100 Nice

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • English
Updated on 20 February 2025 at 17:18
by Office de Tourisme Métropolitain Nice Côte d'Azur
(Offer identifier : 4740869)
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