Villa Carmignac - Exhibition 2025 - Vertigo

The Fondation Carmignac presents the exhibition Vertigo, curated by Matthieu Poirier, at the Villa Carmignac, on the island of Porquerolles off the coast of Hyères from April 26 to November 2, 2025.

Echoing the dizzying experience of the Mediterranean sun, mistral wind, waves and sea spray, as well as the immensity of the sky and the depths of the sea on the island of Porquerolles, the VERTIGO exhibition explores the links between the perception of natural phenomena and abstraction since the 1950s.

With its oscillating mobiles, interplay of light and shadow, and large-format panoramic paintings, the exhibition is an invitation to vertigo: Vibration of color in works by Yves Klein, James Turrell and Jesús Rafael Soto, cosmic journeys by Olafur Eliasson, Anna-Eva Bergman and Hans Hartung, dissolution in the troubled environments of Helen Frankenthaler, Gerhard Richter, Frank Bowling and Flora Moscovici, optical games by Ann Veronica Janssens and Carlos Cruz-Diez, celestial infinities by Otto Piene and Caroline Corbasson.