In creating his architectural center in 1976, Victor Vasarely made a gesture of exceptional significance and generosity. This French artist of Hungarian origin (Pécs 1906 – Paris 1997), internationally recognized as the father of Op Art, a specialist in optical and kinetic effects, as well as a brilliant advertising illustrator, created in Aix-en-Provence “La Cité polychrome of happiness “, bringing together visual artists, architects and urban planners, and wished to promote a social art accessible to all.

 Intérieur de La Fondation VasarelyVasarely Foundation,  hall n°5

Reflecting on the art and avant-garde look that Victor Vasarely focused on the role of the artist in the twentieth century, the Foundation was created to popularize art without cultural or social discrimination: an art for all; accessible to everyone.
Avant-garde architecture, the Foundation is thought of as a gigantic lumino-kinetic sculpture where the optical animations of the facade prefigure the kinetic games of the 42 monumental integrations that we discover inside the building.
The most famous works of Victor Vasarely are presented to the Foundation in the form of monumental works allowing the visitor to appreciate the outcome to which Vasarely brings geometric abstract painting under the name of kinetic art. Vasarely was one of the promoters of this movement, as well as his son Yvaral, visual artist and graphic designer. The Foundation presents their works, as well as those of contemporary artists who work on the interactions between the work and the public in temporary exhibitions.

Season greetings to you all

Dear members, friends and sympathizers,

We wish you happy end of year celebrations and invite you again to attend the concert ‘A Happy New Year’ which we are offering in partnership with the vocal ensemble AD FONTES. This concert with a British repertoire from the Renaissance to the 20th century will take place on December 28, 2019 at 4 p.m. at the Vasarely Foundation. Reservations and information on 04 42 93 22 98.

Next year we will meet you for a new cycle of conferences:

• Tuesday January 14 at 10:30 am ‘Animals in modern and contemporary art‘ by Agnès Ghenassia

• Thursday 23 January at 6 p.m. ‘The stars and the universe, an odyssey in space and time‘ by Jacques Drouot

• Tuesday February 11 at 10:30 am ‘The portrait, from the 20th to the 21st century’ by Agnès Ghenassia

• Friday February 14 at 6:00 p.m. ‘Valentine’s Day conference: the kisses of the artists’ by Agnès Ghenassia

If you have not yet joined or renewed your membership, we invite you to do so and remember that it will give you the right to free access to the Vasarely Foundation throughout the year upon presentation of the 2020 card as well only at the reduced rate for our conferences.

We thank you for your loyalty and look forward to seeing you again soon.

Joachim Rothacker

Trip to Budapest and Pécs from the 27th of May to the 1st of June 2020

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The Friends of the Vasarely Foundation offer you, accompanied by Agnès Ghenassia,
a trip to Budapest and Pécs from May 27 to June 1, 2020.

Budapest and Pécs are the two Hungarian cities to which Victor Vasarely donated part of his work and both dedicate a museum to the famous child of the country.

But Budapest is above all a dynamic, cheerful European metropolis, which preserves the traces of a rich and tumultuous past with baroque districts, rococo, art nouveau, Bauhaus (..and Stalinist architecture), which has beautiful museums and perpetuates in daily of ancient traditions, such as thermal baths, crafts, and a cuisine rich in goulash, stews and creamy pastries. In addition, during the last week of May, we will enjoy a biennial of contemporary art which allows dynamic gallery owners to promote the young scene of Hungarian creators.
We will devote a day to visiting Pécs, 200 km southwest of Budapest (round trip by bus), a small university and cultural town famous among other things for its Zsolnay (art nouveau style) ceramic factory.

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Cycle of conferences by Agnès Ghenassia

Animals in contemporary art (second part), 11th of February 2020 at 10:00am

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A conference by Agnès Ghenassia

In sculpture, many artists renew the tradition of the old Cabinets de Curiosités by imagining all kinds of hybridizations, others divert the traditional use of taxidermy to express their empathy towards the animal world.
Finally, since the 1970s, the use of live animals, sometimes questionable, has been the tireless desire to reduce the gap between art and life.

Tuesday 11th of February 2020 at 10:30am

MEMBERS ENTRY FEE : 5€
NON MEMBERS : 7€

Fondation Vasarely
Jas de Bouffan
1 avenue Marcel Pagnol
13090 Aix-en-Provence