The 4th edition of the Iconic Houses European Lecture Tour took place from 9 -16 October 2018, when Tim Benton, Professor Emeritus in Art History (Open University), toured five European cities -Oslo, Cologne, Rotterdam, Prague and Brno- with a lecture on Eileen Gray’s iconic Villa E-1027 by the sea on the Côte d'Azur. After many years of struggle to get the restoration and management of Villa E-1027 on track, Eileen Gray’s tour de force is open to the public each summer and a member of the Iconic Houses Network since 2015.
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On September 11th 2018, HSH Prince Albert of Monaco inaugurated the annual open-air sculpture exhibition ART’BRE in the Parc des Oliviers at Roquebrune Cap Martin, and notably the five large pieces by Cork-based sculptress Eilis O’Connell. They completed the six pieces by Eilis presented on the terraces of E-1027. Both exhibitions closed on October 15th.
At the same time, he inaugurated a striking new bust of Eileen Gray by Dublin-based Vera Klute which will remain on permanent exhibition in the bust-gallery in the Parc des Oliviers honouring famous residents of Roquebrune Cap Martin.
Cap Moderne is proud to present its new exhibition in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou.
This exhibition covers the key periods of Eileen Gray’s career, and focuses in particular on her ideas about the organization of space, as exemplified by the work she carried out in renovating Madame Mathieu-Levy’s apartment between 1919 and 1924.
It also sheds more light on Villa E-1027 and its interior.
The third section of the exhibition concerns the villa Tempe a Pailla.
Curators: Renaud Barres, Historien de l'architecture , directeur du CAUE de l'Aude,
Tim Benton, Professor of Art History (Emeritus), The Open University, Milton Keynes and
Cloé Pitiot, Curator at the Centre Pompidou, diplômée de l'Ecole d'architecture de Nancy
Visiting hours: during opening hours of the Cap Moderne site (May to October).
In July 2016, after a lengthy process of consultation, the World Heritage Committee finally decided to inscribe the Architectural Work of Le Corbusier on the List of World Heritage Sites.
Inscription on the prestigious World Heritage List is testimony to Le Corbusier's ground-breaking achievement and contribution to the development of modern architecture and will ensure that his oeuvre, at Roquebrune and elsewhere, will be preserved and handed down to future generations. The Cabanon has the singular distinction of being the only World Heritage site in the whole Alpes Maritimes department.
On 7 September 2016 a plaque was unveiled paying tribute to Eileen Gray at her former home at 21 rue Bonaparte in the sixth arrondissement, Paris. The ceremony took place in the presence of H.E Mrs Geraldine Byrne Nason and representatives of the Paris municipal council