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Jason Caires Taylor, First Underwater Museum in Cannes ©DR ©Jason Caires Taylor In Cannes, the first ecomuseum in France and the Mediterranean welcomes Jason Caires Taylor’s monumental statues with six faces immersed off the coast of Sainte Marguerite Island. Jason Caires Taylor: the underwater exhibition composed of sculptures by the British artist Jason Caires Taylor, immersed near the southern shore of Sainte-Marguerite Island, has been visible since 28 January 2021 to divers equipped with a simple mask and snorkel. Weighing a total of ten tonnes and measuring more than two metres, tra...

Other photos... Livegreenblog readers will be familiar with British environmental sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, famous for his site-specific underwater artworks and creation of artificial reefs consisting of sculptures installed at various sites all over the world. His artworks live in unity with marine life, which grows and prospers on them, generating interaction between living organisms and sculptures. Every set of works may therefore be conceptually considered an ecomuseum in the sea containing a personal message. Jason deCaires Taylor’s new underwater museum is located by th...

Mediterranean beauty: dive into Cannes’ newest art installation Jason deCaires Taylor’s latest underwater art installation celebrates the sea’s fragile ecosystems. Post author Cannes, a city long known for its cultivation of artistic innovation, has just unveiled its newest spectacle. Opened on 1 February, the installation is the first of sculpture artist Jason deCaires Taylor’s ventures into the Mediterranean Sea. His most famous works sit on seabeds all over the world, mingling amid the coral jungles of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Cancún, Mexico, and i...

Dive into an underwater museum in Cannes By Clinton Moodley A new underwater museum opened in Cannes in France, and it will leave you spellbound. The new attraction, which took more than four years to develop, was funded by the Mairie de Cannes and commissioned by its mayor, David Lisnard. The museum is Jason de Caires Taylor’s first installation in the Mediterranean Sea. Visitors will explore six monumental three-dimensional portraits that is 2m tall and weights 10 tons. You will find it near the island of Sainte-Marguerite, one of the Lérins Islands off the coast of Cannes. The new ...

Wed, 12/30/2020 - 17:13 ART & CULTURE For the city of Cannes, it is more important than ever that the new year brings with it the hope of a return to joy and culture. To symbolise this passage, David Lisnard, mayor of Cannes, chose to display the mischievous and seductive face of the great Sean Connery on the symbolic cap of the Palais des Festivals et Congrès. In place from December 16th until the end of January, the "Cannes is eternal, best wishes 2021" tarpaulin features a photo from the Traverso collection, taken in front of the C...