Jean Cocteau's Enchanted Gardens at Menton's Palais de l'Europe

The Galerie des Musées at Menton's Palais de l'Europe presents 'Les jardins enchantés de Jean Cocteau,' an exhibition drawn from the Séverin Wunderman collection. It explores Cocteau's fascination with nature through drawings, pastels, and illustrated postcards, echoing the magical vegetal transformation in his 1946 film 'La Belle et la Bête.' The show includes letters to friends, the series 'Beethoven et les Dames du silence' (a commission for the Beethoven Festival in Bonn), and works by Marie Vassilieff, Françoise Gilot, Claude Como, Kim Boulukos, and Yvonne Bilis Régnier. Cocteau's Mediterranean inspiration is captured in his quote: 'The Côte d'Azur is the greenhouse where roots grow. Paris is the shop where flowers are sold.' The exhibition runs until January 30, 2027.