Christophe Cuzin's 'Attention travaux' at Musée Picasso Antibes

Just before an 18-month closure for major renovations, director Jean-Louis Andral invited Christophe Cuzin to 'repaint' the first two floors of the Musée Picasso Antibes. The exhibition, ironically titled 'Attention travaux,' focuses on the void left after Picasso's works were removed. Cuzin's in situ intervention avoids traditional paintings, using color directly on walls to reveal the discontinuous yet intimate architecture of the Château Grimaldi. On the ground floor and staircase, he applies a different industrial matte color to each plane, bordered by white reserve lines that redraw the architecture while vibrant color screens fragment spatial continuity. In a square room, he installs four white walls from mid-height to ceiling, slightly skewed to echo Russian abstract compositions. On the second level, walls remain white, bordered by colored adhesive tape—a ready-made color that eliminates paint. Each room gets a different tape color, setting the tone for a hang of works from the museum's collection (excluding Picasso), featuring artists like Viallat, Castellas, and Leppien in yellow, blue, or green monochromes. The exhibition ends with Nicolas de Staël's monumental 'Concert' paired with a red monochrome of identical size and intensity.