FAMM, Europe's first private museum dedicated to women artists, opens in Mougins
On June 21, in Mougins, France, the Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins (FAMM) was inaugurated, marking the first private museum in Europe solely focused on women artists. This museum, located in the previous Musée d'art classique de Mougins (MACM), is the brainchild of British collector and philanthropist Christian Levett. It showcases over 100 pieces—including paintings, sculptures, and photographs—created by more than 80 artists from the 19th century to the present, across four levels. Notable artists include Frida Kahlo, Berthe Morisot, and Louise Bourgeois. Levett's collection consists of over 500 works by women artists, which will be periodically rotated. He has also organized exclusive viewings of his Florence palace since March 2021 and published a book in 2023 on female abstract expressionists. Levett expressed confidence that FAMM will soon attract art enthusiasts, researchers, and curators.
Key facts
- FAMM opened on June 21 in Mougins, France
- Europe's first private museum dedicated exclusively to women artists
- Housed in the former Musée d'art classique de Mougins (MACM)
- Owned by British collector Christian Levett
- Over 100 works by more than 80 artists on display
- Collection includes over 500 works by women artists from Levett's total of 2,000
- Levett organized private viewings at his Florence palace since March 2021
- Levett published Abstract Expressionists: The Women in 2023
Entities
Artists
- Berthe Morisot
- Frida Kahlo
- Lee Krasner
- Louise Bourgeois
- Niki de Saint-Phalle
- Marina Abramović
- Alice Neel
- Mary Cassatt
- Eva Gonzalès
- Blanche Hoschedé-Monet
- Louise Nevelson
- Barbara Hepworth
- Leonor Fini
- Maria Helena Vieira Da Silva
- Dorothea Tanning
- Leonora Carrington
- Elaine de Kooning
- Lalan (Xie Jinglan)
- Joan Mitchell
- Alma Thomas
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Howardena Pindell
- Marlene Dumas
- Nan Goldin
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Sarah Lucas
- Shirin Neshat
- Tracey Emin
- Cecily Brown
- Jenny Saville
- Elizabeth Colomba
- Caterina Angelucci
- Nancy Graves
- Pablo Picasso
- Gabriël Sterk
- Jean Cocteau
- Fernand Léger
- Man Ray
- Francis Picabia
- Christian Dior
- Yves Saint-Laurent
- Damien Hirst
- Marc Quinn
- André Villers
Institutions
- FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins)
- Musée d'art classique de Mougins (MACM)
- Artribune
- FAMM – Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins
- Museum of Classical Art
- Levett Collection
- Centre de la photographie
Locations
- Mougins
- France
- Florence
- Italy
- Urbino
- Milan
- Côte d'Azur
- Cannes
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Sud de la France