Cannes' Centre d'Art Contemporain La Malmaison opens Mirages du monde today, a retrospective of French painter Hervé Di Rosa spanning more than 40 years of his career, running on the Croisette through November 8.
Born in Sète in 1959 and trained at Paris' École des Arts Décoratifs, Di Rosa emerged in the early 1980s as one of the co-founders of the Figuration Libre movement, alongside Robert Combas, Rémi Blanchard and François Boisrond. The exhibition gathers 103 works, mostly paintings, structured across three chronological chapters beginning with his foundational 1980s output on the ground floor, moving through pieces drawn from his travels around the world, and extending outdoors with six sculptures installed on the venue's forecourt and rooftop terrace.
The show marks a significant moment for La Malmaison, which reopened in 2025 following a renovation that added new exhibition space and the rooftop terrace now hosting part of the display. Thursday evening's preview drew the artist himself for the official opening, ahead of the public run beginning today.