Fifty years after André Malraux's death, Cannes has launched a year-long tribute to the writer, resistance figure and France's first Minister of Culture, centred on an exhibition running through October 31 at the Musée du Masque de Fer et du Fort Royal on Île Sainte-Marguerite.
The exhibition, "Un hommage à André Malraux: le Musée Imaginaire revisité," is labelled under the Ministry of Culture's national "Cinquantenaire André Malraux 2026" programme, which spans more than 130 events across France. The Cannes show examines Malraux's concept of the "imaginary museum" and its resonance in the digital age, alongside a section marking the 60th anniversary of the DRASSM, France's underwater archaeological research department, which Malraux founded during his time in government.
The programme forms part of a wider mobilisation of Cannes museums, cultural institutions and local associations around Malraux's reflections on art, memory and cultural transmission, positioning the city's cultural offering alongside its better known identity as home to the Cannes Film Festival.