Guided tour of the Musée du Niel

Exhibition 2025: Dubuffet and the magicians - Singular expressions 1945-2000

Immerse yourself in the teeming universe of Jean Dubuffet and his contemporaries with a guided tour of the 2025 exhibition. A major figure of the post-war period, Dubuffet introduced Art Brut, a movement freed from traditional codes, which he exhibited widely while developing a radically innovative pictorial style.

At the same time, the CoBrA movement emancipated itself from abstraction to reinvent raw, instinctive artistic expression. In the 1950s, Michel Tapié, art critic and close associate of Dubuffet, formalized the notion of "art autre", advocating a form of creation freed from convention, almost parallel to the real world.

This effervescence gave rise to unique works by marginal, visionary and unclassifiable artists, who would have a lasting impact on contemporary art.

Artists exhibited : Dubuffet, Alechinsky, Aloïse, Atlan, Baj, Baya, Bettencourt, Boix-Vives, Carmeil, Chaissac, Constant, Corneille, Dado, Dereux, Fièvre, Hantaï, Jorn, Lindström, Macréau, Maryan, Michaux, Ramon.

Musée du Niel
Located on the charming port of Niel, at the tip of the Giens peninsula, the museum offers a unique stopover between art, sea and nature. On site: a bookshop, a terrace restaurant with sea view, and throughout the year, artistic encounters and creative workshops to discover on our online ticketing service.

Practical info :

Meeting point : Musée du Niel - Port du Niel - Giens
Days: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
Times: 11:30am to 12:30pm
Free parking nearby
Accessible for PRM, wheelchairs and baby carriages
Pets are not allowed