The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival – currently in full flow and closing on Saturday 27 May – has featured the launch of an especially curated presentation of works by Damien Hirst at the iconic Hôtel Martinez Cannes: Interactions: Damien Hirst at the Martinez.
Installation View, Interactions: Damien Hirst at the Martinez
Photographed by Ylenia Cuellar. © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd.
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DACS/Artimage 2023
The exhibition features 20 artworks including examples of the artist’s acclaimed pipe cleaner animals, his Colour Chart and Colour Space series, and sculptures from Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable, an ambitious project which was almost ten years in the making, and first shown in 2017 across the Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana in Venice.
Works are displayed throughout the celebrated Art Deco styled Hotel Martinez, now part of the Unbound Collection by Hyatt, which has graced the Cannes Croisette since 1929 and defines the elite attraction of the Cote d’Azur. The hotel has recently undergone a significant refurbishment including the new beach area ‘La Plage du Martinez’ designed by Rémi Tessier where the menu will be created by the hotel’s new Executive Chef, Jean Imbert. Works from the exhibition are on display here, and also in the hotel’s newly opened dining room and bar, characterising the quintessential spirit of the French Riviera in colour and tone, created by Pierre-Yves Rochon.
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- Installation View, Interactions: Damien Hirst at the Martinez Photographed by Ylenia Cuellar. © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2023
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- Installation View, Interactions: Damien Hirst at the Martinez Photographed by Ylenia Cuellar. © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2023
Hôtel Martinez Cannes is a hotel owned by Constellation Hotels Holdings which also owns, among other properties, The Berkeley Hotel and the Connaught Hotel in London.