NOAILLS VILLA
A temple of modernity transformed into a center for art, architecture, fashion, photography and design, located in Hyères
The Villa Noailles is really one of the must-see visits in the old town of Hyères. You will have to go to the heights, and work your legs a bit to get there, but your efforts will be rewarded, because this place is truly magical, both charged with history and with a certain magic instilled by the management team.
This temple of modernity, immaculately white, designed by the architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, offers the appearance of a set of superimposed cubes, arranged according to the relief of the land and the path of the sun, to offer maximum sunlight throughout the day. The garden has large bays like holes in the landscape whose rectangular shape can evoke the frame of a painting on a wall. Many artists lived and created in this extremely comfortable villa, with multiple bathrooms, a pool and a squash court. Abandoned after the death of Marie-Laure de Noailles in 1972, the villa was finally bought by the city of Hyères and transformed into a center for art, architecture, fashion, photography and design, also offering workshops for children. It is the hyèrois place par excellence for culture.
The famous Hyères Fashion Festival is held here every year and is attended by genius designers, some of whom are very well known; Karl Lagerfeld, for example, has participated in one of the editions. In 2023, the 38th edition of the Hyères Fashion Festival should take place from October 12 to 15.
Ils ont accueilli les maîtres du surréalisme et Jean Cocteau de nombreuses fois.
C'est un lieu d'exposition et une exposition permanente retrace l'histoire de la Maison.
Entrée gratuite.