By commenting on exceptional archive photos, Yoyo Maeght analyzes and tells the story and life of his grandfather, Aimé Maeght, a little kid from the North, orphaned by the war of 14-18 who becomes the friend of the older ones artists of the 20th century, but also one of the most important art dealers in the world, then creator of the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.

As a follow-up to her book La Saga Maeght, published by Robert Laffont, Yoyo Maeght offers a conference where she describes the Maeght epic, from 1930 to today, with the meetings, the artists, the daring, the dramas, the projects and the realizations. His informed eye allows him to deliver an uncompromising analysis of the art world.

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Course of a conference, lasting 1 ½ hours.
The whole Maeght adventure, from Aimé's beginnings as a worker to the creation of the galleries in Paris, New York and Barcelona, ​​then the Maeght Foundation, the friendship of the artists, life between Saint-Paul-de-Vence and Paris d 'an extended family of Artists, the Maeght spirit. Then debate with the public.

Aimé Maeght, a builder and friend of artists

• A lithographer worker from Nîmes to Cannes
• Decisive encounters, Bonnard, Matisse, Braque
• The Surrealists, poets and writers, Duchamp, Breton, Prévert, Malraux…

Publisher and Gallery Owner

• A gallery in Paris, Chagall, Kandinsky, Léger…
• A new generation, Giacometti, Miró, Calder, Tàpies,
• Aimé Maeght, a bibliophile publisher - Limited edition artists' books
• Artist/writer relationships

The Marguerite and Aimé Maeght Foundation

• A place created for artists, with artists
• Architecture
• Inauguration
• Exhibitions
• Foundation Nights, music, theater
• The Maeght spirit

Art Today

• Artists, collectors, museums
• Debate, questions, answers.

At the end of the conference, Yoyo Maeght signed his book La Saga Maeght.

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