If you're planning a trip and what to see in the French Riviera, don't miss the Maeght foundation sculpture garden, which is one of the most serene places I know and certainly one of my favorite French Riviera travel destinations.

When art publishers and dealers Marguerite and Aimé Maeght opened their foundation in 1964, it was the first private institution of its kind in France. It was inspired by the Barnes, Phillips and Guggenheim foundations in the United States, which they visited at the suggestion of Fernand Leger.
To carry out their vision, the couple called on Catalan architect Josep Lluís Sert. Sert had earlier designed the Spanish studio the couple’s friend Miro. Miro himself worked with the father and son ceramists Josep and Joan Artigas to design the labyrinth that bears his name. Miro wasn't the only one designing ceramics for the Foundation. For the fish pool, George Braques worked the fish right into the tiles. In the Giacometti courtyard, it was Alberto Giacometti who arranged Miro's sculptures and his own. And it was Giacometti's brother Diego who designed all the furniture for the foundation's café. Outside the café is a monumental sculpture by Calder.
As fate would have it, it was Calder's work at an exhibition at the Maeght Gallery in Paris that inspired a young Belgian artist, Pol Bury, to become a sculpture. Bury's articulated fountain has since become one of the highlights of the sculpture garden.


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