Hyères, Côte d’Azur. Mild weather, leaning palms, and crystal seas: it’s got it all... even the things you wouldn’t expect. Take the Villa Noailles, for example... The architect Robert Mallet-Stevens designed the Villa Noailles in the 1920s for the Noailles, husband and wife patrons of the arts, and it has hosted some of the greatest artists of the time, from Man Ray to Giacometti. Today, fully restored and remaining true to its original purpose, it is a renowned art centre, known in particular for its International Fashion and Photography Festival. We asked the artist Xavier Veilhan to show us around this home that he knows so well, having shot his film, “Vent Moderne” here in 2015.
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By Maryse Quinton
Journalist and author specialising in Parisian architecture
