Menton Daily Photo

Light, shade and 'pretty in pink' outside the Cocteau Museum, Menton. ~ Lumière, ombre et « mignonne  en rose » à l'extér...

We are having glorious weather in Menton at the moment. Here you see the last rays of sun carressing the Cocteau Museum (that's th...

This is the Bastion, the interior of which was renovated by Jean Cocteau himself and now houses a small part of his art. The rest, of ...

The mosaic of the lizard, created in pebbles, is a copy of one of Cocteau's designs.   It covers the courtyard of the Jean Cocteau Mu...

As you can see there is a large courtyard in front the Jean Cocteau museum.  The museum is to the immediate left of the planted area. ...

Here you see the beautiful old market building and the church steeple through the gaps in the walkways of the Cocteau Museum. ***** I...

The Jean Cocteau Museum creates fascinating reflections and shadows and patterns of light, helped of course by an adorable child on her ...

This photo shows that the Cocteau Museum is a very low building and doesn't detract from the beauty of the Old Town and the market...

The Jean Cocteau Museum at night. ***** Le Musée Jean Cocteau, la nuit.  

The Jean Cocteau museum provides fascinating opportunities for photographers. ***** Le musée Jean Cocteau offre des possibilités f...

 In 2007, the city of Menton launched a competition for the design of the new Jean Cocteau Museum to house the works of Jean Cocteau -...

This slatted structure is used to display photos from well-known Cocteau films. You'll recognise, Ingrid Bergman, Marlene Dietrich a...

The slats of this structure outside the Jean Cocteau museum in Menton create fascinating patterns of light and shade. The low white buil...

Our last day at the Gérard Eppel é exhibition in the Tour Lascaris in Gorbio.  The painting on the right is called The Pho...

Meet the artist - Monsieur Gérard Eppelé.  He's standing in front of one of his paintings which you see below.   Gérard Eppelé ...

 The paintings, drawings and sculptures by this year's featured artist, Gérard Eppelé, are displayed on the lower level of the c...

The Bastion seen through a datura bush. ~~~~~ Le Bastion vu à travers un buisson de datura.

In a few weeks Menton Daily Photo will be featuring Menton's new Jean Cocteau Museum, but today, because it's Theme Day in the City ...

The new Jean Cocteau museum has been under construction for nearly two years now and is due to open in November. An American benefactor, the...

This poor man has been stuck up a pole in the gardens of the Palais Carnoles for as long as I can remember. He's called Le Grand Guette...