The Domaine du Muy, dedicated to contemporary art, in the heart of the Var countryside, is pleased to announce the opening of its new season, from June 5 to October 5, 2025.
Swiss artist Claudia Comte is the guest of honor for this edition. Her work is deeply rooted in a reflection on the links between nature, technology, and craftsmanship and unfolds through a multidisciplinary approach combining sculpture, wall painting, installation, and architecture. Comte draws inspiration from natural systems, art history and artisanal techniques to explore the evolution of forms over time and in the environment.
For the Domaine, she has conceived a specific intervention, produced in collaboration with MAZE and the Domaine du Muy. Covered in black-and-white geometric motifs, the work Whoever Has Learned How to Listen to Trees spans over 3 x 6 meters. It is the tenth piece in a series of self-supporting wall paintings and the first to include text (from Herman Hesse’s essay On Trees).
Another new sculpture form her marbles cactus series has been installed in front of the SilverHouse. Created through a process that blends wood cutting, 3D modeling, and robotic carving in Carrara marble, this piece embodies her approach of combining tradition and innovation. By working with
a material which symbolizes permanence, Comte questions resilience and adaptation in today’s ecological context.
A selection of her works will also be presented in the SilverHouse exhibition space, offering a glimpse into the richness of her visual practice, marked by an aesthetic that oscillates between formal rigor, pop culture, and organic abstraction.
In addition, the sculpture park continues to showcase some twenty contemporary outdoor works and remains accessible by invitation only, in keeping with the intimate experience that defines the site. With this new season, the Domaine du Muy reaffirms its commitment to contemporary artists, offering them a creative space in direct dialogue with the landscape.
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EXHIBITED WORKS
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Claudia Comte
Toby (marble cactus), 2017White Marble Carrare Campanili
H 102 12/16 x 39 5/16 x 38 3/16 in -
Tomás Saraceno
Cloud Cities / Air-Port-City 4 Modules Metal, 2010-2011Aluminum, mirror glass, steel, dibond, iron, steel rope
H 139 3/8 x 267 3/4 x 154 3/4 in -
Arik Levy
Ghost 350, 2017Corten steel
H 137 3/4 x 46 1/4 x 46 1/4 in -
Blair Thurman
Obut (Indiana), 2022Mixed media with electric light on steel and rubber on a boogie chassis
H 82 x 108 x 63 in -
Julia Scher
Bernadette, 2024Marble
H 40 in -
Mark Handforth
Red on Red, 2017Painted aluminium
H 135 7/8 x 65 x 47 1/4 in -
Jean-François Fourtou
Untitled (Bench), 2006Painted metal, wood
H 63 3/8 x 122 x 28 in -
Sol LeWitt
1-2-3 Tower, 1993Concrete blocks
H 96 x 48 x 48 in -
Monica Bonvicini
Stonewall, 2006Galvanized steel, chains, reinforced glass
H 78 3/4 x 48 3/8 x 39 3/8 in -
Gianni Motti
Success Failure, 2014Aluminium printed plates, clamps of tightening, attachment tubes with stopper
H 86 5/8 x 52 x 2 3/8 in -
David Saltiel
4 centres délimitant un carré, 2008Polished steel with mirror effect
H 15 x 15 x 72 7/8 in (each)
Edition of 8 + 4 AP, AP n°2/4 -
Claudia Comte
Whoever Has Learned How to Listen to Trees, 2025Freestanding block wall, double-sided acrylic wall painting
H 118 1/8 x 236 1/4 x 6 1/4 in -
Subodh Gupta
A Giant Leap of Faith, 2006Stainless steel
H 275 5/8 x 70 7/8 x 70 7/8 in
Edition of 3, n°2/3 -
Melik Ohanian
Shell, 2014Concrete sculpture
H 22 x 39 3/8 x 19 3/4 in
Edition of 15, n°12/15 -
Oscar Tuazon
Marble Moon, 2021Marble and tree
H 71 5/8 x 1 5/8 in -
Lynn Chadwick
Crouching Beast II (C108), 1990Welded stainless steel
H 13 x 11 x 22 7/8 in
Edition of 9, n°2/9 -
Anne et Patrick Poirier
La Fabrique de la mémoire, 2008Nonagonal construction with sanded inscriptions on mirrors
H 98 3/8 x 118 1/8 x 157 1/2 in -
Francisco Sobrino
Transformation instable, 2014Polished steel, mirror
H 236 1/4 x 70 7/8 x 70 7/8 in -
Agustín Cárdenas
La Grande Porte, 1975Bronze
H 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 x 11 3/4 in -
John M. Armleder
Untitled (4 chairs), 1986-2014Wood
Variable dimensions -
Scenocosme
Pulsations, 2008Integrated sound installation
Variable dimensions -
José León Cerrillo
Subtraction Screen (DdM), 2017Steel
H 157 1/2 x 157 1/2 x 4 in -
Conrad Shawcross
Lattice III, 2008Aluminium
H 275 5/8 x 275 5/8 x 196 7/8 in -
Raphaël Zarka
Partition régulière, 2017Corten steel
H 16 1/2 x 33 1/8 x 66 1/8 in -
Peter Kogler
Untitled, 2018Mosaics
H 157 1/2 x 787 3/8 in
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