Jacqueline Lamba in Mougins: L’Heure FAMM Lecture on Light and Reinvention

On a September evening in Mougins, the Centre d’art de Mougins stages L’Heure FAMM, a one‑hour talk that reopens the life and work of Jacqueline Lamba. Located at Place du commandant Lamy, the program gathers visitors in the Centre d’art de Mougins – Salle des mariages (rez‑de‑chaussée), where a compact audience sits close enough to read brushstrokes described aloud. Géraldine Bousquet guides the talk, tracing Lamba from her friendships with Frida Kahlo and Dora Maar through a decisive break with surrealism in 1948, when the artist destroyed portions of her early output and set off toward a new grammar of light. Lamba’s late paintings aim to catch transparency and transformation: geometric fields that refract color and memory, work fed by the wide skies she encountered in North America. That northern light makes for an intriguing echo in Provence, where Mediterranean clarity and heat sculpt surfaces differently; hearing Lamba discussed here offers a cross‑hemisphere conversation about seeing. For travelers who like culture with an immediate, local feel, the lecture is intimate—limited to 40 people, open to ages seven and up, and followed by a convivial verre de l’amitié that lets listeners meet curators and fellow visitors. Practical details matter: the talk runs about one hour and begins at 18h30 on the listed date; reservations are required online and cancellations are accepted up to 48 hours beforehand. Admission is listed at 10 € and 8 € for museum members. The meeting point is the public Place du commandant Lamy; if you arrive early, the old streets above the centre reveal viewpoint terraces and quiet cafés where you can stretch before the lecture. Why this matters to travelers: Mougins itself is a compact cultural hub where a short walk connects contemporary exhibitions, village lanes, and dramatic coastal light. This lecture doesn’t just profile an artist—it maps creative risk, showing how Lamba reoriented a career by confronting and reshaping her visual grammar. For readers planning an art‑minded stop in Provence, the event pairs perfectly with a late afternoon visit to the village and an evening tasting in town. Bring sensible shoes for historic cobbled streets, reserve ahead, and be ready to listen closely; the combination of scholarship, local scene, and the chance to talk afterward makes L’Heure FAMM a memorable, neatly contained cultural outing. Practical extras: buy tickets online and bring ID if you’re using a reduced-rate membership. Accessibility information is not provided in the listing—contact the Centre d’art de Mougins ahead of your visit if mobility access or special seating is required. Because the Salle des mariages is small, late arrivals may be refused; aim to meet at Place du commandant Lamy at least ten minutes before the advertised start time.