THE UFE IS PLEASED TO INVITE YOU TO THE VASARELY FOUNDATION 
FOR AN EXHIBITION THAT ECHOES THE PROVENCE SUN : “CLAIRE VASARELY, A LIFE IN COLOR”, AND TO CONGRATULATE PIERRE AND UGO VASARELY.
Claire Vasarely, Self-portrait of Claire in Annet-sur-Marne, c. 1966, private collection, Courtesy Fondation Vasarely
In Aix-en-Provence, the VASARELY FOUNDATION will dedicate a magnificent retrospective of the work of Claire Vasarely, artist and wife of Victor Vasarely, herself a wonderful artist of color, from June 13 until February 15, 2026.
Born Klára Spinner, as a young artist, she was part of the great international family that was Montparnasse in Paris during the Roaring Twenties. Spotted in 1929 by the Japanese painter Foujita, he immortalized her charming and very modern profile.
After remaining too long in the shadow of her iconic husband, Victor Vasarely, the artist’s wife will now emerge in the full richness of her personal work as an essential figure of the Hungarian avant-garde and 20th-century female creation.
The exhibition is organized in partnership with the Vasarely Museum in Pécs (Hungary); it is based on unpublished archives and a selection of rare works tracing the journey of an independent, free, and visionary female artist who, we are convinced, not only inspired the work of her dear husband but also her era.The curatorship of this exhibition has been entrusted to Valérie Da Costa, professor of contemporary art history at Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis University.]
– Claire Vasarely, 1952, Aubusson wool tapestry 168.5×137.2cm Vasarely Foundation, Aix-en-Provence
– Tsuguharu Foujita, 1929, “Portrait of Klara Spinner” – Vasarely Family Collection.
The VASARELY FOUNDATION, 1, avenue Marcel Pagnol in Aix-en-Provence, is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10:30 AM to 5:30 PM, and from 10 AM to 6 PM in season.