This is the news the collectors have been waiting for. The Signac room at the Annonciade reopens Saturday at 10am after half a year behind closed doors. New climate control, museum-grade lighting, and most importantly: nine paintings released from the reserves that have never been shown to the public before.
One of them is a 'Port of Saint-Tropez' from 1894, long misattributed to Henri-Edmond Cross until the museum's research settled the matter. There are also two watercolours Signac brought back from his sailing voyages along the Var coast, and a preparatory sketch for 'La Bouée rouge' (the finished work hangs at Orsay). For those of us who know these paintings only by reputation, it feels almost impossible.
Hours: 10am–1pm and 2pm–6pm, closed Tuesdays. Entry 6 euros; free under 18 and the first Sunday of each month. Go on a weekday morning if you can. The rooms will be empty, the light is extraordinary then, and the small garden alone is worth the visit. One of the finest intimate museums in France. It bears repeating.
