It will be held from January 27 to June 30, 2024, at the Espace culturel Lympia and the Musée des Arts Asiatiques.
For five months, the Hergé Museum in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) will partner with the Alpes-Maritimes Department to unveil in a double exhibition titled “Tintin, Hergé and Tchang,” the many facets of Tintin’s creator, through a selection of valuable documents, original drawings, and objects presented for the first time on the Côte d’Azur.
From illustration to comics, including advertising, press drawing, and visual arts, Georges Remi, known as Hergé, will be honored. His life and work will be accessible in Nice at two exceptional cultural venues that are free and open to all.
Hergé and Art
Hergé’s life merges with his work. As a child, his drawings filled the margins of his school notebooks. As a teenager, he rarely parted from his sketchbook. As an adult, he was glued to his drawing board. His ever-present creation inhabited him and played an intimate role in the course of events that formed the framework of a life entirely dedicated to comic art.
This resulted in an enormous body of work, the fruit of relentless effort. Though attracted to other artistic disciplines, he never abandoned the Ninth Art. With the Hergé and Art exhibition, the public will embark on a journey into Hergé’s world and have the opportunity to explore the palette of an unconventional creator who used every means at his disposal to realize his compositions.
A Journey to East Asia
In 1934, in Brussels, began the story of a famous friendship between two artists, Tchang and Hergé, a story between two men born at the ends of Eurasia. This friendship emerged from an astonishing collaboration during the creation of The Blue Lotus. It would survive barriers, separations, and oblivion. With Tchang’s guidance, Hergé discovered a genuine sympathy and admiration for the Chinese people.
When it came to creating a counterpart for Tintin, Hergé insisted on naming him after the person who introduced him to Chinese culture. And if Tintin saves Tchang from drowning on the banks of the Yangtze River, it is his new friend who will guide him through the mazes of Shanghai, introducing him to the mysteries of China. Solitary and generous, they would face adversity, stupidity, and the brutality of the Japanese occupation together. This friendship led Tintin to the peaks of the Himalayas to find Tchang, just as Hergé sought his friend in China to finally bring him back to Brussels in 1981.
Practical Information
Hergé and Art: Espace culturel Lympia – Port of Nice
Tintin and Tchang: Musée des Arts Asiatiques – Nice Arenas
Free entry.
