News — Grasse

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  Fragonard hails from Grasse: painting sold for €10.6m

  Jean-Honoré Fragonard's painting "L’Instant désiré" (also known as "The Happy Lovers") was hammered down at Christie's in Paris on 23 September 2026 for €10.6m. The pre-sale estimate was around €3m. The artist himself was from Grasse, and the house where he lived still stands in the town.

  2026-10-02

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  Monoprix in Grasse opened an exhibition ahead of its move

  Until the end of October, Monoprix in Grasse is showing “Martelly / Monoprix: a shared history” — a hundred square metres of photographs, archive documents and objects about a shop that has held the town centre for more than sixty years and moves to a new site this autumn.

  2026-08-07

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  Thylane Blondeau married in Grasse and Juan-les-Pins

  Model Thylane Blondeau and her husband Benjamin Attal celebrated their wedding on the Côte d'Azur: on 25 July 2026 guests dined on the beach in Juan-les-Pins, and the next day the celebrations continued at Château Diter near Grasse.

  2026-08-05