Cannes, France, Opens Its Underwater Museum #ArtTuesday

Architectural Digest shares British artist Jason deCaires Taylor’s series of sculptures off the island of Sainte-Marguerite.

Made of pH-neutral cement, these six sculptures depict portraits of locals who live in Cannes, from children to senior citizens. Funded by the city’s mayoral office and town hall, it took four years to complete. The aim is to draw attention to the declining state of the world’s oceans, as the Mediterranean, once ripe fishing grounds, is overflowed with pollution and suffers from overfishing (not to mention overtourism).

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