Sumō, a blend of technique and intuition, is characterised by the impressive size of its athletes and by lightning-fast bouts, where the defeated wrestler is penalised for losing balance.

This first-ever exhibition in France devoted to sumō takes as its starting point the work of two passionate artists: French photographer Philippe Marinig and Japanese painter Kinoshita Daimon. Both celebrate the wrestlers in their art, moving fluidly between tradition and modernity. Their creations are displayed alongside rare works exceptionally loaned to the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts in Nice, including a vase by Pierre Soulages from the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art.