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The Fondation Maeght, the first private art institution in France, turns 60 this summer, and is marking the occasion with an additional 500 sq m of exhibition space. Its founders, Marguerite and Aimé Maeght, were art dealers and publishers, as well as close friends of some of the great 20th-century artists. When their youngest son, Bernard, died of leukaemia, in 1953, this group of friends urged them to assuage their pain by creating a showcase for modern art. Inspired by American art foundations such as Barnes and Phillips, the couple