Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur What’s Playing at Carrières des Lumières in 2024 in Les Baux de Provence? April 15, 2024In 2024, as usual, there will be two new immersive exhibitions at Carrières des Lumières: the long programme on the pharos and a short programme. The extended programme is about Egyptian Pharaohs, from Cheops to Ramses II, and the short programme should be interesting: ‘The Orientalists. Ingres, Delacroix, Gérôme…’ about French artists who travelled to …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Inspire · Modern Trobadors Marc Chagall at the Carrières de Lumières: Extraordinary August 29, 2016The Carrières de Lumières defy description. One could say (aptly) that it is a multi-media extravaganza—about 100 projectors casting 3,000 images on walls as high as 14 meters, spilling onto the ceiling and the floor, and choreographed perfectly with music ringing out from about 25 speakers strategically placed within the 5,000 square meters of a former …Continue Reading
Inspire · Keith Van Sickle · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Visit Carrières des Lumières in 2023 for the Dutch Masters February 27, 2023This year’s main program at Carrières des Lumières (“Quarries of Light”) in Les Baux de Provence is “From Vermeer to Van Gogh, The Dutch Masters.” The works of Johannes Vermeer and Vincent Van Gogh will be featured, along with a series of painters from the Dutch Golden Age. Some of their pieces are well-known, like …Continue Reading
Inspire · Keith Van Sickle · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Carrières de Lumières now in Paris and Provence April 9, 2019Carrières de Lumières Art Shows One of the most popular visitor sites in Provence is the Carrières de Lumières (Quarries of Light). It draws over half a million visitors annually. Located in the massive and interconnected rooms of an abandoned quarry next to Les Baux-de-Provence, it’s a magical sound and light show that features a …Continue Reading
