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Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire

Foundation Carmignac Modern Art Another Reason to Visit Porquerolles

June 27, 2018
The Foundation Carmignac opened to the public on June 1st. This display of modern art is in a vast (1500 sqm) gallery inside a Provencal villa on the beautiful island of Porquerolles. Financier Edouard Carmignac has put the collection together. It includes works from the American Pop Art School, including paintings and sculptures by Warhol, …
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Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur

Museums of Avignon Musées Mirabilis is the Big Summer Show

June 12, 2018
The wonderfully creative Arlésien designer Christian Lacroix has been given free rein to choose items from the museums of Avignon for ‘Mirabilis’, the summer show. And ‘marvellous’ it surely will be: visitors can see 350 to 400 works, documents and collections, from prehistory to ethnic collections to modern art, in unusual groupings of works of art from …
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Guest Post · Inspire · Photographers in Provence

49th Rencontres d’Arles Photography in July

May 24, 2018
‘BACK TO THE FUTURE’ is the theme for the 49th Rencontres d’Arles photography exhibition. ‘This year, you are invited to cross space and time with a breathtaking, celestial journey across the ages. Photography is often the best-placed medium for registering all the shocks that remind us the world is changing, sometimes right before our eyes’, they write. …
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Cakes & Cookies · Dessert · Guest Post · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Le Colombier the Traditional Provencal Cake of Pentecost

May 18, 2018
Ce Gâteau de Pentecôte, très sucré est donc fait pour être partagé entre le plus de personnes possibles. Il est délicieux servi avec des fruits de saison bien juteux: fraises ou groseilles. (This traditional cake is very sweet and meant to be shared among as many people as possible. It is delicious served with juicy seasonal fruits such as strawberries or red currants.)…
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Guest Post · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste

American Favourites for Lunch at the House of Cookies in Aix-en-Provence

May 8, 2018
“In your very comprehensive survey of Aix restaurants, I couldn’t find any mention of House of Cookies, rue Boulegon (but maybe it’s just my mistake!) It’s a lovely place, American vintage-oriented, and the owner, Laetitia, makes the best scones/muffins/ cookies/pancakes in Aix (she makes the cakes for Book in Bar!) You may feel like having lunch …
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