Explore · Guest Post · Guided Holiday Tours New Walking Tours by Context Travel October 16, 2015Context Travel, already operating across Europe, Asia and the Americas, have just added Provence to their list of city-tours. Their difference is that their guides are scholars or specialists: architects, art historians, environmentalists, classicists for instance, thus bringing an academic perspective to the tour.…Continue Reading
Inspire · Keith Van Sickle · Provencal History & Traditions Discovering the Roman Barge and Other Treasures of Arles September 28, 2017The Roman History of Arles What’s 2,000 years old, 100 feet long and used to float? If you guessed a Roman barge, you win! And you can see one now in the Arles Museum of Antiquity. Arles was once an important Roman town, a trading centre with a significant port. Barges with cargo from all …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Inspire Visit Lee Ufan Arles for Contemporary Art June 14, 2024The city of Arles, in what is now Provence, was essential for river trade during the Roman era. The Rhône River was a major route for transporting goods in both directions on the water and then inland. Vincent van Gogh spent over a year in Arles before moving to Saint Paul de Mausole, an asylum …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire Contemporary Artist Ai Weiwei Show at MuCEM in Marseille July 27, 2018Ai Weiwei and Marseille This is a highly political show—and highly personal, too. Much is about the artist’s relationship with his father (Ai Qing), whose ship from Shanghai in 1929 docked right next to where MuCEM is today. Indeed, it was France that inspired him to become a poet, a dangerous occupation back in China, …Continue Reading
