Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire Good Reasons to Head on Over to Avignon Art and Cake! July 4, 2017A room dedicated to Sandro Botticelli at Avignon’s Petit Palais was inaugurated in April following the Louvre’s decision to send the artist’s ‘Venus aux Trois Putti’ south to join the existing Madonna and Child. This permanent display also incorporates work from Botticelli’s pupils. The collection at the Petit Palais is astonishing in its size – 327 …Continue Reading
Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Amazing Cosquer Mediterranée in Marseille Immersive Experience April 14, 2022Cosquer Mediterranée recreates the prehistoric cave paintings which exist 35 metres below sea level near Marseille in an underwater labyrinth investigated by speleologist Henri Cosquer. Of course, 20,000 years ago, the cave-dwellers could wander in and out of these dwellings where they drew the wildlife of their habitat: sea animals, bison, penguins, horses and seals. …Continue Reading
Guest Post · Inspire · What's On Provence & Cote d'Azur Museum of Contemporary Art Hip Hop Exhibition in Marseille June 23, 2017This week sees a new expo at MAC, Marseille’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Hip-Hop started in the South Bronx, where, surrounded by economic deprivation, the young generation developed creative ways to party, dance, paint the urban environment and challenge the establishment. It spread, district by district, across New York, animating the metro, nightclubs and trendy art …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
