Artists Inspired by Provence · Guest Post · Inspire A Must Visit to the Porquerolles Fondation Carmignac October 4, 2018Porquerolles is the largest of the 3 Iles d’Or (Islands of Gold), easily accessible from the coast. We did the short (20 min) crossing from La Tour Fondu, near Hyères, roughly a 90-minute drive from Aix-en-Provence, depending on traffic. I hadn’t visited Porquerolles for many years and was surprised at the changes to the sleepy …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Inspire Bob Dylan’s Rail Car Pulls into Château la Coste June 17, 2022Diehard fan or not, you are likely aware of Bob Dylan’s success as a singer-songwriter and musician. However, it might have surprised others (besides me) when he won the 2016 Nobel Prize for literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” But, on the other hand, perhaps those who were …Continue Reading
Explore · Guest Post Plan Your Visit to LUMA Arles Arts Centre October 6, 2020The development of the old SNCF railway sheds and shunting yards into LUMA Arles, a stylish arts centre, funded by Swiss industrialist and art-lover Maja Hoffman. Hopefully, the photo gives you an idea of the scale of the ‘Parc des Ateliers’ site: the large building with the blue-grey roof was a factory for making engines, …Continue Reading
Artists Inspired by Provence · Inspire · Julie Whitmarsh SCAD Discovering Art and Design in Lacoste January 25, 2022From time to time, you see something that makes you reconsider some of the decisions you’ve made in life, and a recent visit to the SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) campus at Lacoste, was one of those moments. It was the first stop on our day with the local Tourist Board, and although …Continue Reading
