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Luma Foundation Changes to Arles’ Skyline

July 11, 2016

Just posting an image from the current Van Gogh exhibition in Arles reminded me that the town is undergoing big changes. Van Gogh’s view of Arles; it’s hardly changed in 125 years. The Luma Foundation is building a cultural complex on the site of the former railway sheds. This art-focused development by Maja Hoffman is

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Van Gogh en Provence – on show in Arles

June 24, 2016

Van Gogh was so incredibly productive that, while in Arles and in Saint-Remy, he produced some 500 works; so it’s always seemed sad that there was, until recently, only one of his paintings in Provence (in Avignon). Two more have arrived (one in Aix and one loan in Arles), this exhibit on Van Gogh’s body

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Charles Camoin – Must-See Exhibition in Aix-en-Provence

June 21, 2016

If you love Provence, you will love this exhibition. Charles Camoin was born in Marseille and spent his later years living in Saint-Tropez and painting all along the Mediterranean coast. The Musée Granet’s exhibition, ‘Camoin dans sa Lumiere’, has wonderful examples of his works showing Marseille, Cassis and Saint-Tropez. This Provençal painter who painted alongside Paul Cézanne for

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Arles History in and Beyond the Streets

June 20, 2016

A Magical Place Inside the ancient ramparts, the old streets meander, some broad, some narrow, some bright, some muted – each one has a story to tell. Heather Robinson is an American by birth, but Arles is now in her soul. She brings the city to life with tales of characters and places, of patinas

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2016 Arles Photo Expo

May 26, 2016

The sprawling ‘Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles‘, this year in its 47th edition, will for the first time, overflow to Marseille, Avignon and Nimes. The venues will be, respectively the Villa Mediterranée, the Collection Lambert and the Carré d’Art. This year’s Rencontre d’Arles, which runs from July 4 to September 25, 2016, will feature

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Touring Heather Robinson’s “Lost in Arles” Perfectly Provence

November 5, 2015

Trailing her degrees from Yale and the University of New York, former actress Heather Robinson changed careers to become a travel writer. She has been living in France for over 14 years with her photographer companion. You can read more about Heather’s favourite spots in Arles and her “Lost in Arles” walking tours. We asked Heather

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David Hockney in Arles from October 11th

October 20, 2015

This is the first time I’ve been aware of a David Hockney exhibition in the south of France: he is phenomenally popular in the UK where works when not in LA. This show will draw on work created in Yorkshire where he spent time recording the passing of the seasons in the same small area

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