LUMA Arles is an interdisciplinary creative campus where, through exhibitions, conferences, live performances, architecture and design, thinkers, artists, researchers, and scientists question the relationships between art, culture, environment, human rights, and research. The cultural center is located on the Parc des Ateliers, a former railway wasteland covering 11 hectares. The landscape garden, park, and pond surrounding the campus are the work of landscape architect Bas Smets.

Parc des Ateliers, LUMA Arles, France © Adrian Deweerdt
Parc des Ateliers, LUMA Arles, France © Adrian Deweerdt
Parc des Ateliers, LUMA Arles, France © Adrian Deweerdt
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LUMA Arles is an interdisciplinary creative campus where, through exhibitions, conferences, live performances, architecture and design, thinkers, artists, researchers, and scientists question the relationships between art, culture, environment, human rights, and research. The cultural center is located on the Parc des Ateliers, a former railway wasteland covering 11 hectares. The landscape garden, park, and pond surrounding the campus are the work of landscape architect Bas Smets.

Programme

Maria Lassnig, Frühstück mit Ohr (Breakfast with Ear), 1967, huilesur toile, 130 x 194.8, © Maria Lassnig Foundation. Courtesy Maria Lassnig Foundation
Maria Lassnig, Frühstück mit Ohr (Breakfast with Ear), 1967, huilesur toile, 130 x 194.8, © Maria Lassnig Foundation. Courtesy Maria Lassnig Foundation
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Maria Lassnig, Frühstück mit Ohr (Breakfast with Ear), 1967, huilesur toile, 130 x 194.8, © Maria Lassnig Foundation. Courtesy Maria Lassnig Foundation

Archives Hans Ulrich Obrist Chapitre 5 : Maria Lassnig « Vivre avec l’art empêche de se faner ! »

Venue: La Tour / Galerie des Archives, Niveau -2 / Galerie du Cerisier, Niveau -2

The 5th chapter of the Hans Ulrich Obrist Archives, the first major exhibition in over twenty-five years in France devoted to Maria Lassnig (1919–2014).

Vue d’installation, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Bâle, 2024. Precious Okoyomon, the sun eats her children, 2024. Fleurs, papillons, son et animatronique. Courtesy de l’artiste Precious Okoyomon, Beloved, 2023. Courtesy de l’artiste, Sant’Andrea de Scaphis et Gladstone Gallery © Precious Okoyomon
Vue d’installation, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Bâle, 2024. Precious Okoyomon, the sun eats her children, 2024. Fleurs, papillons, son et animatronique. Courtesy de l’artiste Precious Okoyomon, Beloved, 2023. Courtesy de l’artiste, Sant’Andrea de Scaphis et Gladstone Gallery © Precious Okoyomon
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Vue d’installation, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Bâle, 2024. Precious Okoyomon, the sun eats her children, 2024. Fleurs, papillons, son et animatronique. Courtesy de l’artiste Precious Okoyomon, Beloved, 2023. Courtesy de l’artiste, Sant’Andrea de Scaphis et Gladstone Gallery © Precious Okoyomon

Dance with Daemons

Venue: La Tour / Galerie Principale

A major experimental exhibition that explores the interconnections between art and reality and the ways in which artists’ works relate to each other. Through immersive installations, as well as paintings, sculptures, photographs, and new technologies, the exhibition brings together a diverse network of more than fifty contemporary artists who have defined the development of current cultural practices.

E.A.T.'s Pepsi Pavilion at Expo '70, Osaka, Japan, 1970, March 18, Shunk-Kender, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Don de la Roy Lichtenstein, Foundation en mémoire de Harry Shunk et Janos Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust
E.A.T.'s Pepsi Pavilion at Expo '70, Osaka, Japan, 1970, March 18, Shunk-Kender, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Don de la Roy Lichtenstein, Foundation en mémoire de Harry Shunk et Janos Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust
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E.A.T.'s Pepsi Pavilion at Expo '70, Osaka, Japan, 1970, March 18, Shunk-Kender, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Don de la Roy Lichtenstein, Foundation en mémoire de Harry Shunk et Janos Kender © J. Paul Getty Trust

Sensing the Future: Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)

Venue: La Tour / Galerie des Archives Vivantes, Niveau - 2

The first exhibition in France to focus on this landmark mid-twentieth century initiative, which brought together hundreds of key avant-garde artists and the engineers who ushered in the information age.

Access

LUMA Arles
Parc des Ateliers
35, avenue Victor-Hugo
13200 Arles
luma-arles.org

Wednesday to Sunday, 10am-6pm.
From 5 May, Wednesday to Monday, 10am-6pm.
From 7 July, daily, 10am-7.30pm.

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PLACES TO DISCOVER

L’Aire, petit centre d’art : restaurant and art gallery (artistic director Cyrille Putman).
La Croisière : ephemeral space in the heart of Arles with restaurant, juice bar, open-air cinema, bookstore, grocery store, exhibitions, yoga classes, petanque field, music, well-being...
Musée Reattu : museum created around the artworks of the Arles painter Jacques Réattu and a collection of drawings by Picasso; the place is also devoted to photography and architecture.
Georges Selz : antique stores.
Maison Fragonard : the famous perfumer from Grasse has chosen to set up shop just a stone's throw from the famous Roman amphitheater and the ancient theater.

PLACES TO STAY

L’Arlatan : the place to be in Arles! A total work of art by Jorge Pardo. A colourful universe to sleep in, eat or enjoy a cocktail.
Le Cloître : a place designed by India Mahdavi. Located on a small place in the heart of Arles.
Le Nord-Pinus : on its terrace, at the bar or in the bedrooms, this hotspot of the Arlesian life welcomed Hemingway, Cocteau, Picasso, Inès de la Fressange or Kate Moss.
Mas de Chabran : The Domaine de Chabran and its 18th-century Mas Provençal stand in the middle of huge formal gardens, not far from the village of Maussane-les-Alpilles.

PLACES TO EAT

La Chassagnette : a tribute to the richness of the vegetables combined with local producers’ meat and fish by Chef Armand Arnal. One Michelin star.
Le Chardon : this living space welcomes Chefs in residence.
Bazar Café : coffee shop, brunch, healthy, tasty, organic and seasonal cuisine.
Infini Café : organic coffee beans, hot chocolate prepared with chocolate pieces and homemade cakes.
Le Tambourin : traditional and Provençal cuisine to enjoy on a terrace, under the majestic plane trees of the Place du Forum.
Monstre : gallery, café, restaurant, olive oil, salt, pepper.
Le Gibolin : bistrot, wine bar and organic cuisine in the uncommon district of la Roquette.
Le Galoubet : refined recipes to enjoy on a beautiful terrace, in the heart of the old town.
Mon Bar : orovençal specialties, brasserie meals and Creole recipes. A must-go terrace.
Restaurant-Hôtel Le Voltaire : a 5-minute walk from the train station, in the old centre, near the Rhône docks, at the foot of the Arenas.

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