In just one year, Luma Arles, the foundation of Swiss collector and patron Maja Hoffmann, has seemingly imposed its contemporary vision on the ancient city.
Behind her bohemian spirit, she is a strategist who listens in silence to the most contrary opinions to better establish her project.
By December, more than 400,000 visitors had already experienced Frank Gehry's tower (now the word "tower" is out!) and the Mars art it contains, from Carsten Höller's fun slide to the solar mural pottery by the late Etel Adnan.
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A public other than that of the Rencontres d'Arles, traditionally attached to the medium of photography.
It came to 70% from France, including 30% from the Toulouse-Lyon-Nice arc.
After the Belgians, the Dutch, the Germans, the Swiss, the Italians and the Spaniards, this spring sees the return of Americans and tourists.
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This winter, landscape architect Bas Smets' park has thrived on the desert bedrock of rock and concrete that once was…
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