The Minimalist artist Lee Ufan has opened a new space to show his work in Arles in the south of France. The art center is located at Hôtel Vernon, a large, 17th-century mansion in the city’s historic ...

The city of Arles in the south of France is known in the art world for two things in particular: Vincent van Gogh—enthralled by the special natural light of the Provence—lived here for 15 months ...

In this episode of General Knowledge, we talk about the Kingdom of Arles. Throughout Medieval Europe we can find a number of ...

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Oxford, and the University of Innsbruck have deciphered the complex history of the ancient aqueduct system of Arles in ...

The Luma Foundation’s gleaming Gehry-designed arts centre towers over a French city struggling with debt, drugs and poverty – so who really benefits from the city’s resurgence? As wildfires rake the ...

Ufan says his Arles institution will not be a “mausoleum” but a “living place” for visitors to discover new artworks Photo: Claire Dorn. Courtesy Studio Lee Ufan There is a secret space deep in the ...

Inside the "Discovery" exhibition at Église des Frères-Prêcheurs in Arles, France. Photograph by Adrien Limousin. Forget the Roman amphitheater built in 90 A.D., or the Yellow House, where in 1888 ...

Discovering Arles is like walking on a natural and cultural path in western Provence. Arles is a city on the Rhone river where it forks into several branches to create a large delta open onto the ...