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The beginning of March sees the opening of new shows in Arles and also over at the Carrieres de Lumieres at Les Baux.

Starting with the Fondation Van Gogh, it is a pleasure to see that they will  have 8 of his paintings on show, starting 4th March.  ‘Calm and Exultation, Van Gogh in the Buhrle Collection’ claims to show the stylistic development of the artist’s work, including the ‘lightening and brightening’ of his palette, and his synthesis of different influences.

Read more here: https://www.fondation-vincentvangogh-arles.org/en/expositions/calm-and-exaltation-van-gogh-in-the-buhrle-collection/

Alongside this, is a show of the work of Alice Neel, new to me, but sounds interesting.

This is what they say: ‘Known for her psychologically charged portraits as well as still lifes, cityscapes and landscapes, Alice Neel (1900-1984) bore witness to a century of change. As a Communist affiliate she engaged with her neighbourhood communities in Greenwich Village, Spanish Harlem and finally the Upper West Side, taking a strong interest in the victims of poverty and discrimination, whether they were African-American, Puerto Rican, political activists, homosexuals or transvestites. In the feminist era her pregnant nudes and depictions of mothers and children broke with convention’.

The same day sees this new production –

It is ‘Bosch, Breughel, Arcimboldo, Fantastique et Merveilleux’ at the Carrieres de Lumieres which will be running until early January 2018.   Details: http://carrieres-lumieres.com/fr/bosch-brueghel-arcimboldo

And if you can’t get that far, remember the municipal museums in Aix are free on Sunday 5th (being the first Sunday of the month) and that includes the Musée Granet.