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Tomorrow, Friday 31st, sees the last of the summer evening markets ‘Les Nuits d’Aix 2018’ in the cours Mirabeau – it’s from 17-23:00 and a wonderful way to spend a warm evening in Provence. That’s followed by the usual markets on Saturday, then on Sunday, the antiques market in the cours and the book market in the place de l’Hotel de Ville, always good for a rummage around.  Remember too that it’s the first Sunday of the month so the public museums are free to visit.

That applies to the museums in Marseille too, a good time to visit as it’s also the annual ‘Septembre en Mer’ festival.  To kick off the proceedings, Europe’s oldest 3-mast ship, the Belem, arrives in the Vieux Port tomorrow afternoon, accompanied by a veritable armada of small boats; and this is the start of a month’s worth of activities which include visits, hikes on the islands, opportunity to try water-sports and group clean-ups of beaches.  Cool poster too….

As we move  into September, quite a few exhibitions are coming to a close, so here is a list of the key ones to catch while you can:

23^rd Nicolas de Stael, Caumont Centre-d’Art, Aix

23^rd Picasso Picabia, Musée Granet, Aix

23^rd Bernard Buffet, Musée Estrine, Saint-Rémy de Provence

23^rd Chefs d’Oeuvres de la Collection Burrell, Musée Cantini, Marseille

23rd Les Rencontres d’Arles, photography at venues across town

27^th Paul Signac, Lumiere du Midi, Musée Yves Brayer, Les Baux de Provence

29^th Matisse et Picasso, Musée Matisse, Nice

30^th Villers/Picasso – Coup de Soleil, Pavillon Vendome, Aix

30^th Jazz & Love, Vieille Charité, Marseille.

The ‘Matisse et Picasso’ had a very interesting review in Paris Match – would love to see that before it closes; nearer to home, I would say the ‘de Stael’ is a must!