Opening Week Highlights

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Opening of the New Exhibitions

Bodies Never Lie
Stan Douglas

Through this film, Douglas explores flamenco not only as a musical tradition but also as a coded form of expression shaped by censorship, identity, and political constraints. The exhibition also features three of Stan Douglas’s most significant photographic series.

Amanat, The Sacred Forest
Saodat Ismailova

The exhibition forms a meditation on transmission and disappearance. In Ismailova’s practice, cinema, sound, and sculpture are not simply mediums of representation, but living moments of attention. Her work allows places to speak, histories to endure, and fragile worlds to remain perceptible.

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents 2026

Free admission, no reservation required

Every summer since 2018, LUMA Arles has hosted the Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents, an international prize established by Christian Dior Parfums in partnership with LUMA Arles and the École nationale supérieure de la photographie (ENSP). The award celebrates students and recent graduates from some of the world's leading art and photography schools.

3:00–6:00 p.m.
Offprint Arles Opening

Free admission to the exhibition space

This summer, Offprint welcomes Quintal to LUMA Arles for a program of presentations and workshops exploring publishing as a space for experimentation, collaboration, and artistic practice.
Discover the art of risograph printing and traditional bookbinding through hands-on workshops introducing the techniques and craft of contemporary publishing.

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Book Signing with Patti Smith

Free admission, no reservation required

To mark the publication of her new memoir, Bread of Angels: A Memoir, Patti Smith will be at LUMA Arles for a special one-hour book signing.

With Bread of Angels, Patti Smith continues her autobiographical work through an intimate meditation on memory, absence, and the forces that sustain a life. Moving between recollection and reflection, her spare, poetic prose spans eight decades, weaving together childhood and freedom, the living and the dead, art and the sacred. Above all, it is a book of devotion and gratitude that celebrates the enduring power of literature.

3:00 p.m.–1:00 a.m.
PRINT Opening

Free admission, no reservation required

LUMA Arles welcomes PRINT to the Parc des Ateliers, activating the East side of the campus as a space for experimentation across food, music, and image-making. Conceived as a platform for encounters and creative exchange, the project extends PRINT’s ongoing dialogue between artistic practices, hospitality, and collective experiences.

8:30–9:30 p.m.
Performance

CORRESPONDENCES (Live)
Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith

Sold out

A unique live performance by Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith that blurs the boundaries between concert, installation, and cinematic experience.

10:00 p.m.—1:00 a.m.
DJ Set by Jeune Pouce

In collaboration with PRINT

Free admission, no reservation required

Chloé Thomas, better known as Jeune Pouce (aka Young Thumb), is a Paris-based French DJ and model. She began her musical journey rooted in hip-hop, drawing inspiration from Houston’s 1990s rap scene and, in particular, the chopped and screwed movement, a distinctive style known for its slowed-down rhythms. Today, Jeune Pouce blends genres and influences into eclectic sets, seamlessly mixing Afrobeat, Jersey club, Brazilian funk, and sounds inspired by the voguing scene.

8:30–9:30 p.m.
Performance

CORRESPONDENCES (Live)
Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith

Sold out

A unique live performance by Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith that blurs the boundaries between concert, installation, and cinematic experience.

10:00 p.m.–12:00 a.m.
DJ Set by Gabrielle Kwarteng

In collaboration with PRINT

Free admission, no reservation required

Gabrielle Kwarteng’s journey continues to be one of passion, dedication and fate. Born and raised in New York, Kwarteng has withstood shifting sands in dance music to represent a curatorial presence with a deep knowledge of music history, driven by a dedication to regenerating its culture. In an era of everything at once, Kwarteng is a DJ who weaves stories for the dancefloor that often look to the past, while always focusing on possible futures.

12:00–2:00 a.m.
DJ Set by DJ Blaze

In collaboration with PRINT

Free admission, no reservation required

11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Opening Talks & Conversations

Free admission, no reservation required

Spend the morning exploring the exhibitions and projects presented at LUMA Arles through a series of conversations with artists and  curators. Together, they will share perspectives on the works, artistic practices, and the collaborations behind them.

Speakers include: Hans Ulrich Obrist, Daniel Birnbaum, Francesco Vezzoli, Stephan Crasneanscki (Soundwalk Collective), Saodat Ismailova…

→ More information coming soon.

9:45 p.m.–12:00 a.m.
The Night at the Théâtre antique

Reservations through the Rencontres d'Arles website

Presented this summer at LUMA Arles, Stan Douglas joins the Rencontres d’Arles at the Théâtre antique. Through films, photographs and installations, the Canadian artist explores collective memory, power relations and forms of resistance, notably through music.