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A view of the twisting tower clad in reflective aluminum tiles housing the Luma Foundation, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. AFP
Frank Gehry’s tower of the future opens in World Heritage Arles
Wed, 30 June 2021
Rising high beyond an ancient Roman arena in Arles, a tall, twisted tower created by Frank Gehry shimmers in the sun, the latest futuristic addition to this southern French city known for its World Heritage sites.
The tower, which opens to the public on Saturday, is the flagship attraction of a new “creative campus” conceived by the Swiss Luma arts foundation that wants to offer artists a space to create, collaborate and showcase their work.
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Not unlike the sudden appearance of the cicada, a buzzing critical mass of art-world players burst out of hibernation last Saturday night in the South of France, making for one of the first major international, in-person art happenings since pandemic restrictions started to ease. They surfaced at the behest of Swiss philanthropist
Maja Hoffmann, an heir to the Hoffmann-La Roche pharmaceuticals billions, to celebrate the completion of Luma Arles, her 27-acre creative campus in the city of Arles.
The gestation really did take about as long as the cicadas. In 2004 Hoffmann established the Luma Foundationâa nonprofit dedicated to art as well as the environment, human rights, and education. The next year, Hoffmann appointed
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