LUMA Arles
Arles, France
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
- Opening hours
- week 13-38 07:00-20:30; week 39-12 07:00-17:30
- Wheelchair access
- Accessible
From OpenStreetMap — confirm before travelling
Find out more
LUMA Arles is a contemporary arts center in Arles, France, established by the LUMA Foundation under Swiss patron Maja Hoffmann. The complex repurposes former railroad factories and is anchored by the LUMA Tower, a 15,000-square-meter structure designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, with landscape architecture by Bureau Bas Smets. Gehry drew inspiration from Vincent van Gogh's presence in Arles, particularly the luminous qualities of *Starry Night* (1889), a vision realized through the tower's distinctive envelope of 11,000 angled reflective stainless steel panels that capture and refract southern light. The center houses exhibition spaces, workshops, a library, an auditorium seating 150, and a café, creating a multifaceted cultural venue that opened in 2013.
Architect
- Built
- Type
- cultural center, architectural ensemble, railway workshop
- Place
- Arles, France
This building on
Architecturally similar
La maison LVMH16th arrondissement of Paris, France
Vitra Design MuseumWeil am Rhein, Germany
California Aerospace MuseumLos Angeles, United States- Louis Vuitton Foundation16th arrondissement of Paris, France
Villa Lumière8th arrondissement of Lyon, France
Luma TowerGlasgow City, United Kingdom
Vitra Design MuseumWeil am Rhein, Germany
Location