LUMA Arles

{{Short description|Arts centre in Arles, France}}

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Luma Arles is an arts center in Arles, France created by the LUMA Foundation headed by Swiss arts patron Maja Hoffmann. It encompasses several renovated former railroad factories and the LUMA Tower, a 15,000 square meter tower building designed by the Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry for the LUMA Foundation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.luma.org/en/arles/about-us/parc-des-ateliers/the-tower|title=The Tower|website=www.luma.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/aug/29/luma-arles-review-frank-gehry-carsten-holler-olafur-eliasson-maja-hoffmann|title=Luma Arles review – Frank Gehry, a billionaire and a wonderland of good intentions|date=August 29, 2021|website=The Guardian|first=Rowan|last=Moore}} For the building Gehry took some of his inspiration from the Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh hoping to catch the light Dutch artist sought in the South of France, specifically as in Starry Night which was painted in Arles in 1889. The skin of the building features 11,000 angled reflective stainless steel panels.

The center was founded by Maja Hoffmann, who heads the foundation and collaborated with Gehrys on the tower's genesis.

The building includes exhibition spaces, workshops, a library, an auditorium with 150 seats, and a café.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/maja-hoffman-and-frank-gehry-reach-new-heights-with-luma-arles|title=Maja Hoffmann and Frank Gehry Reach New Heights with Luma Arles|date=June 8, 2021|first=James|last=Reginato|website=Sotheby's}}

The magazine Artnet reported that the total cost of the project is understood to be 150 million euros, but Maja Hoffmann has refused to comment on the figure.{{Cite web |last=Sansom |first=Anna |date=2021-06-28 |title=Inside Luma Arles, the Van Gogh-Inspired Arts Tower That Took Collector Maja Hoffmann (and Frank Gehry) Over a Decade to Build |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/luma-arles-opening-1984134 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}