Frank Gehry’s twisting tower for Luma Arles to open its doors in June
02/04/2021
The architect Frank Gehry will unveil his latest blockbuster building—a soaring twisting geometric tower covered with 11,000 stainless steel panels—at Luma Arles this summer, the 27-acre cultural campus in the southern French town of Arles spearheaded and funded by the Swiss pharmaceutical heiress and contemporary art collector Maja Hoffmann.
Gehry’s tower is the centrepiece of the new arts campus which formally launches on 26 June (subject to Covid-19 restrictions); the 15,000 sq. m building will house exhibition galleries, project spaces, seminar rooms, an auditorium and the Luma foundation’s research and archive facilities...
The Art Newspaper: Frank Gehry’s twisting tower for Luma Arles to open its doors in June
