Pau directed by Manuel Huerga Filming from October 24 to November 22, 2016 in Prades This TV film is a portrait of cellist Pablo Casals during the period of his exile in Prades, a refugee…
LA GRANDE TAPISSERIE DE PORT-VENDRES A couple of years ago, after seeing the Scottish Tapestry on display in Aberdeen, I had the idea of developing a tapestry reflecting the history of the town where I…
Between Sea and Mountains by Raymond Hughes Raymond Hughes has lived for much of the past 20 years in Port-Vendres. Soon after his arrival, under the influence of his new surroundings, he began writing poems…
18th - 30 October 2016 - Capeletta gallery, Céret ‘Painting helps me breath. I can be found in my workshop every single day.’ “In this tough region of the Mediterranean I feel at home. The rules…
Booklife. In 1985, Jane Collins-Philippe ran away to sail the world. Many years later, just the right vessel brought her to beautiful Collioure.
Walter Benjamin The ‘Centre d’Art Contemporain de Perpignan’ was named after Walter Benjamin, (1892 – 1940) German-Jewish literary critic and art historian, posthumously one of the twentieth century’s greatest philosophers. A memorial dedicated to…
Shepherd’s Prayer, by Katja Willemsen. Raisin Radcliffe and her brother, Geoffrey, stumble onto a labyrinth of caves below an ancient dolmen near Collioure, a village on the craggy edges of the French Pyrenees. They tell no-one about their find.
by Ellen Turner Hall The Swedes (writers, not turnips) are coming! In fact three Swedish authors are the featured guests of this year’s book fair in Collioure, 2-4 September. “Paroles de Suédois” proposes three days…
By Ellen Turner Hall For fans of Fauvism’s audacious use of colour, this is the show for you. Joel Desbouiges in his series of paintings “Conversation avec…” has reinterpreted Matisse’s red beaches and orange hills…
EXHIBITION: 1st July – 28th August 2016. Les Collections de Saint Cyprien in Saint Cyprien village Born in 1959 in Bédarieux, painter-sculptor Patrick Chappert-Gaujal studied at the Academy of Art in Perpignan from 1975 to 1980, and…