Parkett’s permanent archive room at LUMA Arles is now open, with a first special focus on Sigmar Polke’s three collaborations with Parkett.

Luma Arles, the new one-of-a-kind cultural center in Arles, France, founded by Maja Hoffman, is now open. Around twenty exhibitions and artists’ projects explore multiple aspects of art, culture, environment, education and research on the twelve hectares “Parc des Ateliers” with ten buildings including the stunning twisted tower by Frank Gehry.

On view in Luma’s Living Archives section is Parkett, with a special first focus on its three collaborations with Sigmar Polke spanning ten years. The archive section includes further presentations on Annie Leibovitz, Derek Jarman, Diane Arbus, and Nan Goldin.

Other Luma exhibitions on view feature artists including Philippe Parreno, Christian Marclay, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Isa Genzken, Fischli/Weiss, Mike Kelley, Anri Sala, Pierre Huyghe, Franz West, Kerstin Brätsch, Liam Gillick, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and others, who have also collaborated over time with Parkett.

More details are online here.