Festival
du Dessin
In Arles, April 18 to May 17, 2026. Some forty exhibitions in twelve venues across the city, with Éric Cantona as honorary president.
Featured
Group exhibition across three venues
Viva l’Italia!
Masterpieces of 20th-century Italian drawing from the Collezione Ramo, Piranesi, Dino Buzzati, Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Guido Crepax, Lorenzo Mattotti, Chiara Gaggiotti.
Sainte-Anne Church
“Et la vie continue…”
Drawings from the Karmitz collection: Louise Bourgeois, Otto Dix, Lucian Freud, Géricault, Giacometti, Goya, Hodler, Victor Hugo…
48 artists on show
- Gilles Aillaud,
- Jean-Michel Alberola,
- Armand Avril,
- Edmond Baudoin,
- Eve-Doris Böhm,
- Léon Bongrain,
- Dino Buzzati,
- Collezione Ramo,
- Guido Crepax,
- Irène Dacunha,
- Erik Desmazières,
- Federico Fellini,
- Chiara Gaggiotti,
- Gabriella Giandelli,
- Dominique Goblet,
- Eve Gramatzki,
- Tsutomu Hoshitani,
- Miles Hyman,
- Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz,
- Ofer Josef,
- Philippe Katerine,
- Nicolas Lagneau,
- Fernand Léger,
- Jean-Jacques Lequeu,
- Christian Lhopital,
- Loup,
- Lorenzo Mattotti,
- Diego De Mauri,
- Fabien Mérelle,
- Louise Michel,
- Muzo,
- Helmut Nimczewski,
- Gérard de Palézieux,
- Pier Paolo Pasolini,
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi, dit Piranèse,
- Laurence Renaux Empereur,
- Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes,
- Germaine Richier,
- Sam Ringer,
- Philippe Rivemale,
- Christelle Roulin,
- Miroslav Sekulić-Struja,
- Louis Soutter,
- Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen,
- Ceija Stojka,
- Jean Tinguely,
- Gérard Traquandi,
- Rosa Maria Unda Souki
Twelve venues across the city
Numbers match the festival map, available at the ticket office.
Opening weekend
Tours with the curators, panels, book signings and screenings. 36 events in all, through to the closing party.
All events10:00
Performance
Mural drawn on site by Miroslav Sekulić-Struja
An event in partnership with Louis Vuitton publishing, as part of the Berlin Travel Book by Miroslav Sekulić-Struja. Free admission.
10:30
Guided tour
Museon Arlaten: Viva l’Italia!
Exclusive tour with curator Melania Gazzotti. Free, subject to availability, with an admission ticket.
11:00
Book signing
Muzo
With Muzo.
Arles BD bookshopAdd to my calendar11:30
Guided tour
Lee Ufan Arles: Germaine Richier and Eve Gramatzki
Exclusive tour with curator Helena Staub. Free, booking required, with an admission ticket.
14:30
Guided tour
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation
Exclusive tour with the curators and artists. Free, subject to availability.
14:30
Book signing
Edmond Baudoin and Miles Hyman
With Edmond Baudoin and Miles Hyman.
Arles BD bookshopAdd to my calendar16:00
Panel
Italian draughtsmen, the avant-garde of contemporary drawing?
Moderated by Riccardo Venturi, with Chiara Gaggiotti and Lorenzo Mattotti.
Théâtre d’ArlesAdd to my calendar18:00
Talk
On the work of Germaine Richier
With Helena Staub and Laurence Durieu.
Actes Sud bookshopAdd to my calendar
10:00
Performance
Mural drawn on site by Miroslav Sekulić-Struja
In partnership with Louis Vuitton publishing. Free admission.
11:00
Panel
Drawn journeys. The Louis Vuitton Travel Book collection
Moderated by Carole Saturno, with Gabriella Giandelli, Miles Hyman, Lorenzo Mattotti and Miroslav Sekulić-Struja. Followed by a signing.
15:00
Panel
Inherited drawings. Blessing or curse?
Moderated by Stéphane Corréard, with Frédéric Pajak and Catherine Ringer.
Théâtre d’ArlesAdd to my calendar18:30
Screening
The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily
By Lorenzo Mattotti (2019, 1 h 22). Followed by a discussion with the director.
Cinéma Le MéjanAdd to my calendar
Plan your visit
All venues are open from 10 am to 6 pm, with a few exceptions. Buy tickets online or at the ticket office on Place de la République: no tickets are sold at the exhibition venues.
All-exhibition pass
€24
Espace Van Gogh or Croisière pass
€14
Single ticket
€8