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City of theatre, Avignon is also a city of visual arts. From prehistory to the leading edge of contemporary art, museums in the area display permanent collections of infinite interest. Not to be missed.

AVIGNON MUSEUMS/UNIQUE COLLECTIONS

Five museums in Avignon, (Calvet, Lapidaire, Petit Palais, Requien, Palais du Roure) that complement each other well and display several thousand works of art –objects, documents, paintings, sculptures- housed in some of the most beautiful buildings in Avignon. What more could you ask? Oh, and by the way, they are free!

COLLECTION LAMBERT

Welcome to the very lair of contemporary art. Minimal art, Conceptual art, Land art, painting from the 1980’s, video and photography from the 1990’s, the collections donated by Yvon Lambert and displayed in the Hôtel de Caumont city mansion are a concentrate of contemporary art.

Louis Vouland

Welcome to the very lair of contemporary art. Minimal art, Conceptual art, Land art, painting from the 1980’s, video and photography from the 1990’s, the collections donated by Yvon Lambert and displayed in the Hôtel de Caumont city mansion are a concentrate of contemporary art.

Angladon

A ‘home that is a museum’ that holds treasures and has kept the charm of an art-lover’s interior. Works by Modigliani, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Picasso, to name but a few of the prestigious signatures. Several other marvels to delight the eyes are very worth discovering. .

Pierre de Luxembourg

A former Cardinal’s palace, in the heart of Villeneuve lez Avignon, this museum houses two masterpieces from the medieval western world, and paintings from the French and Provençal Schools of the 16th and 17th centuries.

EXHIBITIONS

Permanent or temporary, contemporary or classic, explore the exhibitions that enrich the entire territory of Avignon.

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