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. 48 events in all, through to the closing party.
All events10:00
Performance
Performance | Mural painted in situ by Miroslav Sekulić-Struja
An event in partnership with Louis Vuitton Publishing, as part of the Travel Book Berlin by the artist Miroslav Sekulić-Struja. Free admission
10:30
Guided tour
Guided tour | Museon Arlaten : VIVA L’ITALIA !
Exclusive tours with curators and artists. Subject to availability. Visitors must have an admission ticket.
11:00
11:30
Guided tour
Guided tour | Lee Ufan Arles : GERMAINE RICHIER & EVE GRAMATZKI
Exclusive tours with curators and artists. Subject to availability. Visitors must have an admission ticket. Booking required on the Lee Ufan Arles website. To make a booking: www.leeufan-arles.org
14:30
14:30
Guided tour
Guided tour | Fondation Manuel Rivera-Ortiz : CEIJA STOJKA
Exclusive tours with curators and artists. Subject to availability. Visitors must have an admission ticket.
16:00
Panel
Panel discussion | Are Italian cartoonists at the forefront of contemporary drawing?
Moderated by Riccardo Venturi (historian and contemporary art critic), with Chiara Gaggiotti (artist), Lorenzo Mattotti (artist, illustrator and comic book author) and Irina Zucca Alessandrelli (curator of the Ramo Collection) Free admission
18:00
10:00
Performance
Performance | Mural painted in situ by Miroslav Sekulić-Struja
An event in partnership with Louis Vuitton Publishing, as part of the Travel Book Berlin by the artist Miroslav Sekulić-Struja. Free admission
11:00
Panel
Round table discussion & book signing | Illustrated travelogues. The Louis Vuitton Travel Book collection
Moderated by Carole Saturno, with artists Gabriella Giandelli, Miles Hyman, Lorenzo Mattotti, and Miroslav Sekulić-Struja. The round table discussion will be followed by a book signing of each artist's Travel Book. Événement en partenariat avec les éditions Louis Vuitton. Free admission
14:00
Workshop
Indian ink in all its forms
Arles-based artist Anastassia Tetrel invites you to discover and experiment with various approaches to drawing with Indian ink: using a brush, a pen, as well as hatching and wash techniques. This workshop will allow you to explore the expressive possibilities of ink and enrich your appreciation of the works on display in the exhibitions, such as those by Lorenzo Mattotti Chiara Gaggiotti, Gérard de Palézieux and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. Price: €25 (materials included) Audience: adults (aged 14 and over)
15:00
Panel
Round table | Drawings as a legacy. Blessing or curse?
Moderated by Stéphane Corréard (art critic, journalist and gallery owner), with Frédéric Pajak (artistic director of the Festival du Dessin) and Catherine Ringer (author, composer and singer-songwriter, daughter of the artist Sam Ringer). Free admission
18:30
Screening
Movie | The Bears Famous Invasion of Sicily
By Lorenzo Mattotti (animated film, 2019, 1 hour 22 minutes). Screening followed by a discussion with the director. Cinema box office.
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