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Over a century after Vincent van Gogh moved to the Provençal city of Arles with the intention of setting up an artists’ commune, Maja Hoffmann, Swiss art collector and founder of the city’s contemporary art centre LUMA, is reviving his dream with l’Arlatan, a hotel and artist residence occupying a 15th-century palace. Filled with more than a million handmade, glazed ceramic tiles in vivid shades of yellow, tangerine, lavender and blue, the historic building has been transformed by Cuban-born American artist Jorge Pardo into an inhabitable piece of art. LUX Contributing Editor Maryam Eisler photographs its kaleidoscopic surfaces
![L’Arlatan Staircase curved stone staircase](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1476.jpg)
![L’Arlatan swimming pool swimming pool](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1854.jpg)
![L’Arlatan Maja Hoffmann lounge area lounge area of hotel](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1539.jpg)
![L’Arlatan swimming pool garden swimming pool](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1656.jpg)
![Flowers L’Arlatan hotel vase of flowers](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1521.jpg)
![L’Arlatan bathroom ceramic tiles in bathroom](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1497.jpg)
![L’Arlatan Restaurant colourful hotel restaurant](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1857.jpg)
![L’Arlatan details colourful glass bottles](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1868.jpg)
![L’Arlatan bedroom hotel bedroom](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1491.jpg)
![L’Arlatan lights light fixtures hanging in stairway](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1581.jpg)
![L’Arlatan Maja Hoffmann hotel room with tiled floor](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1866.jpg)
![L’Arlatan Outside restaurant courtyard restaurant](https://www.lux-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/IMG_1861.jpg)
Book your stay: arlatan.com