Through the Passage of Time
In the exceptional setting of the Hôtel d’Agar, a true cabinet of curiosities, D’estrasses et de fils d’or explores textile arts through objects from the venue’s collections, spanning from prehistory to the present day. Iconic pieces—boutis, indiennes, droulets, caracos—enter into dialogue with contemporary works by artist Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. Along an immersive journey, the craftsmanship and inspirations tied to this textile heritage are revealed.
D’estrasses et de fils d’or, from July 1 to September 6, 2025, at the Hôtels d’Agar, 65 Place Philippe de Cabassole, Cavaillon. Open Tuesday to Saturday by guided tour only, with prior reservation.
Sculptures in Suspension
Portuguese artist Leonor Antunes takes over the vast spaces of CRAC Occitanie with around forty sculptures, either newly created or reconfigured specifically for the site. Drawing inspiration from often-overlooked or marginalized female figures in the history of architecture and design—such as Sadie Speight—as well as from Bauhaus principles, she pays particular attention to materials (rope, brass, leather, blown glass) and craftsmanship. Suspended, modular, or anchored to the ground, her works form an ethereal environment where remembrance, abstraction, and poetry intertwine.
les inégalités constantes des jours de leonor*, until August 31, 2025, at CRAC Occitanie, 26 Quai Aspirant Herber, Sète. Open Monday to Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., and on weekends from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Leather as Armor
Following a residency at 3 bis f, visual artist Jot Fau presents S’écarter du texte, an exploration of notions of refuge, intimacy, reality, and fiction through sculpture, installation, and photography. Her works engage in a dialogue with the memory of the site—formerly a psychiatric confinement area for women labeled as “insane”—through objects such as keys, a padlock, a flashlight, or a suit of armor. Covered in leather, these elements become metaphors for healing and protection.
Jot Fau, S’écarter du texte, until August 30, 2025, at 3 bis f, 109 Avenue du Petit Barthélémy, Aix-en-Provence. Open Tuesday to Saturday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Activist Rope
Among the works featured in the group exhibition Engagées at the Villa Datris Foundation, two explore the boundaries between art and textile craft, as well as their activist potential. Austrian artist Katharina Cibulka gives shape to feminist slogans in SOLANGE (As long as) by embroidering impactful phrases onto tulle stretched across construction site tarpaulins.
For her part, Franco-American artist Suzanne Husky draws inspiration from the Afghan tradition of war rugs to depict, in Euro War Rug, the struggle of the zadistes (land rights activists) against the construction of the Sivens dam.
Engagées, until November 2, 2025, at the Villa Datris Foundation, 7 avenue des Quatre Otages, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Open daily except Tuesdays in July and August, from 10 AM to 1 PM and 2 PM to 7 PM. Open Wednesday to Saturday from 11 AM to 1 PM and 2 PM to 6 PM the rest of the year.