Fondation Vincent Van Gogh

Lonely Planet review

Although Van Gogh painted around 200 canvases in Arles, not one remains here today (the only Van Gogh in Provence is in Avignon's Musée Angladon). After his altercation with housemate Paul Gauguin in Place Victor Hugo, when he threatened Gauguin with a cut-throat razor before using it to slice off part of his own left ear, a petition was raised by fearful neighbours, and on the mayor's orders Van Gogh was committed to hospital for one month.

But Arles has admirably made up for it. The Fondation Vincent Van Gogh pays tribute to his legacy, where celebrated artists, including David Hockney, Francis Bacon and Fernando Botero, have exhibited their own takes on the artist's distinctive style.