Event | Performance Wed 18 Feb 2026
19h-20h

Louise Chennevière and Sylvain Prudhomme present a musical reading based on their letters addressed to Vincent van Gogh, written especially for the exhibition and published in its catalogue.

Louise Chennevière
Born 1993 in Paris (France), Louise Chennevière is an author and musician. Her first two novels, Comme la chienne (2019) and Mausolée (2021), were published by P.O.L. Her latest book, Pour Britney (2024), is an intimate, first-person narrative that considers the objectification of the female body through the lives of pop star Britney Spears and author Nelly Arcan. Her letter to Van Gogh addresses the violence inherent in imposed constraints and the dynamics of marginalisation and calls attention to the dissonance between past reception and presentday posterity and the sacrificial nature of artistic creation. She is living in Arles since 2025.

Sylvain Prudhomme
Born 1979 in La Seyne-sur-Mer (France), Sylvain Prudhomme is a novelist and journalist whose literary work is open to the world. His earliest writing was largely inspired by contemporary Africa, where he has spent extended periods living and working (in Senegal, Niger, Burundi and Mauritius.) His publications with Gallimard include Là, avait dit Bahi (2012), Les Grands (2014 – English translation The Greats, Bookthug, 2017), Légende (2016) and Par les routes (2019) – which was awarded the Prix Femina and the Prix Landerneau des lecteurs – as well as the short story collection Les Orages (2021). His latest two books, L’Enfant dans le taxi and Coyote, appeared in 2023 and 2024, respectively, published by Éditions de Minuit. He has lived in Arles since 2012, and works close to the media library, school and Fondation that bear Van Gogh’s name.
Delving into Van Gogh’s letters, he conjures the joys and torment the painter experienced upon his arrival in Provence in 1888.