This Refuge is the first designed and created by artist Andy Goldsworthy. It is a chapel built on the rock of the same name, at an altitude of 1100 m.
Refuge d’Art is a single work of art designed by British artist Andy Goldsworthy in partnership with the Musée Gassendi and the Haute-Provence Geopark. This route, the only one of its kind in Europe, crosses 150 km of the Geopark’s exceptional landscapes, combining contemporary art, hiking and heritage in a unique way. In each of these abandoned and now restored sites (chapels, farms, jas…), the artist has created a specific work that is now part of the built environment. In Thoard: “The cavity will be a space where people can stand, a place where others have stood before them, where others will stand after. Each visitor will reinforce this human presence. The cave experience will offer an absolute contrast to the open-air mountains.”