From June 5 to 8, 2025, the Villa Arson and the Université Côte d’Azur welcome the 7th edition of the international conference Art and the City. The goal? Facilitate dialogues and interdisciplinary collaborations between researchers, with an emphasis on the intersections between art, different types of urban space, the “right to the city”, aesthetics and urban environment policy. 

Since 2004, Villa Arson has been committed to an ecological transition process initiated by a first major step: the abandonment of the use of glyphosate in gardens. Driven by Patrice Lorho, responsible for the gardens of Villa Arson, the ecological transition of the gardens has intensified over the past decade. In an area that has become densely populated, Villa Arson and its gardens have become a real green lung for the city and its inhabitants.

From July 8 to 12, 2025, the Villa Arson Art Center invites teenagers and adults to participate in the summer school of art practices Underwater Constellation. Proposed by artist Gil Lekh, this summer school is designed as a space-time for learning, creating, and sharing in resonance with the exhibition Becoming Ocean: a social conversation about the Ocean. Entirely free, this event is accessible upon registration.

On Thursday, May 15, 2025, the City of Beausoleil awarded Gil Lekh, artist-researcher graduated from Villa Arson, the first Emergence Prize – Villa Arson x City of Beausoleil. An artist-researcher based in Marseille, Gil Lekh draws inspiration from his diverse background: alternately a gymnast, construction worker, organizer of socio-cultural events, punk, researcher, activist, and climbing instructor.