Overview

• Nan Goldin’s “Syndrome de Stendhal” opened on July 9 at Église Saint-Blaise in Arles with screenings every 30 minutes through October 5.
• The diaporama pairs her intimate portraits with Renaissance and 19th-century neoclassical artworks set to an original score by composer Mica Levi.
• She delivered a pointed speech at the Rencontres d’Arles inauguration on July 8, declaring that it took courage to host her outspoken activism.
• The festival inauguration also saw the premiere of “Memory Lost,” a slideshow that traces experiences of addiction through archival audio and Super 8 footage.
• Goldin founded Prescription Addiction Intervention Now (P.A.I.N.) to campaign against the Sackler family’s role in the US opioid epidemic.