The Cours Mirabeau Goes Psychedelic

Here's another view of the Cours Mirabeau in Aix en Provence - a rather different one. Those austerely elegant old plane trees have metamorphised into something resembling red and white polka-spotted giraffes. This is a sneak preview of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's psychedelic transformation of the Cours as part of the contemporary art trail through Aix being inaugurated next Saturday for the opening weekend of Marseille-Provence 2013 European Capital of Culture. Click here to read more.