The writer Brigitte Benkemoun has a keen eye for spotting hidden treasures—she wrote Finding Dora Maar, for instance, when she discovered that a vintage diary her husband bought on eBay had belonged to Maar. In September, at her parent’s historic 1970s villa in Arles (designed by Emile Sala), Benkemoun is hosting “Evidence,” an exhibition of work by the midcentury artist Jacques Soisson (1928–2012). It’s an inspired pairing fueled by decades of family interconnectivity. The bright oranges and blues of Soisson’s outsider paintings echo the vintage furnishings and display a similar disregard for convention. A child psychotherapist before he devoted himself entirely to art (meanwhile battling his own mental illness), Soisson drew everything from totemic heads to abstract color blocks. The Villa Benkemoun, a concrete modernist structure awarded a “Patrimoine” honor by the French Ministry of Culture, is itself home to unusual objects and juxtapositions, and celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2024. —Patricia Zohn