Backstage 40 years after, the secrets of a now-iconic logo Five black bands, two zigzags—and a building turned into a symbol. Born in 1977, the Centre Pompidou logo distils the architecture’s most radical feature—the “Caterpillar… 10 Nov 2020
Backstage Jean Widmer: Putting Modernity into Action The Centre Pompidou’s iconic logo? His. Trained by the heirs of the Bauhaus and shaped by fashion and advertising, Jean Widmer (1929–2026) transformed… 10 Nov 2020
Exhibitions, Collection Marlene Dumas: Painting in the Flesh She has never painted to soothe. Born in South Africa in 1953 and based in the Netherlands since the 1970s, Marlene Dumas has built a body of work in … 05 Jan 2026
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The ‘Piazza’ of the Centre Pompidou (Episode 1/15) A vast, Italianate square, the Piazza slopes gently down to the foot of the Beaubourg building. Conceived by architects Renzo Piano and… 02 Sep 2025
Backstage The Centre Pompidou and the birth of Daft Punk: the untold details of … On the night of November 10, 1992, the top floor of the Centre Pompidou was transformed into a vast, pulsing dance floor. The Armistice house party br… 05 May 2023
Collection, Backstage Tracking the Ghost Paintings of Fédor Löwenstein, Lost to Nazi Looting EXCLUSIVE ► For decades, three paintings created in 1939 by Fédor Löwenstein and looted by the Nazi regime were wrongfully held in the national collec… 16 Sep 2025
Exhibitions, Backstage Pontus Hulten, an anarchist at the museum First director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne from 1973 to 1981, Pontus Hulten was a close friend of the artist couple Niki de Saint Phalle and J… 06 Jun 2025
Backstage From Pompidou to "Beaubourg": the secret history of Renzo Piano's and … Now iconic, the building designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers was nevertheless very nearly never built. Called "Live Centre of Information", the… 13 Apr 2023
Exhibitions, Backstage In conversation : Wolfgang Tillmans and Renzo Piano EXCLUSIVE ► In June 2024, Wolfgang Tillmans sat down with Renzo Piano—not just to photograph the legendary Italian architect, but to engage in a dialo… 04 Jul 2025
Exhibitions Wolfgang Tillmans: “Culture is always the first thing autocrats seek t… EXCLUSIVE ► German artist Wolfgang Tillmans has been invited by the Centre Pompidou to stage its final exhibition before closing for renovation works.… 06 May 2025
Exhibitions, Collection La visite amoureuse de... Louise Bourgoin Actrice prolifique vue chez Anne Fontaine ou Thomas Lilti, Louise Bourgoin dessine avec passion depu… 19 Feb 2026
Research Kiki Kogelnik et la mode La mode est omniprésente et protéiforme dans l’œuvre de Kiki Kogelnik (1935-1997). Elle participe de… 17 Feb 2026
Collection Jean Widmer: An Avant-Garde of Posters for the Centre Pompidou He is the mind behind the Centre Pompidou’s iconic striped logo. Less widely known is Jean Widmer’s … 06 Feb 2026
Research Lost in transaction : une histoire d'« Interfaces » Le 1er février 1981 avait lieu à Paris un happening technologique d'un genre nouveau, baptisé « Inte… 05 Feb 2026
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The Centre Pompidou’s Signature Colours (Episode 6/15) Before it burst onto the scene in its now-iconic pop colours, the Centre Pompidou nea… 27 Jan 2026
Exhibitions, Collection “Matisse, 1941–1954”: The Urgency of Reinvention Drawings, cut-out gouaches, illustrated books, textiles, stained glass—at the Grand Palais, the exhi… 23 Jan 2026
Backstage Flying Saucer, Giant Egg… The Centre Pompidous You Never Got to See! In 1971, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers won the international competition to design the future Centr… 15 Jan 2026
Exhibitions, Collection Focus on... “With the Black Arc” by Vassily Kandinsky Three blocks of colour — red, blue, and violet-burgundy — appear to collide. A thick black arc stret… 12 Jan 2026
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The Underbelly of the Centre Pompidou (Episode 5/15) Beneath the cobblestones, the beach? Almost! Hidden beneath the Piazza and the Centre… 09 Jan 2026
Cinema Jonás Trueba, le cinéma en bande organisée Chez le cinéaste espagnol, le collectif est au cœur même du processus créatif. Accompagné depuis ses… 05 Jan 2026
Exhibitions, Collection Marlene Dumas: Painting in the Flesh She has never painted to soothe. Born in South Africa in 1953 and based in the Netherlands since the… 05 Jan 2026
Cinema Chez Jonás Trueba, un cinéma familier Artisan discret mais prolifique du cinéma contemporain espagnol, Jonás Trueba (né en 1981) a signé h… 03 Jan 2026
Collection Focus on… « Big Electric Chair » by Andy Warhol With Big Electric Chair, Pop Art master Andy Warhol moves away from celebrities and consumer goods t… 11 Dec 2025
Cinema “On Violence in America”: Mirrors of a Nation in Cinema Screenings, talks, debates… De la violence en Amérique is a bold and wide-ranging programme that, as… 11 Dec 2025
Exhibitions, Collection Dans la discothèque de Vassily Kandinsky Vers 1926, Vassily Kandinsky offre à son épouse Nina un gramophone. Ensemble, ils constituent alors … 08 Dec 2025
Exhibitions Frank Gehry : « La clarté, la pureté du premier geste est difficile à … Le nom de Frank Gehry (1929-2025) incarne à lui seul l’image de l’architecture contemporaine. Mondia… 06 Dec 2025
Architectural Secrets ► The Centre Pompidou’s metallic 'exoskeleton'… (Episode 4/15) If the Centre Pompidou were an animal, it would be a crab—bold and unconventional. Li… 01 Dec 2025
Exhibitions, Collection Focus on... “Self Portrait” by David Hockney In this 2001 charcoal self-portrait, David Hockney appears without his signature glasses — they’re p… 20 Nov 2025
Backstage Christophe Hay, « chef paysan » À Blois, le chef Christophe Hay cultive bien plus qu’une table étoilée : chef paysan et solidaire, i… 19 Nov 2025
Research Yves Gevaert : une bi(bli)ographie Acteur majeur de la scène artistique bruxelloise et internationale, Yves Gevaert organise dès le mil… 18 Nov 2025
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