Backstage Because Beaubourg: Backstage at the Centre Pompidou's Last Hurrah It had never happened before: on the 24th and 25th October, the Centre Pompidou marked the closure of its iconic building with a grand-scale celebration organised in coll… 27 Oct 2025
Exhibitions, Backstage In Xie Lei’s Work, the Uncanny Becomes Painting Winner of the 2025 Marcel Duchamp Prize, painter Xie Lei continues his exploration of the strange and the imaginary. In the group exhibition of the no… 18 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
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
Exhibitions, Backstage Spells of Matter: Bianca Bondi’s Enchanted Artworks Bianca Bondi turns exhibition spaces into sensory laboratories, where objects, plants, and chemical reactions morph into poetic landscapes. For the 20… 18 Sep 2025
Exhibitions, Backstage Lionel Sabatté, The Alchemy of Dust With his monumental sculptures, mineral pigments, and drawings made from organic matters, Lionel Sabatté traces a line between memory and disappearanc… 18 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
Exhibitions, Backstage Eva Nielsen: Where Landscapes Leave Their Mark Known for her hybrid paintings and her use of silkscreen printing, artist Eva Nielsen invites us to immerse ourselves in landscapes suspended between … 18 Sep 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
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 « De la violence en Amérique » : miroirs d'une nation au cinéma Le Centre Pompidou propose avec « De la violence en Amérique » une relecture de l'ouvrage Violent Am… 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
Exhibitions, Collection « Dessins sans limite », un laboratoire des possibles Geste universel, le dessin traverse les cultures et les époques. Des études préparatoires aux instal… 17 Nov 2025
Exhibitions, Collection Focus on... "Men in the Cities" by Robert Longo Caught somewhere between dance and collapse, the sharp-suited figures of Robert Longo’s Men in the C… 12 Nov 2025
Backstage Le Centre Pompidou &… François Halard A leading figure in contemporary photography, François Halard (born in 1961) established himself as … 11 Nov 2025
Cinema Derek Jarman, l'impur et la grâce Peintre, cinéaste, écrivain, militant des droits homosexuels, pionnier de la culture queer, jardinie… 05 Nov 2025
Backstage Claude Mollard, père fondateur de « Beaubourg » : « À l'époque, il y a… En 1971, il avait à peine 30 ans. Le Centre Pompidou n'existait pas encore, mais Claude Mollard et q… 04 Nov 2025
Cinema, Backstage Pour Josza Anjembe, le cinéma comme mode de survie Réalisatrice et scénariste, Josza Anjembe signe une œuvre singulière entre documentaire et fiction, … 03 Nov 2025
Exhibitions, Collection Passez au « Salon de musique » de Vassily Kandinsky Présenté en 1931 au Forum d'architecture de Berlin, le Salon de musique synthétise les recherches fo… 03 Nov 2025
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The “Caterpillar” of the Centre Pompidou (Episode 3/15) Stretching like a giant transparent tube along the façade, the escalator affectionate… 03 Nov 2025
Backstage Because Beaubourg: Backstage at the Centre Pompidou's Last Hurrah It had never happened before: on the 24th and 25th October, the Centre Pompidou marked the closure o… 27 Oct 2025
Exhibitions, Collection Kandinsky, ou la musique comme système Plus qu’une source d’inspiration, la musique est pour Vassily Kandinsky un principe générateur, fond… 16 Oct 2025
Stages Cai Guo-Qiang: The Artist Who Lets Gunpowder Speak Renowned for his gunpowder paintings, pyrotechnic performances, and large-scale installations, Cai G… 15 Oct 2025
Backstage Débrouillardise et clé de douze : les experts au chevet des œuvres de … Ils savent tout faire. Ça tombe bien : c’est exactement ce qu’on leur demande. Rémi Navarro et ses c… 09 Oct 2025