Exhibitions, Collection « Kandinsky face aux images », ou la fabrique de l'abstraction Photographies, illustrations scientifiques ou de presse… Loin d’être de simples sources d’inspiratio… 06 Mar 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
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
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
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 … 16 Sep 2025
Collection The untold story of the International Klein Blue (IKB) of Yves Klein It was this particular shade of blue that brought painter Yves Klein worldwide fame. In 1960, he pat… 07 Feb 2025
Exhibitions, Society “Black Paris”: Towards a Pan-African and Transnational History of Art Retracing the presence and influence of Black artists in France during the second half of the twenti… 05 Feb 2025
Collection Focus on... "New York City" by Piet Mondrian An iconic painting by Dutch artist and abstraction pioneer Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), New York City … 31 Jan 2025
Exhibitions, Collection Beyond gender: Suzanne Valadon, a feminist artist? Initially a model for some of the greatest artists of her time—Renoir, Puvis de Chavannes, Toulouse-… 24 Jan 2025
Exhibitions, Collection Focus on... "The Blue Room" ("La Chambre bleue") by Suzanne Valadon Painted in 1923 by Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938), The Blue Room reinterprets the codes of the oriental… 20 Dec 2024
Exhibitions, Collection Suzanne Valadon: A Female Gaze Suzanne Valadon (1865–1938) was the first woman to paint a large-format male nude in a frontal pose.… 03 Dec 2024
Exhibitions, Collection Sean Scully : a romantic geometry of colors Over the course of his 50-year career, Sean Scully has created an influential body of work that has … 07 Oct 2024
Collection Focus on... "Forest Companions" by Takashi Murakami Like his sculpture Naked Self-Portrait with POM (Gold), Takashi Murakami's painting Forest Companion… 23 Sep 2024
Exhibitions, Collection Avec « Surréalisme », un voyage de l'autre côté du miroir Conçue à la façon d’un labyrinthe, l'exposition « Surréalisme » est une plongée inédite dans l’excep… 26 Jun 2024
Collection Focus on.. "Slave Auction" by Jean-Michel Basquiat Painted in 1982, Slave Auction is an iconic work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, who drew his subjects from… 24 Oct 2023
Exhibitions, Collection Françoise Gilot, une femme puissante face à Picasso Le visage sur l'affiche de l'exposition « Picasso. Dessiner à l'infini » est le sien. Françoise Gilo… 29 Sep 2023
Exhibitions, Collection L'histoire secrète du plafond de l'Opéra signé Chagall En 1962, André Malraux confie à Marc Chagall la réalisation d'une fresque monumentale pour orner le … 20 Sep 2023
Exhibitions, Collection Gilles Aillaud, an eco-artist before his time Given the current climate crisis, Gilles Aillaud's relatively little-known work is extremely relevan… 13 Sep 2023
Exhibitions, Collection Gilles Aillaud, animal politique Lions, girafes, phoques… Gilles Aillaud, disparu en 2005, a beaucoup peint les animaux, souvent en c… 24 Jul 2023
Collection De Kyiv à Kharkiv, les artistes ukrainiens en résistance Grâce à la générosité de plusieurs artistes et collectionneurs, le Centre Pompidou a réuni un ensemb… 04 Jan 2023
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![[Translate to English:] This powerful work by Jean-Michel Basquiat delves into themes of slavery, Black identity, and human commodification. On a dark, chaotic background accented with bright orange, electric blue, and white, a haloed skull, a striped figure, and a series of cartoonish faces emerge. The raw brushstrokes, drips, scribbles, and collages create a sense of controlled chaos, echoing the violent and fragmented history of African Americans. The painting evokes urgency, tension, and resistance, blending street art energy with symbolic and socio-political critique.](/fileadmin/user_upload/basquiat_slave-auction_vignette.jpg "[Translate to English:]")
