Exhibitions
In 2025, Centre Pompidou is beginning a major transformation !
In preparation for the renovation of its iconic building, Centre Pompidou is now closed to the public..
Thanks to the Constellation program, Centre Pompidou is more vibrant than ever and closer to you, expanding into hundreds of partner venues across France and around the world, from 2025 until its reopening in 2030.
Discover all the exhibitions designed with our partners:
- In Paris and throughout Greater Paris, notably at the Grand Palais — with four exhibitions per year in two dedicated galleries — or at the Philharmonie; in Giverny or at the MAC VAL;
- In regions across France, including Auxerre, Bonifacio, Lille, Metz, and Toulon…;
- Internationally, in Centre Pompidou’s historic locations — Málaga, Shanghai… — as well as in other prestigious museums and art centers.
Paris / Grand Paris
Photo : Service de la documentation photographique du MNAM - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI
Matisse
1941-1954
24 March – 26 July 2026
Grand Palais, 8th arrondissement, Paris
"Matisse, 1941-1954" highlights the final years of the French artist’s creative life.
At nearly 80 years old, Henri Matisse reinvented his practice through the medium of cut-out gouache, which emerged as an autonomous and powerful visual language. Its simplicity allowed him to reach a universal form of expression and fully embrace the decorative dimension of his art. Never before had Matisse been so prolific in his use of diverse techniques and materials—paintings, drawings, illustrated books, textiles, and stained glass all reflect this vibrant new impulse. This is demonstrated by the approximately 300 works brought together here, ranging from intimate pieces to monumental ensembles, drawn from both public and private collections.
| An exhibition by GrandPalaisRmn x Centre Pompidou
© Courtesy of The Hilma af Klint Foundation
Hilma af Klint
6 May – 30 August 2026
Grand Palais, Paris 8th arrondissement
First exhibition in France devoted to the Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), only recently recognized as a major figure of artistic modernity and of the beginnings of abstraction—on a par with her male counterparts Kandinsky, Kupka, Malevich, and Mondrian.
Alongside a conventional figurative practice, Hilma af Klint developed a body of work shaped by spiritualism and science, in which spirals, circles, and radiating forms convey the invisible forces governing the world and a search for cosmic harmony. Long kept secret, initially at the artist’s own request, this work was not presented to the public until 1986, in the group exhibition The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890–1985 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
This event not only highlights the many sources that informed her work—esotericism, folklore and popular art, and scientific culture—but also questions the way art history long overlooked women artists and their contribution to the founding movements of modern art.
| An exhibition GrandPalaisRmn x Centre Pompidou
La Bataille des couleurs
13 February – 17 August 2026
Maison Pompidou, Paris 3rd arrondissement
Located at the foot of the Centre Pompidou construction site, Maison Pompidou serves as a permanent hub for information and resources on the Centre’s history, architecture, and forthcoming transformation.
Its first temporary exhibition, "la Bataille des couleurs" (The Battle of Colours), revisits the building’s chromatic history from 1971 to 1977. Before becoming iconic, its visual identity was the subject of intense debate and controversy, retraced here through firsthand accounts, drawings, photographs, previously unpublished documents, and interior design objects (such as tables, lighting fixtures, buckets, cables, etc.).
Photo by Dan Bradica. Image courtesy Pioneer Works
Coming soon
Anthony McCall, Lumière
4 – 10 June 2026
Installation and performances as part of ManiFeste-2026 festival
Ircam, Paris 4th arrondissement
As part of the new edition of IRCAM’s annual festival, devoted to contemporary music and to innovative, hybrid forms of creation (visual arts, live performance, literature, etc.), Anthony McCall (born in the United Kingdom in 1946), a major figure in the American cinematic avant-garde of the 1970s, takes over IRCAM’s performance space to present four of his monumental "solid-light" sculptures. These luminous volumes gradually emerge from a simple circular line projected into a smoke-filled room, and visitors are invited to enter them, interact with the beams, and watch the forms materialize…
In the evening, IRCAM’s Espace de projection hosts a programme of concerts, screenings, and performances closely connected to McCall’s work–from Morton Feldman’s iconic Rothko Chapel (1971) to a recent piece by the American composer Kali Malone, featuring Lucy Railton and Stephen O’Malley, Does Spring Hide Its Joy (2023).
Courtesy, Maurizio Cattelan’s Archive. Courtesy Perrotin. Photo: Zeno Zotti
Dimanche sans fin
Maurizio Cattelan & the Centre Pompidou collection
8 May 2025 – 2 February 2027
To mark its 15th anniversary, the Centre Pompidou-Metz is transforming all of its galleries to host hundreds of works from the Musée National d’Art Moderne collection. These include rarely seen pieces—sometimes thought untransportable—such as André Breton’s studio wall or Marcel Duchamp’s chess table.
The exhibition explores the theme of Sunday in its social, political, and aesthetic dimensions. Curated collectively under the guidance of artist Maurizio Cattelan, the exhibition unfolds as a poetic journey through 27 sections, each conceived as an alphabetical entry of thoughts, verses, slogans… touching on themes such as the division between leisure and work, private and public space, spirituality and light, or art’s power to imagine alternative worlds and evoke melancholic reflection.
Domaine public. Photo : Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Adam Rzepka/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
Kandinsky face aux images
20 February – 14 June 2026
A pioneer of 20th-century abstract art, Vassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) is known for his interest in the spiritual and inner life—but rarely associated with photographic images, scientific publications, or press illustrations, despite maintaining a strong connection to them throughout his life. Drawing on the artist’s personal archives, the exhibition invites a reconsideration of the role of images in his work: not merely as iconographic sources, but as subjects of reflection and pedagogical tools that shaped his visual thinking. This chronological journey offers a deep dive into the studio behind these iconic works of art history, their sources of inspiration, and their secrets of creation.
| An exhibition by LaM x Centre Pompidou
François Morellet
100 pour cent
3 April – 29 September 2026
To mark the centenary of François Morellet (1926-2016), the Centre Pompidou-Metz is presenting a retrospective of 100 works spanning the years 1941 to 2016, the most comprehensive ever mounted to date.
What makes Morellet so singular is that he was both the leading French representative of geometric abstraction—favoring a programmed, systematic art that keeps subjectivity at bay, embraces chance, engages in dialogue with Concrete art, and anticipates Minimalism—and the artist who most decisively unsettled it. He explored the optical aberrations generated by his own systems, foregrounding visual disruption and the instability of perception in a neo-Dada spirit infused with humor. The exhibition brings this ambivalence to light through two chronological paths, beginning with his early figurative paintings of the 1940s.
© Adagp, Paris. Photo : Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Georges Meguerditchian/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
100 x Morellet
From 3 April 2026
To mark the centenary of François Morellet (1926-2016), numerous institutions, at the initiative of the Centre Pompidou, are joining forces to pay tribute to one of the major figures of contemporary French art.
This tribute takes the form of original displays, renewed attention to works held in the national collections and in public space, as well as a series of talks, lectures, and an international symposium. Its aim is to reassess Morellet’s legacy, his place in art history, his relationship to heritage and architecture, and the influence he continues to exert on contemporary artists.
© Droits réservés
Projet pour une révolution
Vasarely and Architecture
16 June – 1st November 2026
Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence
Conceived to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Vasarely Foundation, inaugurated in 1976, "Projet pour une révolution" (Project for a Revolution) not only revisits the construction of this emblematic building of Op art, whose founding figure was Victor Vasarely (1906-1997), but also reflects on the place and function of architecture throughout his œuvre.
From the first architectural integrations in Caracas in 1954, envisioned as the ideal mode of presentation for his visual creations, to the unrealised project of the Cité polychrome du bonheur (Polychrome City of Happiness), Vasarely moved beyond the synthesis of the arts championed by the Espace group, which he joined in the 1950s, towards a broader reflection on the nature of the artwork itself, as well as on the conditions of its production, dissemination, and conservation within a profoundly social dimension.
© Peter Doig. All Rights Reserved, DACS / Adagp, Paris. Photo: Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Philippe Migeat/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
La mer est ton miroir
20 June – 1st November 2026
Extending the 3rd edition of the Les Grands Récits festival, held from June 5 to 7 in Auxerre, 2026, the Centre Pompidou invites visitors to immerse themselves in the imaginary world of the sea in the 20th and 21st centuries. Taking its title from a line in Charles Baudelaire’s poem L'Homme et la Mer (Man and the Sea), "La mer est ton miroir" (The sea is your mirror) invites a poetic reflection on nature as much as on our own existence.
From Robert Delaunay (1885–1941) to Hicham Berrada (born 1986), some twenty works – paintings, videos, installations, design… – are nestled within the heart of the monastic architecture, echoing its own collections, whilst the chapter house hosts a site-specific work created especially for the occasion by the visual artist Nicolas Floc’h (born in 1970).
Domaine public. Photo : Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Jean-François Tomasian/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
Raoul Dufy, la mélodie du bonheur
27 June – 20 September 2026
Drawn from the rich body of works bequeathed to the French State in 1963 and now held by the Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Pompidou, this retrospective highlights the extraordinary versatility of Raoul Dufy's genius (1877-1953). Far from being confined to painting, drawing and printmaking, his creative practice also encompassed the decorative arts, ceramics and textile design.
Through a journey that is both chronological and thematic, with particular emphasis on his connections to Normandy and to music, the exhibition offers an original perspective on the major developments of modernity during the first half of the twentieth century. From his early landscapes, rooted in the legacy of Impressionism, to his efforts to "renew" popular art in the 1910s, via Fauvism and Cubism, the exhibition traces the many artistic currents that shaped his singular vision.
© Marcel Wanders. Photo : Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Georges Meguerditchian/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
Suivez le fil !
Design & textile
27 June – 31 October 2026
Drawing on around one hundred works by some forty artists from the national design collections, "Suivez le fil!" ("Follow the Thread!") explores the distinctive role of textiles in the history of design. Bridging craft and technology, ancestral gestures and contemporary utopias, the exhibition reflects the aesthetic and technical transformations of the 20th century, while also nurturing the most radical contemporary experiments.
From pioneering figures of the modern avant-garde such as Sonia Delaunay and Eileen Gray to contemporary designers including Pauline Esparon and Jeanne Goutelle, among others, the exhibition highlights the essential contribution of women designers to the evolution of design.
Reinventing Landscape
Highlights of the Centre Pompidou collection
28 April 2025 – 18 October 2026
"Reinventing Landscape" is the fourth semi-permanent exhibition of the Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum project since its launch in 2019.
It turns the spotlight on landscape art and its profound transformations in the 20th and 21th centuries through nine exhibition sections.
Don des Amis du Centre Pompidou, Groupe d'Acquisition pour l'Art Contemporain, 2022
© Caroline Achaintre. Photo : Rob Harris. Coutesy de l’artiste et Art : Concept, Paris
To Open Eyes
Artists' Gaze
3 July 2025 – 31 January 2027
The new semi-permanent exhibition at the Centre Pompidou Málaga focusses on the way in which artists invite us to decentre our gaze and thus transform our relationship with art, society and the world. "To Open Eyes" is an undirected exhibition that proposes a broad and non-exhaustive panorama of the major movements and disruptions that marked the history of art in the 20th and 21st centuries, right up until recent works reflecting certain contemporary issues.
© Succession Brancusi - All rights reserved (Adagp). Photo : Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Adam Rzepka/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
Constantin Brancusi
20 March – 9 August 2026
With more than 150 sculptures, photographs, drawings, films, and rarely seen archival materials from the Centre Pompidou and other public and private international collections, the exhibition offers the most extensive survey of Constantin Brancusi’s (1876-1957) multifaceted work to date.
In addition to key works such as Le Baiser (The Kiss), L'Oiseau dans l'espace (Bird in Space), La Muse endormie (Sleeping Muse), and La Colonne sans fin (Endless Column), the exhibition also features a partial reconstruction of Brancusi’s legendary studio—shown outside of Paris for the first time since its bequest to the French state in 1957. His organic forms, reduced to their essence, established him as a pioneer of sculptural abstraction in the early 20th century.
Domaine public Photo © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Georges Meguerditchian/Dist.GrandPalaisRmn
Chez Matisse
El legado de una nueva pintura
26 March – 23 August 2026
The exhibition highlights the work of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) as a perpetual reinvention of painting —the medium he consistently described as "the pinnacle of his desires"— embracing both its historical legacy and its relevance in the present. It brings some thirty of his paintings into dialogue with major figures of the 20th and 21st centuries—from Sonia Delaunay and Natalia Goncharova to Daniel Buren and Barnett Newman—tracing his influence across both real and imagined spheres of artistic creation.
| An exhibition by Fundación "la Caixa" x Centre Pompidou
© droits réservé. Photo : Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Hélène Mauri/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
Designing Childhood
Une histoire du design pour les enfants
1st April – 20 September 2026
As a testing ground for new materials and production processes, children’s furniture has left its mark on the history of 20th-century design. It embodies the ambitions, social changes and technological advances of its era. Gradually recognised as individuals in their own right, children are no longer seen as ‘little adults’ and have carved out a specific place for themselves in the home, society and the market. Many designers embraced this field and found children’s furniture to be a privileged field for experimentation.
© droits réservés. Photo : Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Philippe Migeat/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
Le Geste et la Matière
Abstractions internationales (1945-1965)
13 mai – 7 septembre 2026
« Le Geste et la Matière » est consacrée à l’apparition après la Seconde guerre mondiale d’une nouvelle abstraction, non plus fondée sur la géométrie, mais sur le geste et sa spontanéité, à la recherche de nouvelles manières de recouvrir le support pictural.
Présentant une quarantaine de toiles – la plupart de grands formats – conservées par le Musée national d'art moderne, l'exposition rappelle le rôle de Paris dans cette époque charnière de l'histoire de l'art. Animée par un solide réseau de galeries et une nouvelle génération de critiques d’art, attirant des artistes aussi bien européens qu'américains et asiatiques, la capitale française redevient pour un temps le centre du monde artistique. S'y croisent les tenants de l'art informel, de la couleur noire, de l'Action Painting ou de Gutaï au Japon... qui œuvrent durant deux décennies à faire langage commun.
Domaine public. © Photo : Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Georges Meguerditchian/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
The Cubists: Inventing Modern Vision
From 4 June 2026
Organized as a chronological journey, the exhibition traces the emergence, dissemination, and international development of Cubism. It brings together around 90 paintings and sculptures by more than 40 artists from the collection of Centre Pompidou – Musée national d’art moderne. From major figures of the movement, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, and Sonia and Robert Delaunay, to artists less familiar to Korean audiences, such as Albert Gleizes, Amédée Ozenfant, and Natalia Goncharova.
A special section entitled KOREA FOCUS highlights the ways in which this "modern vision", born of Western Cubism, helped shape developments in modern and contemporary Korean art.
© Adagp, Paris. Photo : Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/André Morin/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
Contemporary Drawings
Florence and Daniel Guerlain's Donation and Gifts to MNAM
25 July – 1er November 2026
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga
Echoing the major exhibition devoted by the Latvian National Museum of Art to the development of Latvian graphic arts since the eighteenth century, Contemporary Drawings: Florence and Daniel Guerlain Donation and Gifts to the Musée National d’Art Moderne offers a decidedly international perspective. The exhibition brings together artists internationally well-known such as Robert Longo, Kiki Smith, Giuseppe Penone, Marlene Dumas, and French artists, such as Henri Cueco, Dove Allouche, Anne-Marie Schneider – most of whom have never been exhi¬bited in Latvia.
Bringing together nearly one hundred works on paper by more than forty artists, the exhibition highlights the diversity of approaches, techniques and formats that characterize contemporary drawing. At the same time, it reflects the richness of the ensemble formed by the successive gifts made to the Musée National d’Art Moderne since 2006 by the French collectors Florence and Daniel Guerlain.
