Exhibitions, Collection Focus on... « The Last Museum », by Brion Gysin In 1973, Brion Gysin moved into 135 rue Saint-Martin, one of those old buildings facing the Centre P… 28 Nov 2024
Backstage The secret history of the Nike Air Max, the sneaker inspired by the Ce… Unbelievable but true! Launched in 1987, the iconic Nike Air Max 1 actually draws its design from th… 19 Jun 2024
Backstage “Beaubourg, the Great Sleep”: Romain Laprade Captures Time Standing St… Portfolio ► Contemplative, refined and poetic, Romain Laprade’s images lend the same quiet intensity… 17 Jul 2026
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
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… 10 Nov 2020
Society Wolfgang Tillmans: “I would like to tell a universal tale through my o… In June 2025, just before the Beaubourg building goes into hibernation, German photographer Wolfgang… 21 Jun 2022
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The ‘Piazza’ of the Centre Pompidou (Episode 1/10) A vast, Italianate square, the Piazza slopes gently down to the foot of the Beaubourg… 02 Sep 2025
Cinema Radu Jude, a Restless Filmmaker To launch the Centre Pompidou’s film programme at mk2 Bibliothèque, which runs for the duration of t… 03 Jul 2025
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 leg… 04 Jul 2025
Backstage Renzo Piano: "With Richard Rogers, it was an intellectual ping-pong ma… In 1971, Renzo Piano and his partner Richard Rogers won the international architecture competition l… 28 Feb 2022
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The Underbelly of the Centre Pompidou (Episode 5/10) Beneath the cobblestones, the beach? Almost! Hidden beneath the Piazza and the Centre… 09 Jan 2026
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► Ircam, Music Underground (Episode 7/10) Now a cornerstone of the Centre Pompidou, Ircam (Institut de recherche et coordinatio… 02 Mar 2026
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 nev… 13 Apr 2023
Collection, Backstage The day Gordon Matta-Clark wanted to break through the Centre Pompidou In 1975, American conceptual artist Gordon Matta-Clark had one idea in mind: to cut into the very st… 23 Jun 2025
Backstage Architectural Secrets ► The Centre Pompidou’s Signature Colours (Episode 6/10) Before it burst onto the scene in its now-iconic pop colours, the Centre Pompidou nea… 27 Jan 2026
