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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
