EXHIBITION COLOURS ! MASTERPIECES FROM THE CENTRE POMPIDOU
Tues. 8th July 2025 - Sun. 31st August 2025
Illustration : Detail of Made in Japan - La grande odalisque, 1964 - Acrylic paint, glass, a fly and synthetic fiber tassels on a photograph mounted on canvas -130 x 97 cm -Gift of the Scaler Foundation in 1995 - Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris - Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
In summer 2025, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco presented ‘Colors!’, an exhibition devoted to a modern history of color through major 20th-century masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou collection.
Curated by Didier Ottinger, deputy director of the Musée National d'Art Moderne, over a hundred works will be on display, including paintings by some thirty major artists, from Sonia Delaunay to Jean-Michel Basquiat, not forgetting Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Henri Matisse, Vassily Kandinsky and others.
A truly sensory and visual journey invites visitors to rethink the perception of color in modern art. At the heart of the exhibition, seven monochromatic spaces will be enhanced by the sound creations of composer Roque Rivas, produced in collaboration with Ircam, and the olfactory ambiences developed by “nose” Alexis Dadier in collaboration with Maison Fragonard. These unique installations will enable visitors to experience color not only visually, but also through other senses: hearing and smell.
As an extension of the exhibition, iconic design pieces by Ron Arad, Jean Prouvé, Ettore Sottsass and Philippe Starck will be integrated into installations specially designed by Marion Mailaender, linking works of art and design objects. By recreating the ambience of interiors, the French architect and designer will show art in a different light, by immersing it in everyday life.
The exhibition's scenography is the work of William Chatelain, head of studies and design spaces at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco.
