Stage of great collections of modern and contemporary art in the world, the Centre Pompidou, located in Paris
, is about to undergo a renovation that will last five years – from September 2025 to 2030. The museum's renovation program was approved in 2020 with the support of the French Ministry of Culture. The renovation project focuses on renewing and removing asbestos from all facades, ensuring fire safety infrastructure, promoting better accessibility for people with reduced mobility, and optimizing the entire building energetically. (Elisabeth Argillier/Divulgação)
The renovation also aims to reinvent the original utopia of the institution while responding to the cultural, social, and projects challenges of the coming years. Among the foundations of the project
are: maintaining the sense of hospitality to gather and welcome all visitors; being an experimental factory for young people and prioritizing sustainability through ecologically responsible choices. During the closure period, the major cultural institutions of Paris, France, and the world will host the museum's collection and its multidisciplinary programming focused on the major issues of its time. The six teams of architects in charge of the management of the work at Pompidou are: Aires Mateus associated with Nomade Architectes; Encore Heureux Architectes associated with AIA Architectes; Kuehn Malvezzi associated with Carrière Didier Gazeau and Calq; Lacaton & Vassal Architectes associated with Frédéric Druot Architecture; Moreau Kusunoki associated with Frida Escobedo Studio; and Perrault Architecture associated with Gaëlle Lauriot-Prevost. What's on display until the renovation
The museum remains in operation until the closure date. Below, learn more about the exhibitions that will be on display in the coming months:
En Cours - Suzanne Valadon Until May 26, about 200 works, drawings, and paintings divided into five thematic sections retrace the journey of Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938) from the beginning, as the favorite model of all Montmartre to her artistic recognition. Valadon opted to paint reality and represent bodies without artifice or voyeurism. She was the first woman to paint a frontal male nude on a large scale. Méthode - Antoine d'Agata (Gilles Pandel/Divulgação)
The photographer Antoine d’Agata takes over one of the museum's rooms to make it his studio until February 17. The space becomes a moment to launch a new look at his work produced since 1991. Thus, the public is invited to know the creative process of the artist throughout this period. À venir - Hans Hollein The monographic exhibition “À venir” – available until June 2 – is dedicated to the Austrian architect Hans Hollein (1934-2014), affiliated with the postmodern movement since his participation in the 1st Venice Architecture Biennale in 1980. The exhibition allows reevaluating the coherence of his artistic and critical approach in light of his commitments to the various movements that shaped the post-avant-gardes of the 1960s to the 1980s – from informal art to conceptual art, passing through radical architecture. Paris noir - Artistic circulations, anti-colonial struggles 1950-2000 (Jacopo Salvi/Divulgação)
On display until June 30, “Paris noir” traces the presence and influence of black artists in France between the 1950s and 2000. The exhibition highlights 150 Afro-descendant artists, from Africa to the Americas, whose works have often never been displayed in France. The exhibition presents half a century of struggles for emancipation, from African independence to the fall of apartheid, including the struggle against racism in France. Énormément bizarre - A collection by Jean Chatelus, donated by the Antoine de Galbert foundation (Bernard M. Collet/Divulgação)
Jean Chatelus, history professor and lecturer at the Sorbonne, who died in 2021 at the age of 82, formed a unique collection during his lifetime, as a “hoarder” and not as a collector. Almost 400 pieces – sculptures, installations, paintings, photographs, drawings, votive and vernacular objects – around the themes of the body, death, and the ephemeral nature of life will be available at Pompidou until June 30. Wolfgang Tillmans - Rien ne nous y préparait – Tout nous y préparait To conclude the program within the building, until September 22, the German artist Wolfgang Tillmans explores his form as well as its functions (transmission of knowledge, accessibility, sharing) in light of his aesthetic universe. Tillmans' photographic work explores the profound transformation of the means and supports of information of his time. 
