The exhibition Bridget Riley: Starting Point explores how the study of Georges Seurat's work was a founding impulse in the development of Bridget Riley's artistic approach. Serving both as a beginning and a departure, the ‘starting point’ refers to the moment in 1959 when Riley reproduced Seurat's Le Pont de Courbevoie from a printed reproduction, thereby learning how to place and juxtapose colours to create optical effects of vibration. This principle has continued to inform her practice to this day.

Bridget Riley

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Mythical couple, Niki de Saint Phalle (1930 - 2002) and Jean Tinguely (1925 - 1991) are united by an unbreakable artistic bond and a shared vision of creation as an act of rebellion against established norms.

The exhibition retraces the prolific itinerary of these two artists through the figure of Pontus Hultén (1924 - 2006), the first director of the Musée national d'art moderne at the Centre Pompidou, who shares their conception of a disruptive, multidisciplinary and participatory art. Throughout his career, Hultén gave unconditional support to Saint Phalle and Tinguely, acquiring works, dedicating retrospectives, giving them carte blanche and supporting extraordinary projects such as the gigantic Nana Hon - en Katedral (1966) at Stockholm's Moderna Museet, the exhibition, Le Crocrodrome de Zig et Puce (1977), in the Centre Pompidou's Forum, and La Fontaine Stravinsky (1983) at the foot of the building.

Drawing on the rich collections of the Centre Pompidou and major loans from French and foreign institutions, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hultén invites visitors to discover or rediscover the emblematic works of these two major artists, brought to life by an exceptional museum man, in a playful historical journey where art, love, friendship and commitment are intertwined.

With Sophie Duplaix, cheffe du Service des collections contemporaine and curator of the exhibition 

Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hulten

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perspective friend

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International Circle

Acquisition Group for Design

Acquisition Group for Photography

Acquisition Group for Contemporary Art

 Acquisition Group for the French Scene from the 1950s to the 1980s

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Through sculptures and videos, Tarik Kiswanson explores the concepts of memory, trauma and regeneration. How do the dark passages of our collective history inform our present? What do they teach us about the human condition? How do we deal with trauma, and how can we rebuild ourselves? These questions are at the heart of the practice of Tarik Kiswanson, winner of the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2023. Two works were created especially for the exhibition; all are being shown in France for the first time.

Tarik Kiswanson. The relief