From July 8 to August 31, 2025
The Grimaldi Forum Monaco presents
"Colors!”
an exhibition dedicated to the modern history of color through major 20th-century masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou collection.
Curated by Didier Ottinger, Deputy Director of the National Museum of Modern Art, the exhibition will showcase over a hundred works, including paintings by about thirty key artists, from Sonia Delaunay to Jean-Michel Basquiat, including Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Henri Matisse, Vassily Kandinsky, and many others.
Jasper Johns Figure 5, 1960
Encaustic painting and newspaper collage on canvas 183 x 137.5 cm Donated by the Scaler Foundation, 1976 Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris Musée national d’art modern – Centre de création industrielle Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Georges Meguerditchian/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn © Jasper Johns / Adagp, Paris, 2025
A true sensory and visual journey will invite visitors to rethink their perception of color in modern art. At the heart of the exhibition, seven monochromatic spaces will be enriched with sound creations by composer Roque Rivas, developed with IRCAM, and olfactory atmospheres created by perfumer Alexis Dadier in collaboration with the Fragonard perfume house. These unique installations will allow visitors to experience color not only visually but also through other senses - hearing and smell.
Martial Raysse
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 Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Philippe Migeat/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn © Adagp, Paris, 2025
Following the exhibition path, iconic design pieces by Ron Arad, Jean Prouvé, Ettore Sottsass, and Philippe Starck will be integrated into installations specially created by Marion Mailaender. These installations will link artworks and design objects, with the French architect and designer recreating interior atmospheres to offer a new perspective on art by immersing it in daily life.
The scenography for the exhibition is designed by William Chatelain, Head of Space Studies and Design at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco.
Jean Dubuffet
Dhôtel nuancé d’abricot, juillet 1947 - août 1947
Oil on canvas 116 x 89 cm
Purchased with the participation of the Scaler Foundation, 1981 Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Georges Meguerditchian/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn © Adagp, Paris, 2025
Francis Bacon
Oil and pastel on canvas 198 x 147.5 cm Purchased 1983
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Bertrand Prévost/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© The Estate of Francis Bacon / All rights reserved / Adagp, Paris and DACS, London 2025
Natalia Gontcharova
Forêt d’automne, 1950 Oil on canvas 60.5 x 50.3 cm Purchased 1960
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Philippe Migeat/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Adagp, Paris 2025
Fernand Léger
Les grands plongeurs noirs, 1944 Oil on canvas 189 x 221 cm Donation in 1982
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Jacques Faujour/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Adagp, Paris 2025
Tamara de Lempicka
La Communiante, 1929 Huile sur toile 101 x 64.8 cm Gift of the artist in 1976
On loan since 1994: La Piscine - Musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent (Roubaix)
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Jacqueline Hyde/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / Adagp, Paris, 2025
Andy Warhol (Andrew Warhola, also known as)
Big Electric Chair Silkscreen ink and acrylic paint on canvas 137.2 x 185.3 cm
Gift of The Menil Foundation in memory of Jean de Menil, 1976
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Photo credit : © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Service de la documentation photographique du MNAM/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Adagp, Paris, 2025
René Magritte
Les marches de l’été, 1938 Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm Purchased 1991
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Philippe Migeat/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Adagp, Paris, 2025
Marc Chagall
Bella au col blanc, 1917 Oil on linen canvas 149 x 72 cm Donated in 1988
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Hélène Mauri/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Adagp, Paris, 2025
Salvador Dalí
Hallucination partielle. Six images de Lénine sur un piano, 1931 Oil and varnish on canvas
114 x 146 cm State purchase, 1938 Attribution, 1938
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Hélène Mauri/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dali / Adagp, Paris, 2025
Yves Klein
IKB 3, Monochrome bleu, 1960 Pure pigment and synthetic resin on canvas mounted on wood 199 x 153 cm Purchased in 1974
Etat, Fonds national d’art contemporain Attribution au Musée national d’art moderne / Centre de création industrielle le 11/12/1975
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Hélène Mauri/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Succession Yves Klein c/o Adagp, Paris, 2025
Robert DELAUNAY
Formes circulaires, Soleil n°2, 1912-1913 Glue paint on canvas 100 x 68,5 cm
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Hélène Mauri/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Public domain
Amedeo MODIGLIANI
Tête rouge, 1915 Oil on canvas 54 x 42,5 cm
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Hélène Mauri/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Public domain
Kasimir MALEVITCH
Croix (noire), 1915 Oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Hélène Mauri/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Public domain
Chaïm SOUTINE
Le Groom, 1925 Oil on canvas 98 x 80,5 cm
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Hélène Mauri/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Public domain
Pierre BONNARD
L'Atelier au mimosa, hiver 1939 / octobre 1946 Oil on canvas 127,5 x 127,5 cm
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Hélène Mauri/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Public domain
Vassily KANDINSKY
Bleu du ciel, 1940 Oil on canvas 100 x 73 cm
Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Hélène Mauri/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
© Public domain
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