Tuesday treat

 

One last look from the top of the Centre Georges-Pompidou (a.k.a. Beaubourg) before it closed.

 Re-opening: 2030 

 

Still water Wednesday

 The Stravinsky Fountain at a standstill.

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 The Centre Georges-Pompidou (a.k.a. Beaubourg) will be closed to the public til 2030 as it undergoes major renovation.

Fountain Friday

Legendary artist couple Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely have been reunited in an exhibition with “museum anarchist” Pontus Hulten.

Above: sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely at the Stravinsky Fountain, Pompidou Center 

Le Grand Palais Champs-Elysées

 Ends January 4, 2026

 

Surrealism Sunday

Surréalisme 

One of the last exhibitions at the Beaubourg / Centre Georges Pompidou leading up to its closing in September 2025 for renovations.

Above: photo by Dora Maar

 

Surrealism Sunday

 

Designed like a maze, the "Surréalisme" exhibition is an unprecedented dive into the exceptional creative effervescence of the Surrealist movement, born in 1924 with the publication of André Breton’s founding Manifesto.

 Combining paintings, drawings, films, photographs and literary documents, the exhibition presents works by the movement’s iconic artists (Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst, Joan Miró), as well as those by the female Surrealists (including Leonora Carrington, Ithell Colquhoun, Dora Maar)....

 

Exhibition:

 

Surréalisme 

 

 Centre Georges Pompidou

 

Ends January 13, 2025

Throwback Thursday

Upstairs at the Centre Georges Pompidou.

Stravinsky lips

Close-up of lips by artist Niki de Saint Phalle, Stravinsky Fountain, Beaubourg Center.

Centre Pompidou

The Pompidou Center on a cool morning in May.

Op eye

Below: more from the exhibition

 

(click to enlarge)

Victor Vasarely

 Budapest-born visionary who strove to "psychically feel and comprehend this world."

Ends May 6, 2019

 

Centre Georges-Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

Hail César #2

Bottom photo:

French cinema's coveted "César Award" is based on the artist's crushed car sculptures

"César La Rétrospective"

Ends March 26, 2018

Centre Georges-Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

Hail César

Large oozing forms, body parts and compressed cars enhanced by soaring views over the city.


"César: La Rétrospective"

 Ends March 26, 2018

Centre Georges Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

Stuff

Sculpture of a man loaded down.

 

Centre Georges Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

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Next week: photos from remarkable "L'Événement César" that ends March 26

Touch of red

A splash of Christmas on a terrace atop the Pompidou Center.

Joie de ville

Niki de Saint Phalle sculptures brighten up the day.
 

Portraits

Portrait artists add to the winter street scene around the Beaubourg.

Twirling skull

Rotating, spurting sculptures in the Stravinsky Fountain add color to an overcast day.

Air ducts

Two massive air ducts outside the Pompidou Center.

Pompidou view

Views over the city and square below from the top floor of the Pompidou Center.

Pigeon roof

In the background dozens of pigeons have made a rooftop their roost.

Centre Georges-Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

Dali's secret

Salvador Dali seems to have a secret. What oh what might it be?