EXHIBITION COLORS! MASTERPIECES FROM THE CENTRE POMPIDOU
Tues. 8th July - 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
Presale price €7 instead of €14 HERE
From July 8th to August 31st, 2025, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco and the Centre Pompidou will present “Couleurs!”, an exhibition devoted to a modern history of color through the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
From 8 July to 31 August 2025, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco is presenting ‘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.
OPENING TIMES AND ADMISSION PRICES
DATES: July 8th to August 31st, 2025
HOURS: Open every day from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
EVENING VISITS: Thursdays until 10 p.m.
LOCATION: Ravel Hall at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco -10, avenue Princesse Grace - 98000 Monaco
PRICE OF ADMISSION:
Full price: €14 (FREE for children under 18) Presale price: 7€ until June 30th
Reduced price: €11 - Groups (>10 people) - Students (<25 years old and upon presentation of their student card) - Seniors (>65 ans) - SNCF partnership - TER customers on presentation of a TER ticket of the SOUTH region dated of the day.
❄️ TEMPERATURE: To ensure optimum conservation of the works on display, the air temperature in the exhibition space must be regulated and may appear cool in summer. Visitors with a chill in the air are advised to bring a little wool with them!
Need further information?
Tel. +377 99 99 3000
E-mail : ticket@grimaldiforum.com
You can purchase your tickets at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco box office (on site), or online via Monte-Carlo Ticket, Ticketmaster, and France Billet.
GUIDED TOURS
CLASSICS - Public and private guided tours during the opening hours of the exhibition.
- Audio guides (French, English), 6€ in addition to the entrance fee.
- Public guided tours: 10€ per person, in addition to the entrance fee, on Thursdays and Sundays at 10:30 am, 2:30 pm and 5 pm, subject to availability (maximum: 25 people).
Bookings: online ; by mail. By phone: +377 99 99 3000
- Private guided tours in French, English or Italian: single rate of 370€ for the group, in addition to the entrance fee per person (maximum: 25 people).
Bookings: visites@grimaldiforum.com
COLORS! JUST FOR YOU - Exclusive guided tours
At the end of the day, after it has closes to the public, the exhibition reopens its doors just for you. With a guide-lecturer dedicated to you, discover Colors! at your own pace.
7 days a week except Thursdays - Up to 2 hours visit in French or English between 8pm and 10pm.
Single price of 1800€ (up to 8 people), including the exhibition catalog. Possibility of organizing a private drink or cocktail at the end of the visit (optional).
Booking: visites@grimaldiforum.com
PWD, SECURITY & CHECKROOMS
ACCESSIBILITY PWD: Exhibition accessible to persons with disabilities. €14 admission for the person with disability and the companion upon presentation of card at ticket office.
SECURITY & CHECKROOMS: To ensure the safety of visitors, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco applies the preventive measures decided by the government for public administrations. All visitors are required to undergo security checks. We recommend that you do not visit the exhibition with bulky luggage, suitcases or bags. However, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco provides checkroom facilities* free of charge.
*(Items left in the checkroom must be removed the same day. Valuables deposited in the cloakroom are the responsibility of the depositor).
CHILDREN WOKSHOPS
Guided tour and workshops
From 8 to 18 July 2025, Tuesday to Friday in the first week, and Monday to Friday in the second week.
Children aged 5 to 8: 10h00 to 12h00
Children aged 9 to 12: de 14h00 to 16h00
Maximum of 25 children per day
Prices
25 € per workshop
€90 for the one-week course (4 days – first week)
€110 for the one-week course (5 days – second week)
For bookings or further information:
Phone. +377 99 99 3000
E-mail : ticket@grimaldiforum.com
THE EXHIBITION IN PICTURES
Exhibition itinerary
“Colors!” features more than a hundred masterpieces of modern and contemporary art, along with design objects, presented in an original scenography conceived as a vast color wheel.
Among the featured artists: Matisse, Miró, Picasso, Derain, Kandinsky, Magritte, Gontcharova, Modigliani, Soutine, Chagall, Klee, Dalí, Basquiat, Dubuffet, Klein, De Chirico, Bacon, Guston, Baselitz, Kupka, Kelly, Richter, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Ron Arad, Jean Prouvé, Ettore Sottsass, Philippe Starck…
Beyond this unprecedented exploration of color through 20th-century artworks, sensory environments involving light, fragrance, and sound extend the chromatic experience, creating a “synesthetic” immersion into color.
DISCOVER THE EXHIBITION TEASER VIDEO
Credits and mentions :
- "About the exhibition": Theo Van Doesburg - Peinture pure, May 1920 – 07 July 1920 Oil on canvas - 130 x 80,5 cm. - Original two-color oil-painted chopstick frame - Purchased in 1964 Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle - Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Audrey Laurans/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn, - Public domain
- "Opening times and admission prices": Vassily KANDINSKY - Bleu du ciel, 1940 Oil on canvas - 100 x 73 cm. - Gift of Mrs. Nina Kandinsky in 1976 - Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle - Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/ Bertrand Prévost /Dist. GrandPalaisRmn - Public domain
- "Guided tours": Pierre BONNARD - L'Atelier au mimosa, winter 1939 / October 1946 - Oil on canvas 127,5 x 127,5 cm. - Purchase, 1979 - Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle - Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Bertrand Prévost/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn, - Public domain
- "PWD, security and checkrooms": Robert DELAUNAY - Formes circulaires, Soleil n°2, 1912-1913 - Glue paint on canvas 100 x 68,5 cm. - Gift of the Société des Amis du Musée national d'art moderne in 1961 - Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle - Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Georges Meguerditchian/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn, - Public domain
- "Youth Workshops": Amedeo MODIGLIANI - Tête rouge, 1915 - Oil on canvas 54 x 42,5 cm. - Purchase, 1964 - Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris Musée national d’art moderne - Centre de création industrielle - Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Audrey Laurans/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn - Public domain
- "The exhibition in pictures": Chaïm Soutine - Le Groom, 1925 - Oil on canvas 98 x 80,5 cm. - Former collection of Baron Kojiro Matsukata transferred in 1959 to the Musée national d'art moderne in application of the 1952 peace treaty with Japan. - Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée national d’art modern – Centre de création industrielle. -Photo credit: © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/ Philippe Migeat /Dist. GrandPalaisRmn - Public domain