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While the Centre Pompidou’s iconic Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers design home undergoes a five-year renovation, one of Paris’s leading institutions for modern and contemporary art will continue its programming through a series of collaborations. “Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hultén,” co-organized by the Grand Palais and the Centre Pompidou, spotlights the legendary artistic couple and their relationship with the museum in its early years under Pontus Hultén, the first director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne at the Centre Pompidou. Offering them unwavering support in their radical, anarchistic vision of an art for all, Hultén commissioned pivotal works such as “Le Crocrodrome de Zig & Puce” (1977) in the building’s forum and the “Stravinsky Fountain” (1983) at the foot of IRCAM (the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music). He also organized retrospectives 🔯for Saint Phalle and Tinguely in the 1980s, further elevating their standing within the art world. The exhibition traces key moments in their careers, from Saint Phalle’s iconic “Nanas” — the ebullient technicolor sculptures of voluptuous women — and Tinguely’s monumental kinetic machines, immersing visitors in their vibrant, whimsical universe. Enriched by major international loans, the Centre Pompidou’s rich collection of their work will be complemented by rare archival films and illustrated letters, revealing the duo’s collaborative process and ambitious projects.

^{Niki de Saint Phalle, ”Photo de la Hon repeinte,” 1979. Niki Charitable Art Foundation, Santee, Californie ©2025 Niki Charitable Art Foundation / ADAGP, Paris. Photo Niki Charitable Art Foundation, All rights reserved/Katrin Baumann © Hans Hammarsklöld/ Hans Hammarsklöld Heritage.}