The ‘Colours! Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou’ exhibition, which captivated audiences throughout the summer in Monaco, will be presented at the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum from 24th January to 15th April 2026.
The show represents the Grimaldi Forum Monaco’s 20th international touring exhibition since its creation, confirming its unique position as a cultural institution serving the artistic influence of the Principality. Sylvie Biancheri, General Director of the Grimaldi Forum, described the opportunity as a source of joy for the organisation.
Summer 2025 success exported to China
The Monaco presentation proved a major cultural event, attracting 76,500 visitors in less than two months and ranking in the top three most visited exhibitions in the Grimaldi Forum’s history. Produced in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, the exhibition offered a multisensory immersion into 20th-century masterpieces, inviting audiences to see, smell and hear colours.
Following this success, the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum selected the exhibition as its next major show, anticipating visitor numbers on a new scale. The Chinese institution has entrusted the Grimaldi Forum Monaco with the entire conception of the exhibition, including reimagined installation, original scenography and bespoke logistical implementation, drawing on the Monaco venue’s 25 years of expertise in cultural and event engineering.
Redesigned scenography by Monaco team
The artistic team brings together Didier Ottinger, Deputy Director of the Musée national d’art moderne and curator of the original Monaco exhibition, and Dr Luo Yi, Chinese co-curator, with support from Catherine Alestchenkoff, Director of Cultural Events at the Grimaldi Forum. The scenography is designed by William Chatelain, Head of Studies and Space Design at the Grimaldi Forum, who has created the majority of the Monaco cultural and congress centre’s scenographies since 2015.
The exhibition will feature 70 masterpieces from the 20th century drawn from the Centre Pompidou collections alongside 17 works by contemporary Chinese artists, offering a cross-cultural perspective on sensibilities and creative traditions.
Dialogue between Western and Chinese art
Beyond scenography, the exhibition highlights the meeting between Western art and Chinese creation. Integrated into the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum’s programme aimed at strengthening links between the public and art, it marks a new stage in the institution’s opening to Western modern and contemporary art.
The collaboration also represents a significant cultural exchange between Monaco and China. The Grimaldi Forum has previously turned towards Asia, notably with the exhibition ‘Princes & Princesses of Monaco, a European Dynasty’ (13th-21st century) presented at the Forbidden City in 2018.
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A symphony of senses: Colours! exhibition transforms the Grimaldi Forum into a living canvas
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