Nan Goldin, Matisse: ticket sales for our next exhibitions are now open!
This spring, the Grand Palais invites you to discover two major figures in the art of the 20ᵉ and 21ᵉ centuries through new exhibitions: Nan Goldin. This will not end well and Matisse. 1941 - 1954. Two powerful, sensitive and resolutely different journeys, to mark in your diaries. Book your tickets now!
Nan Goldin. This Will Not End Well
Icon of contemporary photography, Nan Goldin presents herself as a filmmaker. For the first time in France, the Grand Palais is devoting a retrospective to her videos and slideshows, which the artist describes as "films composed of photos".
The exhibition brings together six major works retracing fifty years of creation, including The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, The Other Side and Sisters, Saints, Sibyls. The deeply personal narratives take on a universal scope, questioning childhood, gender, violence and family ties.
After Stockholm, Amsterdam, Berlin and Milan, this exhibition arrives in Paris to offer a rare immersion in Nan Goldin's world, at once frontal, fragile and intensely human.
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Matisse. 1941-1954
Between 1941 and 1954, Henri Matisse invented a new language: that of cut-out forms and pure color. Featuring over 300 works from the Centre Pompidou collection and major international loans, the exhibition sheds light on the final years of an artist in constant reinvention.
At the age of almost 80, Matisse turned cut-out gouache into an autonomous medium, capable of expressing the essential through simplicity. The exhibition shows how central painting remains to his approach, gaining in space, intensity and light.
From monumental panels to large cut-out gouache figures such as La Tristesse du roi, Zulma, La Danseuse créole or les Nus bleus, the tour recreates the vibrant atmosphere of a studio in perpetual transformation.
Drawing with scissors: Henri Matisse's cut-out gouache technique
At nearly 80 years old, Matisse reinvented himself: he no longer painted, but cut directly into color. With his scissors, he invented a free, direct gesture that gave birth to figures of rare power. A new creative impetus driven by the cut-out gouache technique, whose history and artworks can be discovered at the Grand Palais until July 26 !
On the occasion of the exhibition devoted to Nan Goldin at the Grand Palais until June 21, 2026, Alice Leroy, teacher-researcher and film critic, offers a series of texts exploring her work through the prism of cinema. In this article, she returns to the...
On the occasion of the exhibition devoted to Nan Goldin at the Grand Palais until June 21, 2026, Alice Leroy, teacher-researcher and film critic, offers a series of texts exploring her work through the prism of cinema.Today, she reflects on Nan Goldin’s...
