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Design / 31 May 2017

Designers and artists bring 3D printing into sharp relief at the Centre Pompidou

The printed world isn’t flat. That’s the main takeaway of ‘Imprimer Le Monde’ (‘Print the World’), a mind-bending exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, where a striking selection of 3D-printed objects reflects the diverse and ambitious visions of designers, artists and...

Design / 27 Mar 2017

Make a stand: PAD Paris sees a welcome increase in female designers and gallerists

Given that this year marks the 21st edition of PAD Paris, certain constants are inevitable; whether the exhibitors that reliably return such as Jacques Lacoste, Jousse Entreprise, Carpenters Workshop Gallery and Galerie Kreo, or the dimmed and darkened backdrop that...

Art / 30 Nov 2016

A definitive Cy Twombly retrospective reasserts his status as a modern master

In the autumn of 1963, John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. His wife, Jackie Kennedy, was wearing a strawberry pink suit at the time. She famously insisted on wearing it – still stained with his blood – during...

Design / 13 May 2016

Sitting pretty: a show of Pierre Paulin’s chairs goes on display at Centre Pompidou

Museum shows don’t usually begin by encouraging people to take a seat. But when the exhibition is dedicated to Pierre Paulin, whose ’Mushroom’, ’Orange Slice’, ’Tongue’ and ’Ribbon’ chairs have become part of the contemporary furniture canon, there’s something to...

Design / 11 May 2015

Thoroughly modern man: Demisch Danant reminds us of Pierre Paulin’s lasting legacy

It’s shaping up to be quite the year for the legendary designer Pierre Paulin. From Louis Vuitton’s realisation of the 18-piece modular furniture collection that Paulin designed for Herman Miller in the 1970s but never produced, to a monumental retrospective...

Art / 24 Apr 2015

Le Corbusier, remembered: Paris celebrates an icon of modernism with a trio of exhibitions

Le Corbusier is having a moment in Paris. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret’s death, two Left Bank galleries and the Centre Pompidou across the river celebrate his artistic and architectural achievements in exhibitions small and...

Architecture / 8 Oct 2014

Frank Gehry’s major European retrospective opens at the Centre Pompidou in Paris

The work of Frank Gehry has revolutionised the way we see architecture, and a big, comprehensive retrospective of his work in Europe has been long overdue. The architect’s portfolio, including iconic projects such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao (1997)...