Partnership with the Centre Pompidou

In partnership with the Centre Pompidou, the musée Matisse is developing lines of research and scientific collaboration around Henri Matisse. This partnership takes the form of a policy of mutual loans.

In 2020, the City of Nice formalised the policy of collaboration already active between the Musée Matisse Nice, MAMAC and the Centre Pompidou, by signing a partnership agreement with the Parisian institution.

This agreement aims to encourage the mutual circulation of collections through loans, deposits of works and contributions to temporary exhibitions, as well as, where appropriate, through the co-production of exhibitions. Beyond programming, the partnership aims to promote the introduction of innovative projects to reach new audiences and so help provide wider access to art and culture. Finally, it aims to set up scientific collaborations to initiate new research perspectives around Henri Matisse.

For the musée Matisse, this partnership has already taken the shape of:

  • The loan to the Musée national d’art moderne of masterpieces from its collection for the exhibition “Matisse Roman” (21 October 2020 – 22 February 2021), among which we can mention Papeete – Tahiti, Le Fauteuil rocaille, Le Nu bleu IV plus a set of paper cut-out models for the chasubles of the Chapelle de Vence.
Installation views of the exhibition « Matisse, comme un roman », Galerie 1, Centre Pompidou, Paris 21 octobre 2020 – 22 février 2021
Photo © Centre Pompidou, Bertrand Prévost | © Succession H. Matisse pour les œuvres de l’artiste
Opening of the exhibition “Pierre Matisse, an Art Dealer in New York”, 11 June 2021. From left to right: Robert Roux, Deputy Mayor for Culture, Metropolitan Councillor ; Hélène Guenin, Director of MAMAC de Nice ; Serges Lasvignes, President of Centre Pompidou ; Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice, President of Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur ; Claudine Grammont, Director of Musée Matisse Nice
Photo © Ville de Nice – J.V.
  • The presentation in Nice of the exhibition Shirley Jaffe. An American in Paris, designed by the Pompidou Centre (20 April – 29 August 2022), which will be presented at the Musée Matisse in autumn 2023. The curator will be Frédéric Paul, curator of contemporary collections at the Musée national d’art moderne in collaboration with the director of the Musée Matisse.