Cultural Season 2026
In 2026, Pinault Collection opens a new exhibition season that explores the ways in which artists reveal, transform, and disrupt our perception of the world. The programming in Paris and Venice composes a shared narrative of creation that addresses the tensions of the present, reinterprets visual legacies, and gives rise to forms that render tangible both the fractures and continuities of our era.
In Paris, the Bourse de Commerce’s exhibition "Clair-obscur" features a selection of modern and contemporary works from the Pinault Collection in which light clashes with the shadows of our world. In the autumn, for the first time ever, the museum is devoting a major exhibition entirely to photography, featuring emblematic images that trace two centuries of ways of looking at the world. The exhibition is being presented on the occasion of the bicentennial of the medium’s invention.
In Venice, a new configuration brings together four contemporary artists who have been invited to take over the two Venetian museums at the same time. The exhibitions by Michael Armitage and Amar Kanwar at Palazzo Grassi and Lorna Simpson and Paulo Nazareth at the Punta della Dogana offer singular visions that, each in their own way, grapple with personal and collective histories and memories, all the while suggesting resonances amongst each other. In paintings, films, and performances, these artists from East Africa, India, North America, and Brazil give form to an experience of history and our humanity. Grounded in distinct cultural and political realities, their works compose a polyphonic landscape that combines social commitment, poetry, and a heightened awareness of the present.