Pompidou Center in Paris

Istanbul Modern welcomes its architect

Istanbul's museum of modern art, Istanbul Modern, moved on May 4 into a new building overlooking the Bosphorus Strait, designed by Renzo Piano, the Italian-born architect of London's Shard skyscraper and the Pompidou Center in Paris.

Established in 2004, the Istanbul Modern in 2018 moved out of a rustic building that once served as a customs warehouse.

Paris Pompidou Centre to help set up Saudi museum

The Pompidou Center in Paris has signed an agreement to help create a modern art museum in Saudi Arabia's Al-Ula heritage site, dedicated to Arab artists, it said Wednesday.

The Pompidou, France's leading museum of contemporary art, also told AFP it may open a branch in South Korea in 2025, with more details due soon.

Lautrec Inspired Posters | Athens | To November 12

The Benaki Museum's Pireos Street annex is showing 100 posters designed by 100 renowned graphic artists in 2001 to mark the centennial of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's death. The posters were initially displayed in "Le Nouveau Salon des Cent," an exhibition at the Pompidou Center in Paris, and have since traveled to many cities around Europe, Asia and America.

Art Workshop | Athens | February 12

The Museum of Children's Art is organizing a virtual tour of the Pompidou Center in Paris to learn all about the Dada movement and a workshop on how to turn an ordinary object into art, on Sunday, February 12. The first session, from 11 a.m. to 12.20 p.m., is for children aged 4-6 and costs 17 euros for one child and one adult or 22 euros for two children and one adult.