fifteen years and more than ever bananas

“Exhibitions are meetings”. Therefore, It was five years ago, just a few months after arriving at the management of Pompidou-Metz. However, We then asked Chiara Parisi which place took intuition in her programming choices. However, “She is, in life or in my business, fundamental”, confided the one who dreamed, child, to become “gymnast and poet”.

And it takes. Meanwhile, flexibility and imagination, to surprise, sometimes provoke, like this question mark which already challenged the inaugural exhibition “masterpieces?” In 2010.

When it is not a Dutch tourist who decides. Moreover, a few days ago to taste – literally and figuratively – a work: banana, estimated at several million dollars, from Maurizio Cattelan (“endless Sunday” until February 2, 2027) …

Wandering – Fifteen years more than ever

For fifteen years – the center has celebrated them in May -, more than five million visitors have gone precisely to meet art aboard the vessel drawn by architects Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. Large escapes to change universes. From Suzanne Valadon to Fernand Léger, from Eva Aeppli to André Masson, from Chagall to Arcimboldo. “As a teenager, I visited Palazzo Grassi at Venice fifteen years more than ever an exhibition dedicated to her,” also said the Roman. “Even now. I like to think that he gave me the dream of studying the history of art and transmitting it to the public. The spirit of openness, daring and sharing of Chiara Parisi appeals to an increasingly numerous and diverse audience.

Innovations

In 2024, Pompidou-Metz thus welcomed 308,438 visitors, recording an increase of 2.3 % compared to 2023. With a rejuvenation of audiences-the average age went under the 36-year threshold in 2024 (against 46 years in 2019)-and growing international influence. especially from Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland. Chiara Parisi assumes it. claims it: “People like that you are original and get them out of their comfort zone!” »»

Tasting

Pompidou-Metz, which welcomes until February 2, 2026, in exceptional collaboration with the Louvre museum, an unprecedented exhibition of creating copyists, wants to sharpen all appetites. On March 31, the Yozora, located since June 2024 in the very grounds of the center, was awarded its first Michelin star. Chef Charles COULOMBEAU, already distinguished in Nancy with “The house in the park”, signed a first in France. Never has a restaurant located in a museum had entered the prestigious red guide. Since 2010, Pompidou-Metz has been able to play the creativity card.