Centre Pompidou Announces 'Cezanne et nous' at Grand Palais With 180 Works
The Facts
On August 14, 2026, Centre Pompidou announced "Cezanne et nous," an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris pairing works by Paul Cezanne (1839–1906) with paintings by Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Joan Mitchell, Bridget Riley and Peter Doig. Nearly 180 works are presented, about 70 of them by Cezanne, tracing how his art was discovered, interpreted and transformed from the late 19th century to today. The show also highlights key moments of recognition, including dealer Ambroise Vollard's early exhibitions, the posthumous 1907 Salon d'Automne retrospective, and postwar responses in Europe and the United States, with artists including Tom Wesselmann, Mark Tansey, Natalia Gontcharova and Georg Baselitz.
The Signal
The exhibition asserts that Cezanne's authority was built through debate, appropriation and resistance rather than passive reverence, a lineage running from early modernism through postmodernism. For curators and collectors, the juxtapositions—including Picasso's description of Cezanne as "our father to all"—frame the artist as a living reference point rather than a fixed historical figure, underscoring how his critical and market standing has been repeatedly renewed by later painters.
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- Artists: Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Joan Mitchell, Bridget Riley, Peter Doig, Tom Wesselmann, Mark Tansey, Natalia Gontcharova, Georg Baselitz
- People: Ambroise Vollard, Père Tanguy
- Galleries: Lévy Gorvy Dayan
- Museums: Centre Pompidou, Grand Palais, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Musée de l’Orangerie, Fondation Beyeler, Whitney Museum of American Art, Musée d’Art moderne de Paris
- Locations: Paris
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