Colors!: A Journey Through Modern Art Seen Through Color

Color is not just a visual quality, it is an experience that moves through the eye, the body, and memory. From this idea emerges Colors!, the major exhibition arriving in Beijing in 2026 that traces more than a century of modern and contemporary art through the expressive power of color. The exhibition brings together over one hundred 20th-century masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou collection, alongside works by modern and contemporary Chinese artists. The exhibition unfolds as an immersive journey through seven monochromatic spaces, each dedicated to a different experience of color. Painting, sculpture, and visual languages interact with sound and olfactory installations, creating a multisensory environment that invites visitors to experience color not only visually, but also through hearing and smell. The exhibition follows the major transformations of modern art, from Fauvism and Cubism to Surrealism and Abstraction, and onward to Pop Art and more conceptual practices. In this narrative, color becomes the common thread linking artists, movements, and cultures, placing Western and Chinese art in dialogue on a shared “color wheel.” Designed for a broad audience, Colors! is not an academic lesson in art history, but an accessible and engaging experience.