In renovated buildings, the LaM will reopen on February 20, 2026 and will present a major retrospective dedicated to Vassily Kandinsky, a major figure in 20th century art.
Co-organized with the Centre Pompidou - Paris, this exhibition will explore a little-known aspect of the artist’s work: the role of images.
Photographs, scientific or press illustrations... far from being mere sources of inspiration, they nourish the artist’s visual thought and accompany his quest for abstraction.
Through a unique set of works and archives from the legacy of Nina Kandinsky at the Centre Pompidou and exceptional loans, from public and private European institutions, The exhibition invites us to rediscover the importance of images in the work of one of the founders of abstraction.

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Jeanne-Bathilde Lacourt, Curator in charge of modern art at the LaM.
Angela Lampe, Curator at the service of modern collections in Mnam/Cci.
Hélène Trespeuch, Professor and Associate Commissioner.


Great patron of the exhibition

Vassily Kandinsky, Bild mit rotem Fleck (Painting with the red stain), 25 February 1914, oil on canvas, 130 x 130 cm. Donated by Mrs. Nina Kandinsky in 1976. Collection Centre Pompidou. © MNAM-CCI/Adam Rzepka/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn.