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Catherine Millet on Yves Klein at Centre Pompidou

publication · 2026-04-23

Catherine Millet revisits a 1982 lecture on Yves Klein, slightly revised, for the artist's second retrospective at Centre Pompidou. She argues Klein's work remains a crucial nexus of modernity's contradictions.

Key facts

  • Second retrospective of Yves Klein at Centre Pompidou
  • Catherine Millet wrote the text
  • Text is a slightly revised version of a 1982 lecture
  • Millet was working on a Klein monograph in 1982
  • Klein's work is described as a nexus of modernity's contradictions

Entities

Artists

  • Yves Klein

Institutions

  • Centre Pompidou

Locations

  • Paris
  • France

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