Centre Pompidou's final show before closure celebrates Surrealism's centenary

The Centre Pompidou in Paris is staging its last major exhibition before a five-year renovation closure starting in 2025. The show, curated by Didier Ottinger and Marie Sarré, marks the centenary of Surrealism and runs until January 13, 2025. It features over 40 years of the movement (1924–1969), including the original Surrealist Manifesto manuscript on loan from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Key loans include Dalí's 'Le grand masturbateur' from Museo Reina Sofía, Magritte's 'Les valeurs personnelles' from SFMoMA, de Chirico's 'Chant d'amour' from MoMA, and Miró's 'Le chien aboyant à la lune' from Philadelphia Museum of Art. The exhibition highlights female surrealists such as Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo, Ithell Colquhoun, Dora Maar, and Dorothea Tanning. Sarré noted that the last comprehensive Surrealism show at Pompidou was in 2002, and recent research has revealed the movement's significant female participation, often overlooked. The museum's renovation, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, will cost over €260 million and begin partial closures in March 2025.