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🇬🇧 Not French-speaking? We may arrange a visit in English! Please do contact us.

“Musically, light blue corresponds to the flute; dark blue to the cello, and if it deepens further, to the sumptuous sound of the double bass; in its deepest, most majestic tones, blue can be compared to the low sounds of the organ. Yellow easily becomes high-pitched and cannot become very deep.”

Kandinsky

Nearly 200 works and objects from Kandinsky’s studio reveal how music nourished the painter’s approach, guiding his journey toward abstraction. Exhibition from October 15, 2025 to February 1, 2026 , at the Philharmonie de Paris.

L’Atelier des Correspondances invites you to an exceptional guided tour, presented in two voices:

Gabrielle Thierry

Painter of music
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will decode the “inner music” of Kandinsky’s paintings, introducing the audience to the coloristic and rhythmic harmonies in his work, and to the world of synesthesia.

Kathleen De Francesco

National Museums tour guide and art historian
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will situate Kandinsky’s work within the history of art and, more broadly, explore how 20th-century artists attempted to “paint music”.

Kathleen De Francesco and Gabrielle Thierry visit the exhibition

Close-up – Jaune Rouge Bleu – Kandinsky (1925)

Gabrielle Thierry and Kathleen De Francesco visit the exhibition

Close-up – Composition 8 – Kandinsky (1923)

Gabrielle Thierry visits the exhibition

Basson – Kandinsky

🕒 Tour dates

• Saturday, November 15th 2025 - 11h
• Sunday, December 7th 2025 - 11h
• CHANGEMENT DE DATE – Samedi 27 Dimanche 28 décembre 2025 – 11h
• Sunday, January 11th 2026 - 11h
• NOUVELLE DATE – Dimanche 18 Janvier 2025 – 11h
• To schedule a visit on another date, please contact us.

📍 Meeting point: in front of the exhibition entrance – Duration: 1h30

To find out more about this exhibition organised by the Centre Pompidou, visit the website of the Philharmonie.