For its first participation in the European Night of Museums, the Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection, which opened in May 2021, is welcoming visitors for an exceptional free night from 7pm to midnight free of charge. With family or friends, on Saturday 14 May you will have the opportunity to discover the architecture of the monument and the Charles Ray, Roni Horn and Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster exhibitions, as well as the "Protest Sounds" selection of artist films through a programme of thematic guided tours organized specifically for the event.
Free access to the exhibitions and the museum
Throughout your visit, our mediators will answer your questions, providing different points of view and insights, inviting you to take a closer look at the works of art, ensuring that you won’t miss out on any of the beauty and key features of the building.
Thematic guided tours (30 mins)
- Charles Ray: Catch the reference?
The works by Charles Ray which populate the museum are all references to the history of sculpture: Auguste Rodin, Michelangelo, Donatello... The American artist enters into dialogue with the great masters, always revisiting, with a certain irony, the great tradition of sculpture. Discover his work through the great classics.
7.30 p.m. / 8.30 p.m. / 9.30 p.m. / 10.30 p.m.
Free admission, no booking required, subject to availability.
- Roni Horn et Felix Gonzalez-Torres : The art of sharing
In 1990, Felix Gonzalez-Torres was overwhelmed by a work by Roni Horn which he encountered in a museum. This work was the trigger for a dialogue between the two artists—a friendship feeding into an artistic conversation, one work responding to another. For the first time in a museum, an exhibition tells the story of this close relationship.
7 p.m. / 8 p.m. / 9 p.m. / 10 p.m. / 11 p.m.
Free admission, no booking required, subject to availability.
- Architecture : Cast in concrete
How can stone be transformed into concrete, the past into the present? What dialogue do different generations have with each other? Architecture can be understood as a symbolic gesture, revealing previously invisible perspectives, shapes, colours, and materials. Explore the museum following the curves of Tadao Ando’s unique architectural statement.
7.30 p.m. / 8.30 p.m. / 9.30 p.m. / 10.30 p.m.
Free admission, no booking required, subject to availability.
- Special access: Machine room
Accompanied by a mediator, enter into the Machine Room. This space located in the basement of the monument was discovered during the contemporary restoration of the Bourse de Commerce. Embark on a journey through the building’s evolution through several centuries of history and architecture.
7 p.m. / 8 p.m. / 9 p.m. / 10 p.m. / 11 p.m.
Free admission, no booking required, subject to availability.
- Family visit: Hide-and-seek with Charles Ray’s works
Are sculptures always made of stone? Are they always heavy? Can an object become a sculpture? Can someone who is neither famous nor legendary also have the privilege of having a statue in their own image? Accompanied by a mediator, children and adults visit the museum together and discover the many forms, materials, and histories of the sculptures on display.
7 p.m. / 7.30 p.m.
For accompanied children aged 5 to 12.
Free admission, no booking required, subject to availability.
- Fondation Culture & Diversité
As part of their educational partnership, the Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection and the Fondation Culture & Diversité invite a group of students from the “Equal opportunities” programme to share their view of the exhibitions through a number of interventions in the exhibition galleries, in front of the works of art: reading-performances, unconventional tours, discussions.
Continuous
Free admission, no booking required, subject to availability.