This event is in the past.It took place on March 19, 2025 at The Centre Pompidou.






Paris noir - Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000
Les Halles
Paris Noir brings together 150 Afro-descendant artists who reshaped the Parisian art scene from the 1940s to 2000s. Surrealism, Afro-Atlantic abstraction, and free figuration collide in this sweeping retrospective that traces identity, emancipation, and the redefinition of modern art itself.
150 artists surveyed
surrealism to abstraction
identity & emancipation
anti-colonial struggles
Tips
⭐"most appealing of the last exhibitions before Beaubourg closes" (Time Out)
🔥"one of the 25 cultural events not to be missed in 2025" (Les Inrocks)
🌇catch the rooftop views after your visit
Paris noir - Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000
Les Halles






Paris Noir brings together 150 Afro-descendant artists who reshaped the Parisian art scene from the 1940s to 2000s. Surrealism, Afro-Atlantic abstraction, and free figuration collide in this sweeping retrospective that traces identity, emancipation, and the redefinition of modern art itself.
150 artists surveyed
surrealism to abstraction
identity & emancipation
anti-colonial struggles
Tips
⭐"most appealing of the last exhibitions before Beaubourg closes" (Time Out)
🔥"one of the 25 cultural events not to be missed in 2025" (Les Inrocks)
🌇catch the rooftop views after your visit
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