Exhibition François Morellet at the Palace of Versailles

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Experience the best of Versailles!
For a whole day, enjoy access to the entire Versailles estate.

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From 4 pm, enjoy a discounted rate. 
Enjoy a discounted rate by choosing to enter the Palace from 3 pm onwards.
Holders of a Paris Museum Pass (PMP) must obtain a free Passport ticket.

This ticket includes entry to:

• the Palacewith timed entry;
• the estate of Trianon; the Grand Trianon, the Petit Trianon and the Queen’s Hamlet (open from 12 noon)
• the temporary exhibitions; presented in these spaces
• the Gardens (until 31 October, single admission during the Musical Gardens or Musical Fountains Show, ticket valid for one entry);

Only the visit to the Palace requires booking a time slot. You are free to enjoy the other areas of the estate throughout the day.

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To make sure you don’t miss a thing, plan your visit and check out the other areas of the estate that are free to visit, such as the Gallery of Coaches, the Sculpture and Mouldings Gallery (open on weekend afternoons), as well as the Royal Tennis Court and the Park.

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To mark the centennial of François Morellet’s birth (1926–2016), numerous institutions are joining forces to pay tribute to one of the leading figures of contemporary art, at the initiative of the Centre Pompidou. Morellet’s work is featured in France’s most prestigious public collections, as well as in many international institutional collections. He also left a lasting mark on public spaces, with over a hundred works visible in cities—on façades, in gardens, train stations, and squares. Through his playful and liberating approach to the vocabulary of geometric abstraction, he created a vibrant dialogue between art, architecture, and the public.

THE EXHIBITION

François Morellet often juxtaposed his minimalist protocols with natural environments or spectacular architectures. At the Palace of Versailles, the centennial of his birth offers an opportunity to showcase several major works, inviting visitors to imagine the artist at work, amused by the unexpected shifts and resonances they provoke.

Inside the Palace, at the start of the visitor’s journey, the dialogue begins with two of the artist’s renowned installations, positioned along the axis of the Royal Chapel. Le Lamentable lets its neon arcs collapse onto the floor of the chapel’s lower vestibule, while the black sculpture Beaming π unfurls its segments—angled according to the decimal digits of π—across the marble marquetry of the nave (on display until September 27, 2026). Other works find their place in the King’s Grand Apartments, where the opulence of the Baroque décor makes their geometric rigor all the more striking: from the iconic Sphère-trame, suspended in the Room of Abundance, to the monumental Super Position, which abstractly restores the missing throne on the dais of the Apollo Room.

In the gardens, a dual installation overlooking the Latona's Parterre plays with the tension between the horizontal and the reality of the terrain, with its carefully orchestrated slopes, creating a conversation between François Morellet and André Le Nôtre.
 

François Morellet (1926 – 2016)

A prolific self-taught artist, François Morellet developed a radical approach to geometric abstraction through his paintings, sculptures, and installations over a career spanning more than six decades. Working primarily with basic geometric forms, Morellet embraced a methodology of rigorous objectivity and personal detachment, using a wide range of materials in his works (steel, neon tubes, adhesive tape, wire mesh, wood, etc.). A painter of both rule and disorder, Morellet embodies the tension between geometric precision and the exuberance of chance.
 

100 x Morellet

Echoing the exhibition François Morellet. 100 Percent, presented at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, the Centre Pompidou has initiated a vast national program. This ambitious project unfolds across France through unprecedented installations, rediscoveries of works from public and institutional collections, as well as a series of talks, lectures, and an international symposium. The goal: to re-examine Morellet’s legacy, his place in art history, his relationship with heritage and architecture, and the enduring influence he continues to exert on contemporary artists.
 

CURATOR

Laurent Salomé, director of the Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.