In Paris, a look back at artists Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely

A major exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris revisits the joyful radicalism of the legendary artistic couple, showing the famous artworks of Saint Phalle's (1930–2002) and Jean Tinguely's (1925–1991). The show combines monumental sculptures, dynamic kinetic works, archival films, letters, doodles, and ephemera, allowing visitors to trace their personal and creative bond.

Works reflect feminist critique, technologically infused satire, and a desire to make art playful, public, and participatory challenging conventions through form and spirit. Against its soaring architecture, the exhibition invites visitors into a space that honors playful, utopian, boundary-breaking art in one of Paris’s most iconic venues.