Exhibitions of the moment in Lille

From 26 April to 9 November 2025

Immerse yourself in modern and contemporary art with the Pom Pom Pidou exhibition at Tripostal! Discover the Centre Pompidou’s masterpieces and the fascinating evolution of artistic creation from the 20th century to the present day. In each room, relive the effervescence of the avant-garde (Delaunay, Kupka, Duchamp), then the rise of the New Realists, the Fluxus movement and Pop Art, before plunging into today’s digital art, from algorithmic pieces to NFT.

From 26 April to 9 November 2025

As part of Fiesta, the 7ᵉ edition of lille3000, the Hospice Comtesse museum presents The Distorted Party from 26 April to 9 November 2025. This exhibition revisits celebration and conviviality in the face of contemporary challenges. Between celebration and reflection, chaos and beauty, it explores the contrasts of a changing world: climate change, social inequalities, political instability and human fragility.

The former hospital, originally medieval, becomes a striking backdrop where the peaceful architecture dialogues with a modern scenography and vibrant, sometimes disturbing works. A unique immersion in the heart of a multi-faceted festival.

From June 27 to January 11, 2026

• agnès b. on aime le graff !!

The exhibition curated by agnès b. celebrates graffiti as a vibrant and powerful form of urban art. A stylist, gallerist, and collector, she shares her passion for this street-born culture through a selection of works from her personal collection, archival garments, and collaborations with renowned graffiti artists. Blending fashion and street art, the show offers an immersive journey into a constantly evolving visual world, where the city becomes both canvas and playground.

From June 27 to September 28, 2025

• Mahjoub Ben Bella, Ceramicist

This exhibition reveals a lesser-known aspect of artist Mahjoub Ben Bella’s work, showcasing a remarkable series of ceramics with vibrant, colorful motifs. Created in collaboration with the Masse Fourmaintraux pottery in Desvres, these pieces reflect the originality of his visual language, blending abstraction, freeform calligraphy, and oriental influences.

• Vêtements bavards

This exhibition explores Mahjoub Ben Bella’s work at the crossroads of art, textiles, and calligraphy. Between Tourcoing and Algeria, his pictorial writing unfolds across ceramics, canvases, and clothing, echoing his collaborations with La Redoute. A poetic dive into a universe where words take shape and garments become surfaces of expression.

From 22 April to 17 August 2025

Turner Prize-winning artist Laure Prouvost transforms the Manufacture in Roubaix into a disorienting sensory universe. In this immersive installation, films, sculptures and tapestries intertwine to create an experience where all points of reference seem to dissolve. Overgrown garden? Forgotten laboratory? Visitors wander between reality and fiction, guided by a singular poetic voice.

Presented as part of Fiesta, the new lille3000 season, this monumental work invites you to both lose yourself and reflect. A truly extraordinary journey where art becomes a living material—woven from threads of memory and imagination.

From October 5, 2024 to August 31, 2025

Plunge 40,000 years back in time with the “Arts and Prehistory” exhibition, revealing the creative genius of our ancestors and the deep ties they maintained with nature. Prehistoric masterpieces from all over the world, from the caves of Lascaux to the cliffs of Huashan, bear witness to the universal magnetism of this ancestral art. With over 90 reproductions of the oldest pieces discovered and an immersive digital experience, embark on a fascinating journey to the heart of humanity’s earliest artistic expressions. These millennia-old works, engraved, sculpted or painted, continue to inspire admiration and questioning, inviting us to explore the origins of human creativity.

From 10 July 2024 to 22 September 2025

To coincide with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Maison natale Charles de Gaulle is presenting an exhibition on the impact of sport during the presidency of General de Gaulle. Entitled Vas-y champion! Sport in the de Gaulle years (1958-1969), this retrospective explores how sport became a national passion in France during this period.

After the Rome Olympics in 1960, where France returned with almost no medals, de Gaulle launched an ambitious policy to promote sport. The exhibition traces this development through the major technical, political and societal advances of the period, with a focus on the Tour de France, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Paris-Roubaix race, and the feminisation and media coverage of sport.