François Morellet: Exceptional multiples - solo exhibition
In spring 2026, the Oniris gallery will present a solo exhibition dedicated to François Morellet, a major figure in geometric abstraction who passed away in 2016 and with whom the gallery opened its program in 1986.
This tribute exhibition offers an opportunity to rediscover the artist’s visual ingenuity through a selection of exceptional works—silkscreen prints, engravings, and rare editions. The collection highlights the fundamental principles of his work: a strong geometric rigor, often set against random procedures that introduce shifts, rhythm, and the unexpected into the composition.
“Multiples d'exception, exceptions multiples” (Exceptional multiples, multiple exceptions), the title of the exhibition presented at the Oniris gallery, is constructed like a palindrome in French, a play on language and symmetry particularly dear to François Morellet.
In 2026, the centenary of François Morellet's birth will be marked by an extensive program of exhibitions and events entitled “100 x Morellet,” initiated by the Centre Pompidou in collaboration with Studio Morellet and numerous French and international institutions. This collective project aims to reexamine the artist's legacy, his dialogue with architecture and public space, and the lasting influence of his work on contemporary generations.
To be discovered at the Oniris Gallery from Wednesday, April 29 to Saturday, July 4, 2026 [extended].
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François Morellet
Quelques systèmes en hommage à Herbin François Morellet, Marie-Amélie Zu Salm Slam, Dominique Szymusiak, Nicolas Surlapierre , 200326,3 x 22 cm 107 pagesRead more
Publisher: Le Cateau-Cambrésis Musée Matisse
ISBN: 2-907545-35-3
Size: 26,3 x 22 cm -
François Morellet
1926-2006, etc... Récentes fantaisies Patrick Le Nouëne, Christine Besson, Erik Orsenna, Lynn Zelevansky, Erich Franz, François Morellet, 200627.3 x 24.3 cm 143 pagesRead more
Publisher: Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers
ISBN: 2-901287-99-9
Size: 27.3 x 24.3 cm -
Francois Morellet
L'esprit de suite Caroline Joubert, 201522.6 x 1.7 x 28.6 cm 144 pagesRead more
Publisher: Musée des beaux-arts de Caen
ISBN: 978-2849753699
Size: 22.6 x 1.7 x 28.6 cm
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François Morellet
l'art & la manière / arte 2011 video available 24/24hArchive of the television program "l'Art et la manière" in 2011 on the channel Arte. In this interview of François Morellet, he talks about his career and his painting with the testimony of the life of the workshop, in Cholet.Read more
