Tour of the Vasily Kandinsky exhibition at the Musée de la Musique in Paris
Saturday 24. January 2026 at 18:00 - 20:00
Cité de la Musique, Paris
Imagine this: you’re standing in front of a painting and hearing the very music the artist listened to while moving his brush across the canvas. You’re not just seeing an abstraction — you’re feeling the rhythm, the melody, the symphony of color. This is the first-ever immersion into the musical universe of Wassily Kandinsky.
Olga Furman will guide you through the entire exhibition, explain the connections between music and painting, and tell the story of each piece so vividly that you’ll experience a truly immersive journey through color, sound, and the artistic revolution of the 20th century.
In every room, you’ll hear the music the artist loved: from Wagner to Mussorgsky, from Scriabin to Schoenberg. You will hear what Kandinsky heard as he created his works.
Kandinsky said that music defined his calling as an artist. He was an amateur cellist, a music lover with a vast record collection, and an avant-garde poet. But most importantly, he was the first to understand that painting could be as abstract as music — that color could sound and form could sing.
This exhibition brings together two Parisian giants — the Centre Pompidou and the Museum of Music. Occasions like this happen once a decade. The exhibition runs only until February.
When: January 24, 18:00 PM
Where: Musée de la Musique (Philharmonie de Paris)
The lecture will be in Russian.
Speaker: ** Olga Furman** – art historian. She has worked at the Tretyakov Gallery, the Fondation Louis Vuitton, and the Petit Palais. Her specialization is modernism and the Russian avant-garde.
Cité de la Musique • Avenue Jean Jaurès 221, 75019 Paris, Île-de-France, France
