The first edition of the Pinault exhibition attracted more than 93,000 visitors in 2018 at the Couvent des Jacobins. - J. Gicquel / 20 Minutes

The cream of contemporary art exhibited all summer at the Couvent des Jacobins in Rennes. After the success of the first Debout! , which attracted 93,260 visitors in 2018, the Pinault collection will soon be back in the Breton capital. Called Beyond Color , this year's theme will be black and white, the colors of the famous Gwenn Ha Du.

This summer, the #Pinault collection is reinvesting the Couvent des Jacobins with "Beyond Color", an exhibition around black and white! 25/06> 13/09 #collectionpinault #Rennes #IciRennes> https://t.co/cbqVfMd9tU pic.twitter.com/ynY0DMdVD0

- RennesVilleMétropole (@metropolerennes) February 11, 2020

The exhibition, which will be held from June 25 to September 13, will bring together a hundred works. All come from the Pinault collection, the Breton billionaire being at the head of one of the largest collections of contemporary art in the world. Throughout the summer, the public will be able to discover the works of real stars like Jeff Koons or Damien Hirst, whose creations are snapped up for several tens of millions of euros.

A sculpture representing Zidane's head shot

Other internationally renowned artists will also be exhibited such as the American painter and photographer Man Ray, Daniel Buren, Pierre Soulages, Henri Cartier-Bresson or Raymond Depardon. Even Zidane will be there with the sculpture of Adel Abdessemed, which reproduces the head shot given by Zizou to Materazzi in the final of the 2006 World Cup.

In parallel with the event, the city's Fine Arts Museum will host the exhibition La couleur crue. It will focus on the link that unites matter and color, with numerous works from galleries and museums in France and Europe.

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