Musée d'Art moderne de Céret

The museum holds significant works across multiple generations of modern art. Among Picasso's contributions are the Portrait de Corina Pere Romeu (1902) and Nature morte au crâne et au pichet (1943), alongside the tauromachy plates. Juan Gris is represented by Verre et Journal (1916), La Danseuse (1924), Arlequin (1922), and Torero (1913). Chaïm Soutine's Céret-period paintings include Vue sur Céret, la vieille ville (1919) and Les platanes à Céret, place de la Liberté (1919). Marc Chagall's works include Les gens du voyage (1968), La guerre (1943), La crucifixion (1925), and La vache à l'ombrelle (1942). Henri Matisse is represented by Barques à Collioure (1905) and Raccommodeuses de filets (1905). The collection also features Joan Miró's Femme oiseau (1972) and Personnage Oiseau (1979), and a substantial group of works by Antoni Tàpies including Fenêtre ocre sur noir (1981), Le bocal (1981), Transformacio n°6327 (1990), and Diptyque mural (1990). Other represented artists include Salvador Dalí, Georges Braque, Auguste Herbin, André Masson, Pinchus Krémègne, Claude Viallat, Toni Grand, Vincent Bioulès, and Aristide Maillol. The outdoor sculpture group "I by Numbers" (2007) by Tom Carr is permanently installed on the museum grounds.

The museum occupies a seventeenth-century former Carmelite convent in the heart of Céret. The original building served as the museum's first home from its 1950 inauguration until the major expansion and rehabilitation project of the 1980s and early 1990s. The renovated and enlarged building, inaugurated in 1993, was designed to accommodate the museum's growing collections and international reputation. The facade was executed by Antoni Tàpies, integrating the work of one of the museum's major represented artists into the architecture itself. The 2019-2022 closure allowed further expansion work, after which the museum reopened with enhanced facilities.

The Musée d'Art moderne de Céret is located in Céret, Pyrénées-Orientales, in the Occitanie region of southern France, near the Spanish border. As an établissement public de coopération culturelle since 1 January 2005, it is jointly managed by the municipality of Céret, the departmental council of Pyrénées-Orientales, and the regional authority. The museum maintains a website at http://www.musee-ceret.com/. Following its reopening on 5 March 2022 after expansion work, it continues to serve as the principal art museum of the Pyrénées-Orientales, drawing on its exceptional collection and the town's unique place in modern art history to attract visitors from France and internationally.