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The Grimaldi Forum has established itself as the Principality’s cultural and business tourism showcase.

Officially opened in 2000, the Grimaldi Forum Monaco has two roles: as a cultural centre and as an events space. This flagship venue, which bears the prince’s family’s name, symbolises the policy of developing large-scale State infrastructure pursued by Prince Rainier III, who was known as the “Builder Prince”. The 70,000 m2 complex was built over the Mediterranean Sea. The spectacular design, featuring concrete, glass and steel, was conceived by Monegasque architects Fabrice Notari and Frédéric Génin.

From Sportel to the Television Festival, Luxe Pack Monaco and the cybersecurity conference Les Assises… by hosting around 80 business and cultural events a year, the Forum directly contributes to Monaco’s economic development and influence.

The Grimaldi Forum presents high-level exhibitions, bringing together works of art from all over the world, drawn from both private collections and the planet’s greatest museums.

In 2024, the landmark exhibition Turner, the Sublime Legacy followed in the tradition of major artist monographs previously presented at the Grimaldi Forum, such as Dali, Picasso, Bacon, Monet, and Warhol. It featured the largest selection of William Turner’s paintings ever loaned by Tate Britain in London.

In 2025, Colors! will be curated by Didier Ottinger, Deputy Director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne. A modern history of color will be showcased through some of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century from the Centre Pompidou, including works by around thirty major artists, from Sonia Delaunay to Jean-Michel Basquiat, as well as Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Henri Matisse, and Vassily Kandinsky.

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The cultural centre additionally hosts and co-produces performances by Monegasque institutions such as the Opera, the Ballet, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Théâtre Princesse Grace and the Sérénissimes de l’Humour comedy festival. Over the last few years, it has also put its faith in musical theatre direct from the London West End, bringing in top international shows such as Grease, Mamma Mia, Fame, Chicago, West Side Story and Cats.

In 2025, Grimaldi Forum Monaco grows its exhibition capacity by 50% thanks to the Principality’s new offshore urban extension, Mareterra. This new space will enable the venue to host larger-scale events.

Thanks to its urban solar power plant, in 2019 Grimaldi Forum Monaco became the Principality’s biggest energy producer.

There are currently almost 1,500 photovoltaic panel modules covering an area of 2,500 m2 on the roof of the Forum, generating total power of 526 kWc. The annual electricity production of around 640,000 kWh is sufficient to power the equivalent of 170 homes in the Principality.

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