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In 2022–2023, Bella and Meret Meyer, the granddaughters of Marc Chagall, enabled 141 of works made by their grandfather to enter the national collections through several exceptional donations to the National Museum of Modern Art, Centre Georges Pompidou. First shown in Paris in 2023-2024, the collection of works will be displayed at the Marc Chagall National Museum, where it will be presented in two volumes.It showcases the richness and diversity of Chagall's work and offers a journey through four collections.

The exhibition is organised in two volumes, with a rotation of works, from 7 February to 17 May 2026, then from 23 May to 21 September 2026.

The extraordinary exhibition Chagall in mosaic. From design to work opens the 9^th Biennial of Contemporary Mosaic and recounts for the first time the deep connection between one of the most beloved masters of the 20^th century and the ancient art of mosaic.

Starting with the iconic Le Coq bleu, a masterpiece from the MAR’s permanent collection, the exhibition traces Chagall’s extraordinary adventure in the world of mosaics, which began in Ravenna in the 1950s. Fascinated by Byzantine mosaics during a trip, Chagall began a collaboration with Ravenna mosaicists that led him to experiment with this technique in a personal, poetic and visionary way.