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Must See

With the Black Arc
(1912) by Vassily
Kandinsky

Exploring the Museum
The “historical” collections bring together
the great artistic movements of the first half Le Rhinocéros (1999)
of the 20th century, from Fauvism to Abstract by Xavier Veilhan
Expressionism. The rich collection of Cubist
sculptures is displayed, as well as examples of
the great masters of the 20th century. Matisse, Morellet and Bertrand Lavier. The display
Picasso, Braque, Duchamp, Kandinsky, Léger, is organized around a central aisle from
Miró, Giacometti and Dubuffet command which the rooms lead off. Certain areas have
large areas at the heart of the collection, been designated to bring together different
which also shows the groups disciplines around a theme
and the movements on which such as minimalist painting or
the history of modern art is conceptual art rather than a
based, or by which it has been school or movement, while
affected, including Dada, other rooms are artist-
Abstract Art and Informal. specific. Design and archi-
The contemporary art tecture are also covered,
section occupies the fourth and there is a “global” room
floor. The collection starts bringing together major
with works by leading French pieces by African, Chinese,
artists of the second half of Japanese and American
the 20th century: Louise artists. A graphic arts
Bourgeois, Pierre Soulages, The striking escalator exhibition room and a video
Jean-Pierre Raynaud, François overlooking the piazza area complete the collection.

Red: elevators
and escalators

Green: water

BRANCUSI’S STUDIO
Yellow: The Atelier Brancusi, on the
electricity piazza, is a reconstruction
of the workshop of the
Romanian-born artist
Constantin Brancusi (1876–
The distinctive 1957), who lived and worked
exterior of the in Paris from 1904 until his
Pompidou, with death. He bequeathed his
service pipes that entire collection of works to
are colour coded the French state on condition
according to that his workshop be rebuilt
their various as it was on the day he died.
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