Gallery sights in Paris
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Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Création
This fine-arts centre, designed by Frank Gehry, is expected to open sometime in 2013. It’s located just south of the Jardin d’Acclimatation
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Maison de l’Air
The Maison de l’Air stages temporary exhibitions related to ecology and the environment.
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Jeu de Paume
Take a look at a first-class photographic exhibition at Jeu de Paume – Site Sully, a branch of the more famous Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume.
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Jeu de Paume
The Galerie du Jeu de Paume – Site Concorde (Jeu de Paume National Gallery at Concorde), which stages innovative exhibitions of contemporary art, is housed in an erstwhile jeu de paume (real, or royal, tennis court) in the northwestern corner of the Jardin des Tuileries and is all that remains of the Palais des Tuileries. It stages innovative photography exhibitions.
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Maison Rouge
Subtitled ‘Fondation Antoine de Galbert’ after the man who endowed it, this cutting-edge gallery shows contemporary artists and seldom-seen works from private collections. The hip, health-conscience Rose Bakery has a branch here. Note that everything closes between exhibits.
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Musée National d’Art Moderne
The 4th and 5th floors of Centre Pompidou house the Musée National d’Art Moderne, France’s national collection of art dating from 1905 onwards. About a third of the 50,000-plus works, including the work of the surrealists and cubists, as well as pop art and contemporary works, are on display.
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Louis Vuitton Espace Culturel
At the top of Louis Vuitton’s flagship store is this contemporary art gallery with changing exhibits throughout the year. The main entrance is off a side street, but you can also reach it via the mammoth flagship store, which, of course, is something of a sight in itself.
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Le 104
A former funeral parlour turned city-funded art space, Le 104 has provided a much-needed jolt of vitality to an otherwise neglected neighbourhood. Spread out over a massive 39,000 sq metres, the complex is a hive of activity: a random wander through the public areas will turn up breakdancers, wacky art installations and rehearsing actors.
Check the schedule for events to make the most of it: there’s circus, theatre, music, monthly balls and even magic shows. Some things are free; others require admission. Also on-site are a pizza truck, a cafe and a restaurant-bar.
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Galeries du Panthéon Bouddhique du Japon et de la Chine
The Guimet Museum of Asiatic Arts is France’s foremost repository for Asian art and has sculptures, paintings, objets d’art and religious articles from Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Cambodia, China, Japan and Korea. Part of the collection, comprising Buddhist paintings and sculptures brought to Paris in 1876 by collector Émile Guimet, is housed in the Galeries du Panthéon Bouddhique du Japon et de la Chine in the sumptuous Hôtel Heidelbach a short distance to the north. Don’t miss the wonderful Japanese garden here.
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Les Frigos
Its name translates as ‘The Refrigerators’, which is what this 1920s industrial building plastered from head to foot in graffiti used to be – a storage depot for refrigerated railway wagons. Inside some 200 artists use what is now an established artists’ squat (artists pay rent to the city, which now owns the place) as gallery and studio space.
Les Frigos’ many galleries have no fixed opening hours: hedge your bets and hope you bump into someone willing to show you around, or look out for one of the fabulous open days and other events Les Frigos hosts (click ‘Agenda’ on its website).
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