CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU all year
 

From the outstandingly simple yet beautiful, to the thought-provokingly complex to the just plain bizarre, everything about the Pompidou Centre's art collection screams modern. Even the building itself can be seen as an original modern art-form and aims to encapsulate the spirit of the 20th-century.
Under the same roof you will find works by the modern greats Matisse, Picasso, Ernst, Warhol as well as more recent and lesser known artists.
Originality is definitely an important criterion for all works - where else could you find a life-size shining scarlet rhinoceros, chairs made of gnomes and a giant wicker winged-creature pierced with hundreds of pairs of scissors? And if you've ever felt like climbing inside a painting, you can do it here - Jean Dubuffet?s Le jardin d'hiver is a vast, white-painted cave you are free to walk around in.
As well as the museum of modern art, the centre also contains a public reference library, a cinema, performance and conference halls, a music research institute, activity areas, bookshops and a café.

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