Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

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Museum of Modern Art, Paris

Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris View

Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris View

Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, (Paris Museum of Modern Art) is an art museum in Paris dedicated to the arts of the 20th century. It is located at 11 Avenue du President Wilson in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Located in the eastern wing of the Palais de Tokyo and constructed for the International Exhibition of Arts and Technology of 1937, the museum was inaugurated in 1961. The museum collections include over 8000 works illustrating various trends of the art of the 20th century. Exhibitions on the major movements and artists highlights from the European scene of the 20th century, but also monographic and thematic exhibitions present the main trends of today’s art. Temporary exhibitions run every six weeks.

Collections

The museum collections include, among others, works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Rouault, Fernand Leger, Georges Braque, Francis Picabia, Amedeo Modigliani, Giorgio de Chirico, Kees van Dongen, Pierre Bonnard, Chaïm Soutine, Andre Derain, Suzanne Valadon, Maurice Utrillo, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, František Kupka, Juan Gris, Hans Bellmer, Jean Fautrier, Jean Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein, Pierre Soulages. (Text Source: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia)

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