Palais de Tokyo
The Palais de Tokyo is a museum and exhibition building initiated by the French government and the city of Paris under the name Palais des Musées d'art moderne and completed in 1937 by the architects Jean-Claude Dondel , André Aubert , Paul Viard and Marcel Dastugue for modern art on the right bank ( Rive Droite ) of the Seine in Paris ( 16th arrdt. ). The neoclassical building is divided into two main wings, which are connected in the middle by a courtyard with a three-sided portico . It was inaugurated on May 24, 1937 on the occasion of the opening of the Paris World Exhibition by the French President Albert Lebrun . It was named after the Avenue de Tokyo, which ran between the building and the Seine (since 1945 Avenue de New York).
use
The east wing is owned by the city of Paris, which has maintained the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris there since 1961 , while the west wing, owned by the French state, housed the state Musée National d'Art Moderne in 1947 until 1977 moved to the Center Georges Pompidou . The building had a labyrinthine layout with many rounded walls that were not suitable for hanging . In addition, the numerous stairs and uneven distribution of daylight made visiting the museum difficult. After moving, the Palais de Tokyo housed the Musée d'art et d'essai until 1986 , and from 1984 large parts of the building were used by the Center national de la photographie and the Cinémathèque Française . The Ministry of Culture's plans to set up a Palais des arts de l'image or, after the photo institutions moved away in the early 1990s, to set up at least a Palais du cinéma were rejected. After several renovations that had ended prematurely, the house was reopened in 2002 with a tripled exhibition area of 22,000 m². It houses the “Palais de Tokyo / Site de création contemporaine” center for contemporary art .
The exhibitions at the “Palais de Tokyo / Site de la creation contemporaine” are dedicated to the latest trends in artistic creation in a broader sense, in addition to art in all its forms such as painting , sculpture , drawing , photography and video, as well as design , fashion , literature and dance . Not only is the exhibition program aimed at a young audience, but also the opening times until midnight.
Web links
- Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris - exhibitions and events (French)
- Palais de Tokyo - Exhibitions and Events (French)
- Palais de Tokyo at Google Cultural Institute
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marc Zitzmann: Hip, Hype, Hurray !! [sic] - The expanded Palais de Tokyo in Paris is praising itself as the largest art center in Europe in terms of area . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . No. 169 . Zurich July 23, 2012, p. 33 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 51 ″ N , 2 ° 17 ′ 50 ″ E