MNAM beats MOMA
The Pompidou Center, better known as Beaubourg, after 28 years from its construction, is still one of Paris most touristic places and one of the world most visited museums.
After the recent modernizaton for the new millenium, realized by architects Renzo Piano, Jean François Bodin, Dominique Jakob and Brendan Mc Farlane, the MNAM (Musée National d'Art Moderne) de Paris has become even larger than New York Modern Art Museum (MoMA), its eternal rival.
But George pompidou Center isn't just an art gallery: it also holds a library, a graphic laboratory, a video library, an architectural and design collections, a industrial creation center, an institute specialized in experimenting sounds and music and the reconstruction of the great sculptor Constantin Brancusi's atelier.
The most amazing side of the Pompidou Center, its true secret, is its huge room where everybody can wander about without getting bored, as if it were a colourful amusement park.
What is most important, it gives the opportunity to enjoy modern art to visitors who may not know anything about it, allowing them to have fun and feel full of wonder like a child ion a merry-go-round.
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Where: Paris (France)
When: september 2001
Images: 40 colour negative, HR and LR scans available
Texts: English, French and Italian synopsis; about 200 words. The article can be produced on demand |
