{"id":3699,"date":"2017-04-19T11:41:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T11:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=3699"},"modified":"2017-04-19T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:28:50","slug":"must-see-in-paris-the-modernists-paris-museum-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/must-see-in-paris-the-modernists-paris-museum-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Modernist\u2019s Paris Museum Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does the thought of gazing at \u201cMona Lisa[\u2018s]\u201d coy smile not do it for you? With over 150 museums, Paris offers a range of experiences, which means your city of lights cultural excursion doesn\u2019t necessarily have to include idling around Renaissance and Old Master paintings if that\u2019s not your thing. From preserved 20th<\/sup> century artist ateliers to vast encyclopedic halls of Modernism, here is your shortlist of Paris stops boasting innovations from the last 200 years.<\/p>\n

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Fondation Louis Vuitton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This Frank Gehry-designed masterpiece-turned-museum is the perfect stop for a sunny day. Works from the permanent collection and rotating exhibitions, such as Bentu: Chinese Artists in a Time of Turbulence and Transformation<\/em> (on view through May 2), are woven throughout the byzantine indoor and outdoor spaces of this ship-like building.<\/p>\n

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Centre Georges Pompidou<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rotating exhibitions of 20th<\/sup> and 21st<\/sup> century works and movements including The Eighties: Photographs and Films<\/em> (on view through May 23). The range of flirtatious and evocative works speaks to the establishment of photographic institutions in France in the period, technological developments in the medium, and 80s pop iconography.<\/p>\n

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Mus\u00e9e d’Orsay<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A grand central hall is filled with 19th<\/sup> and 20th<\/sup> century sculpture and is flanked by rooms with iconic examples from every Western movement from the last 200 years, from Gustave Courbet\u2019s \u201cA Burial at Ornan\u2019s\u201d to Alexandre Charpentier\u2019s art nouveau, carved paneling.<\/p>\n

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Simon Evans “The Voice”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Palais de Tokyo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Plug into what\u2019s happening in the contemporary art scene at these museums featuring rotation exhibitions of artists engaging with space. Of note right now: video installations by Shana Mouton taking on the hyperbolic language of such female-focused products as Activia (on view through September 11) and the maze-inspired exhibition Not Not Kocking on Heaven\u2019s Door <\/em>by Simon Evans and Sarah Lannan (on view thru May 16, above<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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Mus\u00e9e de l\u2019Orangerie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A former haven for the orange trees of the Tuileries Palace holds Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works by European painters, including eight of Claude Monet\u2019s Water Lilies <\/em>murals.<\/p>\n

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Mus\u00e9e Picasso \u00a9Fabien Campoverde<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mus\u00e9e Picasso<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A historical mansion houses a wide range of works by the prolific, Spanish painter and sculptor. The picturesque halls are home to 3,700 works on paper, ceramics, wood and metal sculptures, and paintings.<\/p>\n

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Espace Dal\u00ed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This Montmarte outpost for all things surrealism features Salvador Dal\u00ed’s bronze melting clocks and dream-like reinterpretations of canonical art icons, such as Tristan and Isolde, in paintings and illustrations.<\/p>\n

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Auguste Rodin “The Gates of Hell”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mus\u00e9e Rodin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Auguste Rodin\u2019s home, atelier, and space for hosting benefactors and fellow artists has been preserved and converted into a space where visitors can peak into the arduous, multi-step process of forming such works as \u201cThe Gates of Hell\u201d (above) <\/em>and \u201cThe Burghers of Calais.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Originally published on March 31st<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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