New Pompidou Centre in Metz by Barbora Misakova

Paris was and still is navel point of Europe. All those trendy Parisians, their Eiffel Tower and many little chic coffee bars are simply irresistible. That city has its smell, has its own style. There is no surprise that thousands of tourists are travelling there every day. With Louver Museum (which is now even more popular because of Dan Brown’s bestseller Da Vinci Code) the city has incredible atmosphere. Everyone wants to go there. But if your tastes run to modern and contemporary art rather than to Paris itself, it will not be the only city you would like to visit. The France’s national modern art museum The Pompidou Centre which is located in Paris is openi! ng its regional offshoot in the city of Metz this week. Centre Georges Pompidou was designed in the style of high-tech architecture and was opened in 1977. Since then the Centre Pompidou has had over 150 million visitors. Building of Metz’s museum has a tent-like structure of wooden lattices covered by a vast protective membrane. It was designed not only as a museum, but also as a place for outsized installations, live performances and multimedia shows. Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines, architects of the museum said: “We wanted the building to convey a sense of well-being, openness and multi-cultural mix in a building that has a direct, sensory relationship with its surroundings.” The whole project last seven years and 10,700 square meters are quiet enough for Metz, an ancient fortress city. The first, opening exhibition is called “Masterpieces?” and it will be showing artists from Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse to Fernand Leger and Constantin! Brancusi.

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