General Information
| Other name(s): | Palais des Musées d'Art Moderne |
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| Completion: | 24 May 1937 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Exhibition hall Museum building |
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| Architectural style: |
Art Deco |
Location
| Location: |
Paris (16th), Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
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| Address: | 13 avenue du président Wilson |
| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 48° 51' 51.47" N 2° 17' 49.39" E |
Technical Information
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Palais de Tokyo (Palace of Tokyo) is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, near the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to the City of Paris, and hosts the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris). The western wing belongs to the French state and since 2002 has hosted the Palais de Tokyo / Site de création contemporaine, the largest museum in France dedicated to temporary exhibitions of contemporary art.
The building is separated from the Seine river by the avenue de New-York, which was formerly named Quai Debilly and later Avenue de Tokio (from 1918 to 1945). The name Palais de Tokyo derives from the name of this street.
History
The monument was inaugurated by President Lebrun on May 24, 1937, at the time of the International Exhibition of Arts and Technology of 1937. The original name of the building was Palais des Musées d'art moderne ("Palace of the Museums of modern art"). The building has since then hosted a number of establishments, projects, and creative spaces. Among them; le musée d'art et d'essai (1977–1986), the FEMIS, the Centre national de la photographie, and in 1986 the Palais du cinéma. The current contemporary art center opened to the public in March 2002 under the new name "Site de création contemporaine (Site for contemporary creation]", specializing in the emerging French and international art scene. With no permanent collection, it is not a museum and produces all of its exhibitions.
Le Pavillon
The Pavillon was established in 2001. Intended as a studio and laboratory space for resident artists and curators invited to the project, the Pavillon is an experimental program, designed to demonstrate the resident artists' youthful creativity. Since the opening of the building, the director of the programme has been artist and filmmaker, Ange Leccia.
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Participants
- Jean-Claude Dondel (architect)
- André Aubert (architect)
- Paul-Jean-Emile Viard (architect)
- Marcel Henri Albert Dastugue (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1991): Le 16e Chaillot - Passy - Auteuil. Métamorphose des trois villages. 1st edition, Délégation à l'Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris, Paris (France), pp. 224-227, 266.
- (1987): L'architecture des années 30. Délégation à l'Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris. La Manufacture, Paris (France), pp. 114-119.
- (2009): Guide d'architecture Paris 1900-2008. Editions du Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Paris (France), ISBN 978-2-35487-003-4, pp. # 515.
- (1994): Le guide du Patrimoine: Paris. Ministère de la Culture - Hachette, Paris (France), pp. 530.
- (2004): Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. In: (2004): Les musées parisiens. Action artistique de la Ville de Paris, Paris (France), pp. 157-158.
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20019228 - Published on:
26/01/2006 - Last updated on:
10/09/2014
