Palais de Tokyo on Avenue du President Wilson

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Palais de Tokyo, Paris

 

Another museum in the charming city of Paris, France is the Palais de Tokyo located on Avenue du President Wilson in the 16th arrondissement near the Trocadero. The Palais de Tokyo is a modern art museum hosting the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, which opened to the public in January 2002. The museum contains artworks from the 20th century.

The Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, which was inaugurated in 1961, was built for the 1937 International Exhibition of Arts and Technology. It contains more than eight thousand pieces showcasing the numerous art trends that developed in the 20th century. The museum boasts of exhibitions on the major contemporary art movements in Europe. The thematic and monographic displays show the key trends in modern art.

Painting, sculptures and other works of art by famed artists such as Pablo Picasso, Rauol Duffy, Henri Matisse, Georugers Rouault, Maurice de Vlaminck, Fernand Léger, Francis Picabia, Georges Braque, Giorgio de Chirico, Chaïm Soutine, Amedeo Modigliani, Kees van Dongen, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Suzanne Valadon, Pierre Bonnard, František Kupka, Maurice Utrillo, Yves Klein, André Derain, Hans Bellmer, Juan Gris, Jean Fautrier, Alberto Giacometti and Pierre Soulages can be found in the museum.