PALAIS DE TOKYO

Description

Essentials about the Palais de Tokyo in brief

The Palais de Tokyo is a modern art museum and exhibition building located on the right bank of the Seine, not far from the Eiffel Tower and Trocadéro. The Palais was inaugurated in 1937 on the occasion of the Paris International Exposition. Today, the Palais de Tokyo is one of the largest European centers for contemporary art and its exhibitions are dedicated to a wide variety of art forms. In addition, the Palais is also used for concerts, film screenings and performances.

The complex of the Palais de Tokyo

It was named after the Avenue de Tokyo, which at that time ran between the building and the Seine (but since 1945 has been called Avenue de New York). The neoclassical building consists of two main wings connected in the middle by a courtyard with a three-sided portico. The east wing is owned by the City of Paris, which has maintained the Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris there since 1961. The west wing, owned by the French Republic, was formerly home to the Musée National d’art moderne, which moved to the newly created Centre Georges-Pompidou in 1977. After several rededications, the West Wing has housed the Center for Contemporary Art called Palais de Tokyo/Site de création contemporaine since 2002.

Palais de Tokyo/Site de création contemporaine

With a total area of 22,000 square meters, it is one of the largest centers for contemporary art in Europe. The exhibitions are dedicated to the latest trends in art creation in a broader sense, in addition to art in all its forms such as painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and video, also design, fashion, literature and dance. In addition to exhibitions, the Center for Contemporary Art also organizes concerts, film screenings and performances, as well as special programs for children.