Centre Pompidou Metz, in Lorraine, north-east France
Opening its doors in May 2009
The Centre Pompidou-Metz, a key international cultural centre featuring an innovative and audacious architectural design, will be opening its doors in 2009.
It will present regularly updated selections from the collection of the Musée d’Art Moderne (MNAM), Europe’s largest collection of contemporary art, along with temporary exhibitions. Its vocation: presenting all forms of artistic expression.
www.centrepompidou-metz.fr
La Cité de la Mode et du Design, Paris
Opening its doors in 2009 during the spring
The love story between Paris and fashion is definitely stronger than ever. A new place devoted to fashion will open its doors on the Left Bank near Austerlitz as part of the Docks de Paris regeneration plans.
Fashion shows will take place on the first floor, which houses an exhibition area, the French Fashion Institute and a lecture theatre. The second floor will feature a restaurant as well as showrooms and an open rooftop.
www.designbuild-network.com/projects/docks-de-paris
Opening of the Musée des Impressionnismes, Giverny, Normandy
1st May to 15th August 2009, inaugural exhibition
This new Museum will be dedicated primarily to Impressionism and replaces the Museum of American Art.
The inaugural exhibition, Monet’s Garden in Giverny, will assemble approximately twenty paintings by Claude Monet, as well as views of his garden painted by artists of the Giverny colony like John L.Breck.
www.maag.org
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