Centre Pompidou
Overview
The inside-out national museum of modern art, with escalators, pipes, and ducts colored on its exterior by architects Piano and Rogers. Its collection of 20th century art is Europe's largest: Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Duchamp. The piazza before it slopes toward the Marais and street performers.
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