The enormous cube was meant to be “a building which will not be a monument but a celebration, a big urban toy“. Il devient vite l’un des lieux culturels les plus fréquentés au monde et l’un des monuments les plus visités de France. [21] As of 2006[update], more than 180 million people have visited the centre since its opening in 1977. The Culture Ministry appoints its directors and controls its gestion, which is nevertheless independent, as Etablissement public à caractère administratif since its creation. Pompidou Centre, French Centre Pompidou, in full Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou (“Georges Pompidou National Art and Cultural Centre”), French national cultural centre on the Rue Beaubourg and on the fringes of the historic Marais section of Paris; a regional branch is located in Metz. Liked it? Access to the centre is at the bottom of the piazza, place Georges Pompidou. The location chosen for the cultural centre was a wasteland at the heart of Paris, a place called Beaubourg. If you're new here, you may be interested in downloading the guide "20 Amazing Offbeat Places in Paris". It will then undergo a €200 million top-to-bottom overhaul. Walls and internal structures were put outside the building, and infrastructure was covered by enormous colourful tubes. Le Centre Pompidou est inauguré le 31 janvier 1977. He grew up in France and Germany and has also lived in Australia and England. Take a second to support French Moments on Patreon! Centre Pompidou (1970s). This blog © French Moments, 2012-2020 • All Rights Reserved • Developed by, What you should know about the Pompidou Centre. Did you like what you read? For other uses, see, Since 2006, the calculated attendance of the centre includes only those of the Musée National d'Art Moderne and of the public library but no more those of the. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Billets et visites du Centre Pompidou Le projet initial du Centre Pompidou était d'offrir aux parisiens une vaste bibliothèque publique et gratuite, chose qui manquait cruellement à Paris... Dans le top 5 des attractions à Paris By the mid-1980s, the Centre Pompidou was becoming the victim of its huge and unexpected popularity, its many activities, and a complex administrative structure. [40], In April 2014, Pompidou president Alain Seban confirmed that after Malaga (Spain), Mexico will be the next site for a pop-up Pompidou Centre. In a joint proposal with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presented in 2005, the Centre Pompidou planned to build a museum of modern and contemporary art, design and the media arts in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District. [16] In January 2021 Roselyne Bachelot, France’s culture minister, announced that the Centre would close completely in 2023 for four years. A year later in 1969, the new president adopted the Beaubourg project and decided it to be the location of both the new library and a centre for the contemporary arts. [45], There have been rumours of a pop-up Pompidou satellite museum in Brazil since Alain Seban announced the plan for these temporary locations back in 2012. C’est aussi une bibliothèque, des salles de cinéma, des spectacles de danse… Il est situé à Paris dans le 4e arrondissement. Queen Elizabeth II in France: What places did she visit? If so, please do share this article on Facebook, twitter or Pinterest! Since its inauguration in 1977, the futuristic building has been the source of many criticisms, some called it an eyesore, others praised its high-tech architecture made up of colourful pipes and massive steel struts. The projected cost for the upcoming renovations is $235 million. Click here to get your free copy now! All you have to do is click the link and any booking you make is automatically tracked. It will then undergo a €200 million top-to-bottom overhaul. The bright colour codes help distinguishing the various functions of the pipes: You may like it or not… but you have to agree that the façade is an outstanding piece of architecture from the late 20th century. • Gordon Matta-Clark, Conical Intersect (1975), Matta-Clark’s contribution à la Biennale de Paris 1975. [22], Since re-opening in 2000 after a three-year renovation, the Centre Pompidou has improved accessibility for visitors. The black-painted mechanical sculptures are by Tinguely, the coloured works by de Saint-Phalle. [8] It was the first time in France that international architects were allowed to participate. [citation needed] In the 1960s, city planners decided to move the foodmarkets of Les Halles, historically significant structures long prized by Parisians, with the idea that some of the cultural institutes be built in the former market area. Many Schools represented in the museum include movements such as: There is so much to see from paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographies, not forgetting other media such as cinema, architecture, design, and visual and sound archives. During the renovation, the Centre was closed to the public for 27 months, re-opening on 1 January 2000. [26], Several major exhibitions are organised each year on either the first or sixth floors. Among them, many monographs:[27], In 2010, the Centre Georges Pompidou opened a regional branch, the Centre Pompidou-Metz, in Metz a city 250 kilometres east of Paris. The outside escalator climbs the front of the building like a lighted snake. UPDATE! [41], In 2015, the city authorities in Libourne, a town in south-western France, proposed a Pompidou branch housed in a former military base called Esog. Housed in a former Citroën garage which was transformed by a team comprising ces noAarchitecten (Brussels), EM2N (Zurich) and Sergison Bates architects (London), the new centre brings together the 12,200 sq ft (1,130 m2) Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, an architecture centre (CIVA Foundation) and public spaces devoted to culture, education and leisure. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The idea for a multicultural complex, bringing together in one place different forms of art and literature, developed, in part, from the ideas of France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs, André Malraux, a proponent of the decentralisation of art and culture by impulse of the political power. C’est également le plus grand Musée d’Art Moderne d’Europe. "[9], It was the first major example of an 'inside-out' building with its structural system, mechanical systems, and circulation exposed on the exterior of the building. Project backers include the Région Ile-de-France and the French state. Seul un projet est retenu! According to the Spanish newspaper El País, the annual €1 million cost of the five-year project will be funded by the city council. The tangle of pipes and tubes covering the glass and steel framework of the building earned it the nicknames of ‘the Gasworks‘, ‘an oil refinery‘, ‘a ship in dock‘, ‘a cultural supermarket‘, ‘Notre-Dame of the Pipes‘, ‘Pompidolium‘ or ‘avant-garde eyesore‘. The Plates Of The Present (2020 Group Exhibition), Les Moyens Du Bord (2020 Group Exhibition), Global(e) Resistance - Pour une histoire engagée de la collection contemporaine de Jonathas de Andrade à Billie Zangewa (2020 Group Exhibition), NEURONS Simulated intelligence (2020 Group Exhibition), L’écologie des images (2021 Group Exhibition), Établissement de communication et de production audiovisuelle de la Défense, Établissement public d'insertion de la défense, Etablissement public national des fonds de prévoyance militaire et de l'aéronautique, Conseil national des activités privées de sécurité, Agence Nationale pour l'Amélioration des Conditions de Travail, École nationale d'ingénieurs du Val de Loire, École nationale supérieure de la nature et du paysage, École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre, Institut national supérieur de formation et de recherche pour l'éducation des jeunes handicapés et les enseignements adaptés, Centre international d'études pédagogiques, Établissement national des produits de l'agriculture et de la mer, Institut français du cheval et de l'équitation, Écoles nationales supérieure d'architecture, École nationale supérieure d'arts de Cergy-Pontoise, École nationale supérieure de la photographie, Opérateur du patrimoine et des projets immobiliers de la culture, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, École nationale supérieure de sécurité sociale, Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, Centre d'études et de recherches sur les qualifications, Centre national des œuvres universitaires et scolaires, Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'autonomie, Centre de ressources, d'expertise et de performance sportives, Service départemental d'incendie et de secours, This page was last edited on 20 April 2021, at 01:53.