With an inaugural show featuring masterpieces by 20th-century painters including Braque, Kandinsky and Matisse, the much-awaited Centre Pompidou Metz opened its doors to the public on May 12th, offering free admission throughout the first week. Hoping to attract around 200,000 visitors a year, according to the Guardian, the new sister to Paris' Centre Georges Pompidou opened following an investment of over $90 million in the northeastern city of Metz, located in France's Lorraine region. Metz can be reached in less than an hour and a half from Paris by high-speed TGV train, making it a feasible destination for a Paris day trip.
Said to be inspired by Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Centre in Bilbao, Spain, the new outpost to France's premiere cultural center and contemporary arts museum was designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. Featuring a flowing, curved roof and semi-transparent glass facade, the new center emits a surreal glow after sundown and to me evokes a cross between a futuristic igloo and an otherworldly marine animal.
For the inaugural exhibit, entitled Chez d'Oeuvres? (Masterpieces?), the new center borrowed some 700 major works from the flagship in Paris. Admission is free for all through May 16th, with a program of special events including light and pyrotechnic installations. The new center will also stay open late into the night on May 15th in tandem with European Museum Night.
According to the Guardian, France is hoping the new outpost will bring economic renewal to a region that has been depressed in past years. "The Lorraine has suffered greatly in recent decades from restructuring, transfers, changes, the textile and steel industries, the mines, the military," French President Nicolas was quoted as saying during the inaugural ceremony.
Read More:
- Coverage of the Inauguration of the Centre Pompidou Metz (from The Guardian)
- All About the Centre Georges Pompidou
- Paris Day Trips
- Museum Night in Paris and France
- How to Get to Metz? Train Travel in France and Paris
Image: ©Ville de Metz.
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