Tuesday treat

 

One last look from the top of the Centre Georges-Pompidou (a.k.a. Beaubourg) before it closed.

 Re-opening: 2030 

 

Still water Wednesday

 The Stravinsky Fountain at a standstill.

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 The Centre Georges-Pompidou (a.k.a. Beaubourg) will be closed to the public til 2030 as it undergoes major renovation.

Fountain Friday

Legendary artist couple Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely have been reunited in an exhibition with “museum anarchist” Pontus Hulten.

Above: sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely at the Stravinsky Fountain, Pompidou Center 

Le Grand Palais Champs-Elysées

 Ends January 4, 2026

 

An American in Paris

 

 

  

Modernist Georgia O’Keeffe (1887 – 1986), one of the greatest figures in 20th century North American art.

 

First retrospective in France

 Paintings, drawings, photographs

 

Centre Georges Pompidou
Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

 

Ends December 6, 2021

 

 

All thumb

An enormous bronze thumb by French artist César Baldaccini in front of the Centre Pompidou.

"The mandrill indicates with thumb

Auroraborealic bum!"

Michael Alexander, British author, explorer, poet

(of the infamous "Prominente" at Colditz Castle WWII)

R.I.P.

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"César: La Rétrospective"

 

 Ends March 26, 2018

Centre Georges Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

Un jour parfait

Hockney at the Pompidou, sunset drinks on the Seine, then a late dinner of cassoulet (address below).

David Hockney Retrospective

 

Ends October 23, 2017
 

Centre Georges-Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

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Le Comptoir de la Gastronomie
34 rue Montmartre 75001

Air ducts

Two massive air ducts outside the Pompidou Center.

Galerie des enfants

Installation of miniature skyscrapers for kids by JR, artist known for his gargantuan photographs.

Ends September 19, 2016

Centre Georges-Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004 

Pompidou view

Views over the city and square below from the top floor of the Pompidou Center.

Pigeon roof

In the background dozens of pigeons have made a rooftop their roost.

Centre Georges-Pompidou

Place Georges-Pompidou 75004

Dali's secret

Salvador Dali seems to have a secret. What oh what might it be?