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Musée d'art moderne de Paris

museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries, Paris

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About Musée d'art moderne de Paris

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (French pronunciation: [myze daʁ mɔdɛʁn də paʁi], in full the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris) or MAM Paris, is a major municipal museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries, including monumental murals by Raoul Dufy, Gaston Suisse, and Henri Matisse. It is located at 11, Avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The museum is one of the 14 City of Paris' Museums that have been incorporated since 1 January 2013 in the public institution Paris Musées. History Located in the eastern wing of the Palais de Tokyo and constructed for the International Exhibition of Arts and Technology of 1937, the museum was inaugurated in 1961. The museum reopened in October 2019 after a €10 million redesign by h2o architectes.

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museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries, Paris

Address
75116 Get directions
Opening hours
Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00; permanent collections Thu until 21:30; Mon closed; some rooms may be closed
Admission
yes
Founded
1935
Annual visitors
708,720
Notable artists

Notable artists at Musée d'art moderne de Paris

Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard was a French painter, illustrator and printmaker, known especially for the stylized decorative qualities of his paintings and his bold use of color. A founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis, his early work was strongly…

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Notable artists

  • Portrait of Henri Matisse

    Henri Matisse

    1869–1954

  • Portrait of Albert Marquet

    Albert Marquet

    1875–1947

  • Portrait of Édouard Vuillard

    Édouard Vuillard

    1868–1940

  • Portrait of Amedeo Modigliani

    Amedeo Modigliani

    1884–1920

  • Portrait of Juan Gris

    Juan Gris

    1887–1927

  • Portrait of Jules Pascin

    Jules Pascin

    1885–1930

  • Portrait of Robert Delaunay

    Robert Delaunay

    1885–1941

Movements represented

Post-ImpressionismFauvismCubism SyntheticpurismArt Nouveauart_decoder_blaue_reitercubismcezannian_cubismArt Brut
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