Museums in Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou #7

We enjoy contemporary art.  So, whenever we visit the Pompidou, we like to visit all of the floors to see what might be newly displayed and what we might have missed.

New discoveries awaited us when we visited recently.  

One discovery was seeing and walking inside Jean Dubuffet's Le Jardin d'hiver (the Winter Garden).  The artwork is a permanent installation in the Pompidou.  Marie-Chantal remembers first seeing it many years ago.  The installation was closed until recently.  Check it out. 

The door leading into Le Jardin d'hiver

Inside Le Jardin d'hiver

Another discovery was the outdoor sculpture garden on the top level.  Normally closed, the garden was open and ventured outside.  The garden features bronze sculptures by Henri Laurens, including Amphion pictured below.  We liked the sculpture's shape and placement because we could see the Eiffel Tour in the distance.  

  

Another outdoor sculpture was a stabile by Alexander Calder.  

Through one of the openings in the sculpture, we could see the Sacré-Cœur basilica in the distance.  

Another discovery was a set of wearable chairs that were worn like a backpack and would become a chair when the wearer sat down.     

During a June visit to the Eiffel Tower, we saw many newlyweds being photographed.  We suppose the custom is nothing new.  Marc Chagall painted a similar scene many decades ago, The Bride and Groom of the Eiffel Tower.  (We especially like the chicken and goat.)

Jean-Claude was happy to find a Rothko.

We also discovered a Rothko-like painting by Louis Cane.

Finally, we found a display we had missed during earlier visits.

Thanks for visiting the Pompidou with us again.