The Centre-Pompidou Metz: A New French Cultural Institution
Where: Hill Auditorium at the High Museum of Art (1280 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, GA, 30309).
Tickets are free and seating is limited to 2 per patron. Tickets available through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000. Tickets to the Museum are sold separately.
Laurent Le Bon, Director of the Centre Pompidou- Metz, which opened in May 2010, will present the museum’s objectives, cultural program, and outstanding architecture. Laurent Le Bon, who curated the museum’s opening exhibition, “Masterpieces”, will present the exhibition that considers the notion of the masterpiece through nearly 800 works, of which more than 700 were chosen from the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne in Paris.
Laurent Lebon will speak at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art.
The Centre Pompidou Metz, designed by Japanese designed by Shigeru Ban Architects (Japan) and Jean de Gastines Architectes (France) is the first contemporary art museum constructed in France in the 21st century. The establishment exemplifies the current cultural decentralization in France, which aims at developing cultural establishments outside of Paris. It also makes more widely available the collection from the Musée National d’Art Moderne’s (MNAM - Europe’s largest collection of modern and contemporary art).
Laurent Le Bon, originally from Paris, now splits his time between the French Capital and the city of Metz, located in the northeastern region of France, the Lorraine. While in Atlanta, Laurent Le Bon will share his vision for the Centre Pompidou Metz while engaging in conversations and exchanges with the art community of Atlanta.
Tickets are free and seating is limited to 2 per patron. Tickets available through the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office at 404-733-5000. Tickets to the Museum are sold separately.
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