PARIS —
Move over
Ringling Brothers, the
"Pompidou Mobile" is coming to town! But there's no need to buy tickets - this circus will be free. And instead of a ringleader, animals and clowns, there will be a curator and
fine art masterpieces.
Provided it can raise the estimated $4.43 million necessary, starting in late 2010, France's
Pompidou Center will hit "la rue" with 10-15
paintings from its permanent collection. Picassos, Matisses and Calders will be displayed in a 10,700-sq. foot high-tech canvas-like structure being designed by architect
Patrick Bouchain. Every few months the big top will pick up, clear out and move to a different French town, concentrating on rural regions and poor, crime-ridden suburbs. "It's about bringing art to the people to awaken their desire to go toward the art," the Pompidou's president,
Alain Seban, said in a statement.
Museums collections travel all over the world for
special exhibitions at other museums, that's nothing new. But bringing
modern art to less fortunate areas, setting up a makeshift museum in a field or parking lot, and charging no entry fee - that's a pretty great concept.
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[Photo: The Stravinsky Fountain outside the Centre Pompidou]
Le Cirque du Pompidou Is Coming to Town
