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11 C5
Musée National Picasso
100% Pablo
5 rue de Thorigny, 3ème • 01 42 71 25 21
www.musee-picasso.fr Open 9:30-5:30 Wed-Mon (until 6
Apr-Sep)
On Picasso's death in 1973, the French state waived
the hefty inheritance taxes due in return for prime
pickings from the artist's home and studio.
Subsequent donations make this one of the most
complete collections of Picasso's works, and one so
popular that there are often long queues to get in.
The museum's exhibits - remarkable for their sheer
diversity - are a chronological record of the artist's
life, from his simple but accomplished teenage
sketches, through paintings of the famed Blue and
Rose periods, to massive sculptures of Cubist heads.
Must-sees include a series of little-known paper con-
structions;
Bull's Head
(a witty bronze combining a
bicycle saddle and handlebars to resemble the
animal's head); and tribal masks from Picasso's own
collection which clearly inspired his work. Adm
11 A5
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire
du Judaïsme
celebrating the Jewish diaspora
71 rue du Temple, 3ème • 01 53 01 86 60
www.mahj.org Open 2-6 Mon-Fri, 10-6 Sun
In the heart of the Jewish area, the Marais, this absorb-
ing museum traces the history and art of Judaism from
the Middle Ages to the present day. Look out for Emile
Zola's original
J'accuse!
article that denounced state
anti-Semitism in the 19th-century Dreyfus affair. Adm
10 E4
Les Galéries de Paris
In 19th-century Paris, the city's many
galeries
and
passages
served as fashionable meeting places as
much as for shopping. With their attractive metal
vaulting and glass roofs, they put most modern
malls to shame. Galerie Vivienne (Map 10 F2) is
the most up-market: Passages des Panoramas
(Map 10 F3), built in 1800, is the oldest.
Musée de la Publicité
adverts as art
107 rue de Rivoli, 1er • 01 44 55 57 50
www.museedelapub.org Open 11-6 Tue-Fri, 10-6 Sat & Sun
Temporary shows organized by theme (psychedelic
posters), artist (Rene Gruau) or brand (Air France),
and drawn from a fantastic array of posters, press ads
and radio and TV commercials, are held within this
wing of the Louvre. From the kitsch to the stylish, this
collection acknowledges the power of persuasion. Adm
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