The Pompidou Centre was derided by many when its design was first unveiled – yet its influence has been huge. As a renovation ...

The Pompidou museum in Paris has invited art-lovers in for a last look at its collection before it closes its doors for a five-year major renovation. The Pompidou museum is one of the most visited ...

The Paris modern art museum will also host performances before its permanent collection is removed Monday for a five-year ...

Indeed, one reason the Pompidou will be so sorely missed ... freely explore much of the rest of the Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers-designed building, with its inside-out concept of exposed ...

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To do otherwise might be considered cultural sacrilege – after all the Pompidou's identity is indivisible from its original architects, Renzo Piano, and the late Richard Rogers. The duo set up ...