The
Orangerie of Tuileries
Metro : Concorde
Situated at the west end of the Tuileries gardens is the
Orangerie, at present undergoing major reorganization and due to reopen
at the end of 2001. It houses several of Monet's Water Lilies, as well
as a private art collection, weighted heavily in favour of the
Impressionists and including renoir, Soutine and Sisley. The current
work involves restructuring the building and replacing many of the
existing exterior walls with glass, in line with the building's
original function as Orangerie. After all the upheaval, much of the
Orangerie's collection will be rearranged, and with any luck, extra
room will be created for paintings from the museum's reserves.
Jeu de Paume
Opposite the Orangerie, the Jeu de
Paume was formerly home to the state's Impressionist collection before
its relocation to the Musée d'Orsay. It is now used for
temporary shows of contemporary art, usually major retrospectives of
established artists, but also, every autumn, more cuttin-edge stuff by
artists invited for the Festival d'Automne. Festival d'Automne : Theatre and music festival
including companies from Easter Europe, America and Japan. Multilingual
productions. Lots of avant-garde and multimedia stuff, most of it very
exciting.
Absolutely not the same place than Studio
Marais , rue du Bourg-Tibourg,
Completely the other side of Paris from
Studio Sicile , rue du Roi de Sicile.