Palais de Tokyo

Palais de Tokyo

On the Trocadéro heights of the north bank of the river, facing the Eiffel Tower, stand the brutally resplendent Palais de Tokyo and Palais de Chaillot. They house some of the city’s best art museums: the Site de Création Contemporaine, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Cité de l’Architecture.

The western wing of the Palais de Tokyo is occupied by the Site de Création Contemporaine, a huge cutting-edge gallery whose semi-derelict interior focuses exclusively on contemporary and avant-garde art. Prominence is given to French artists, but many international artists are also represented, ranging from the well-established, such as Julio Le Parc, to emerging young artists such as Melanie Matranga