France • Europe
30
curated places
The world's greatest museum, overwhelming by design.
Impressionism's permanent home.
François Pinault's Paris museum in a Tadao Ando-renovated former stock exchange. Major contemporary collection in a space that's a masterpiece itself.
Rodin's sculpture in his former mansion and gardens. The Thinker on the garden terrace is Paris at its most romantic.
Europe's largest contemporary art center, open until midnight. Raw spaces, challenging installations, and late-night programming that blurs art and nightlife.
Inside-out architecture, Europe's largest modern art collection.
Jean Nouvel's glass building housing Cartier's contemporary art foundation. The architecture dematerializes boundaries between inside and garden.
Picasso's personal collection in a 17th-century mansion. The works he kept for himself tell a different story than what he sold.