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35-705: FIAC was usually held in October in the Grand Palais . In 2019, the fair announced that it would move to a temporary venue on the Champ de Mars , by the Eiffel Tower , for at least two years and to move back to the Grand Palais by 2024. In 2022, however, Art Basel surprisingly ousted FIAC from the Grand Palais. From 2006 to 2019, as part of the fair’s outdoor program Hors les Murs , well-known venues across

70-460: A science museum , the Palais de la Découverte . It was the host venue of the 2010 World Fencing Championships . For the 2011, Monumenta exhibition (11 May to 23 June), sculptor Anish Kapoor was commissioned to create the temporary indoor site-specific installation, Leviathan , an enormous (ca. 775,000 square feet) structure that filled half of the main exhibition hall of the Grand Palais. It

105-660: A truck depot, the Palais then housed two Nazi propaganda exhibitions. The Parisian resistance used the Grand Palais as a headquarters during the Liberation of Paris. On 23 August 1944, an advancing German column was fired upon from a window on the Avenue de Sèlves, and the Germans responded with a tank attack upon the Palais. The attack ignited hay that was set up for a circus show, and over the next 48 hours, thick black smoke from

140-583: Is an annual award given to a young artist by the Association pour la Diffusion Internationale de l'Art Français (ADIAF) since 2001 at the FIAC. The winner receives €35,000 personally and up to €30,000 in order to produce an exhibition of their work in the Modern Art museum ( Centre Georges Pompidou ). In 2014, a Hors Les Murs feature, the 80-meter-high inflatable sculpture Tree by Paul McCarthy in

175-718: Is listed as a historic monument ( monument historique ) by the Ministry of Culture . The decision to hold the Universal Exposition of 1900 in Paris revealed deep divisions within the French Republic. Critics viewed the project as an economic drain that pulled resources away from provincial governments and questioned the benefit that it would bring to the French economy as a whole. These concerns extended to

210-617: Is planned that the Grand Palais will re-open to the public in the spring of 2025. While it is closed, exhibitions that would otherwise be held there will be hosted by other locations, such as the Grand Palais Éphémère and the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris and the Palais de la Bourse in Marseille. This article contains material abridged and translated from the French and Spanish Misplaced Pages . Trocad%C3%A9ro, Paris The Trocadéro ( pronounced [tʁɔkadeʁo] ), site of

245-612: The Palais de Chaillot , is an area of Paris , France , in the 16th arrondissement , across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower . It is also the name of the 1878 Trocadéro Palace which was demolished in 1937 to make way for the Palais de Chaillot . The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot, a former village. The place was named in honour of the Battle of Trocadero , in which the fortified Isla del Trocadero , in southern Spain ,

280-688: The Champs-Élysées ), commonly known as the Grand Palais , is a historic site , exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine , France. Construction of the Grand Palais began in 1897 following the demolition of the Palais de l'Industrie (Palace of Industry) to prepare for the Universal Exposition of 1900 . That exposition also produced

315-697: The Eiffel Tower in the background. This became an iconic image of the Second World War . It is in the Palais de Chaillot that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. This event is now commemorated by a stone, and the esplanade is known as the esplanade des droits de l'homme (English: "Esplanade of Human Rights"). The Palais de Chaillot

350-884: The Muette; the Avenue d'Eylau , which goes to the Mexico Plaza; the Avenue Kléber, which goes to the Place Charles de Gaulle ; and the Avenue du Président Wilson , which goes to the Pont de l'Alma and the Seine. There is a large municipal library (the Germaine Tillion Library, named after the resistance member and ethnologist) near (to the west of) the Trocadéro's square. The high retaining walls of

385-533: The Place Vendôme was deflated by vandals. McCarthy and local authorities decided not to re-inflate it. The lime green sculpture was described by the artist as a Christmas tree, but critics said it looked like a butt plug . This art -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Grand Palais The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées ( French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ palɛ de ʃɑ̃z‿elize] ; English: Great Palace of

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420-464: The Trocadero cemetery ( Cimetière de Passy ) were constructed by the French industrialist François Coignet. The Institut Culturel Franco-Japonais – École Japonaise de Paris opened at the Trocadéro in 1973. It moved to its current location at Montigny-le-Bretonneux in 1990. Trocadéro is a popular tourist destination to take pictures of the Eiffel Tower . The Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre

455-552: The adjacent Petit Palais and Pont Alexandre III . The building was designed to be a large-scale venue for official artistic events. A pediment on the building refers to this function with an inscription that reads, "a monument dedicated by the Republic to the glory of French art." Designed according to Beaux-Arts tastes, the building features ornate stone facades , glass vaults and period innovations that included iron and light steel framing and reinforced concrete . It

490-619: The building was in use. Excessive force applied to structural members during the installation of certain exhibitions such as the Exposition Internationale de la Locomotion Aérienne caused damage, as did acid runoff from the horse shows. Additional problems due to the construction of the building itself revealed themselves over the course of time. Differential rates of expansion and contraction between cast iron and steel members, for example, allowed for water to enter, leading to corrosion and further weakening. When finally one of

525-737: The city – the Tuileries Garden , the Musée national Eugène Delacroix , the National Museum of Natural History and Place Vendôme – featured temporary installations of Alexander Calder , George Condo , Thomas Houseago , Robert Indiana , Per Kirkeby , Alicja Kwade , Richard Long and Oscar Tuazon , among others. From 2018, the venues also included Place de la Concorde , with architectural works by Kengo Kuma , Claude Parent and Jean Prouvé , among others. The Marcel Duchamp Prize (in French ;: Prix Marcel Duchamp )

560-731: The design of architect Roger-Henri Expert . The entire site was formerly the garden of the old Palais du Trocadéro, laid out by Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand . Five avenues originate in the Trocadéro: the Avenue Henri-Martin, which links the Trocadéro with the Porte de la Muette and passes in front of the Lycée Janson de Sailly (Janson de Sailly secondary school); the Avenue Paul Doumer , which also approaches

595-534: The fire caused serious damage to the building. By 26 August, American jeeps were parked in the nave, followed by tanks from the French 2nd Armored Division , completing the liberation of the building. In the 1960s, Le Corbusier wanted the Grand Palais to be demolished to set up the Museum of 20th Century Art there, which André Malraux had entrusted to him. The death of the architect, on 27 August 1965, put an end to

630-561: The glass ceiling panels fell in 1993, the main space had to be closed for restoration work, and was not fully reopened to the public until 2007. The Palais served as a military hospital during World War I , employing local artists who had not been deployed to the front to decorate hospital rooms or to make moulds for prosthetic limbs. The Nazis put the Palais to use during the Occupation of France in World War II . First used as

665-541: The lands of Spain at one go, to succeed there, where Bonaparte had failed, to triumph on that same soil where the arms of the fantastic man suffered reverses, to do in six months what he couldn't do in seven years, that was truly prodigious!" Nowadays the square is officially named Place du Trocadéro et (and) du 11 Novembre (for the WWI armistice), although it is usually simply called the Place du Trocadéro. The hill of Chaillot

700-420: The last took place in 1947. The first major Henri Matisse retrospective after his death was held at the Grand Palais. The main space, almost 240 metres long, was constructed with an iron, steel and glass barrel-vaulted roof, making it the last of the large transparent structures inspired by London's Crystal Palace that were necessary for large gatherings of people before the age of electricity. The main space

735-563: The main façade. The one on the Champs-Élysées side depicts Immortality prevailing over Time, the one on the Seine side Harmony triumphing over Discord. The structure had problems that started even before it was completed, mainly as a result of subsidence caused by a drop in the water table. The builders attempted to compensate for this subsidence, and for a tendency of the ground to shift, by sinking supporting posts down to firmer soil, since construction could not be delayed. These measures were only partially successful. Further damage occurred once

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770-400: The old Palais du Trocadéro was partly demolished and partly rebuilt and the Palais de Chaillot now tops the hill. It was designed in classicizing " moderne " style by architects Louis-Hippolyte Boileau , Jacques Carlu and Léon Azéma . Like the old palais, the Palais de Chaillot features two wings shaped to form a wide arc; reclad and expanded, these wings and the pair of central pavilions are

805-476: The only remaining portion of the former building. However, unlike the old palais, the wings are independent buildings and there is no central element to connect them: instead, a wide esplanade leaves an open view from the place du Trocadéro to the Eiffel Tower and beyond. The buildings are decorated with quotations by Paul Valéry , and sculptural groups at the attic level by Raymond Delamarre , Carlo Sarrabezolles and Alfred Bottiau . The eight gilded figures on

840-427: The palais and the Seine is set with gardens, designed by Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand , and an array of fountains. Within its garden, the old palace contained two large animal statues, of a rhinoceros and an elephant, which were removed and stored during the demolition of the old Trocadero palace, and have been located next to the entrance of the Musée d'Orsay since 1986. For the Exposition Internationale of 1937 ,

875-511: The planning and construction of the Grand Palais. Unlike plans for the Trocadéro or the Garnier opera house, only French architects were considered for the project. The final decision was announced on 22 April 1896, with a contract awarded to four people, each with a distinct area of responsibility: Henri Deglane , Albert Louvet , Albert Thomas and Charles Girault . The grand opening

910-406: The premiere of his Symphony for Organ No. 6 . The building proved unpopular, but the cost expended in its construction delayed its replacement for nearly fifty years. Below the building in the space left by former underground quarries, a large aquarium was built to contain fish of French rivers. It was renovated in 1937 but closed again for renovation from 1985 until 22 May 2006. The space between

945-613: The project. By decree of 12 June 1975, the nave was classified as a historical monument. A new decree of 6 November 2000 protects the Grand Palais in its entirety. The Grand Palais has a major police station in the basement whose officers help protect the exhibits on show in the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais , particularly the picture exhibition "salons": the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux Arts , Salon d'Automne , and Salon Comparaisons . The building's west wing also contains

980-457: The terrace of the Rights of Man are attributed to the sculptors Alexandre Descatoire , Marcel Gimond , Jean Paris dit Pryas, Paul Cornet, Lucien Brasseur , Robert Couturier , Paul Niclausse , and Félix-Alexandre Desruelles . The buildings now house a number of museums: It was on the front terrace of the palace that Adolf Hitler was pictured during his short tour of the city in 1940, with

1015-594: Was Gabriel Davioud . The concert hall contained a large organ built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll ; the first large organ to be installed in a concert hall in France (it has since been modified twice, and eventually moved in 1977 to the Auditorium Maurice Ravel in Lyon , where it is still in use today. The organ was inaugurated during the 1878 World Fair with a concert in which Charles Marie Widor played

1050-472: Was also the initial headquarters of NATO , while the "Palais de l'OTAN" (now Université Paris Dauphine ) was being built. The Jardins du Trocadéro occupy the open space bounded to the northwest by the wings of the Palais de Chaillot and to the southeast by the Seine and the Pont d'Iéna . The present garden has an area of 93,930 square metres (23.21 acres) and was created for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) , on

1085-453: Was captured by French forces led by the Duc d'Angoulême , son of the future King of France, Charles X , on 31 August 1823. France had intervened on behalf of King Ferdinand VII of Spain , whose rule was contested by a liberal rebellion . After the battle, the autocratic Spanish Bourbon Ferdinand VII was restored to the throne of Spain . François-René de Chateaubriand said "To stride across

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1120-436: Was first arranged for the 1867 World's Fair . For the 1878 World's Fair , the (old) Palais du Trocadéro (1878–1936) was built here (where meetings of international organizations could be held during the fair). The palace's form was that of a large concert hall with two wings and two towers; its style was a mixture of exotic and historical references, generally called " Moorish " but with some Byzantine elements. The architect

1155-420: Was held on 1 May 1900. From the very beginning the palace was the site of different kinds of shows in addition to the intended art exhibitions. These included a riding competition that took place annually from 1901 to 1957, but were mainly dedicated to innovation and modernity: the automobile, aviation, household appliances, and so on. The golden age of the art exhibitions as such lasted for some thirty years, while

1190-573: Was originally connected to the other parts of the palace along an east–west axis by a grand staircase in a style combining Classical and Art Nouveau , but the interior layout has since been somewhat modified. The exterior of this massive palace combines an imposing Classical stone façade with a riot of Art Nouveau ironwork, and a number of allegorical statue groups including work by sculptors Paul Gasq , Camille Lefèvre , Alfred Boucher , Alphonse-Amédée Cordonnier and Raoul Verlet . A monumental bronze quadriga by Georges Récipon tops each wing of

1225-616: Was used during the final stage of the Tour de France in 2017, as part of the promotion for Paris' 2024 Summer Olympics bid . The riders rode through the Palais en route to the Champs Élysées . The Grand Palais temporarily closed to the public in March 2021 for significant renovation works. It reopened in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games , where it hosted the fencing and taekwondo events. It

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