Centre Pompidou-Metz — Attraction in Metz

The architecture of the Centre Pompidou alone is worth the visit – bold, elegant, and full of light. I explored two unforgettable exhibitions: Maurizio Cattelan’s ironic, provocative works and Marina Abramović’s participative experience “Counting the Rise.”

Although I didn’t have enough time to take part in the participatory tasks set up in Abramović’s exhibition space, I still found the concept inspiring and thought-provoking. The atmosphere invites deep reflection and engagement with the human experience.

In addition, on the second floor, visitors can discover works by over 40 international contemporary artists – a diverse and fascinating collection that adds even more depth and colour to the visit.

You should definitely plan to spend a few hours or more to fully appreciate everything. An inspiring blend of architecture, performance, and contemporary art – highly...

It is the Pompidou Museum, so you expect boundary-pushing art, and that was sure the case on the 3rd floor of this museum. It had all kinds of digital arts that are trying to answer social and philosophical questions of life. A bonus was the ability to interact with the video-game-like art.... Like playing a game.

Very fun for kids and family.

On the second floor there was art by French artist Susanne Valadon. She focused on the human body and was the first artist to paint an unclothed man from the front. The exhibition is comprehensive and shows her entire oeuvre.

Her art is bright, colourful and eye-catching.

The first floor had contemporary, abstract art.

Overall, definitely worth a visit, but I would recommend coming in early. I experienced quite a queue...

Although with the nature of their changing exhibits and lack of a permanent exhibition it would be difficult to recommend this museum for its collections, the overall presentation-style of the museum - which is clean and incorporates various multimedia elements - is appealing and makes good use of the available exhibition spaces. In addition, the museum is worth a visit for the building itself, with its impressive architecture - if only viewed from the outside. Lastly, the museum contains a shop, restaurant, cafe, and a children's workshop where kids from ages 5-13 can create their own artworks when the regular museum visit gets too long for them. Taken together, this makes for an enjoyable museum visit, no matter what is...