Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris

The Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris is defined by the massive, curved colonnade of the Palais de Tokyo, which spans the space between the Trocadéro and the Alma bridge. Built for the nineteen thirty-seven International Exposition, the building was intended to be temporary. The government planned to demolish it, but the structure persisted. In twenty ten, an intruder broke in and stole five paintings, including works by Picasso and Matisse, through a simple window, leaving the empty frames behind in the galleries.