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La Triennale at the re-opened Palais de Tokyo starts tonight

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Kicking off the grand re-opening of the Palais de Tokyo is the museum’s massive Triennale exhibition, Intense Proximity:

[Under the artistic direction of Okwui Enwezor] La Triennale will offer a large panorama of contemporary art at the intersection of the French art scene and global sites of production […] Inspired by the great work of early to mid 20th century French ethnography figures such as Claude Levi-Strauss, Marcel Mauss, Michel Leiris, and Marcel Griaule, La Triennale sets off on a journey to explore the nodes where art and ethnography converge in a renewal of fascination and estrangement. Fundamentally, the goal of the project is to shift from the idea of national space, as a constituted physical location, to a frontier space…

Tonight, April 19, from 21:00 to midnight, a series of concerts and events will be held, before the public opening of the Triennale exhibition.

Check out the official site of the Triennale for a full list of events, including live music, films and DJs.

Where: Palais de Tokyo
When: Kick-off event April 19 and the Triennale April 20 – August 26
Price: Full €8, Reduced €6

More practical information (map, prices, etc) on Palais de Tokyo here, and the Triennale here.

Palais de Tokyo (source: AP)