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Paris: Pompidou Centre Private Guided Tour

Private tour

Paris: Pompidou Centre Private Guided Tour

From US$ 245.37 per person

Discover the world's largest collection of contemporary art on a 2-hour tour of the Pompidou Centre in central Paris. Skip the long lines to navigate the diverse styles and expressions of artists such as Pollock, Picasso, Dix, Duchamp, and more.

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Duration 2 hours
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Live tour guide
English, French, Serbo-Croatian
Wheelchair accessible
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Experience

Highlights
  • Learn more about abstract and expressionist art at the Pompidou Centre
  • Skip the long lines to see art by Picasso, Dix, Ernst, and more
  • See the world's largest collection of contemporary art
  • Marvel at Chirico's metaphysical Il Ritornato
  • Go to Andy Warhol's Big Electric Chair
  • Discover how to appreciate paintings such as Malevitch's Black Square
  • Look at the Portrait of a Journalist Sylvia von Harden by Otto Dix
Full description
Discover a treasure chest of modern and contemporary art at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and experience the city’s 3rd most important gallery after the Louvre and Orsay Museum. Start with an explanation of the building, itself a piece of avant garde art. Then, skip the long lines, and follow your guide through the chronological and thematically arranged complex. Marvel at art from the early 20th century to the present day, learning about abstract art and how to place it in its proper context to appreciate it more. Principal art pieces included on the tour are “Il Ritorno di Ulisse” (“Ulysses’ Return”) by Chirico, “La Ville No. 2” by the Orphism artist Robert Delaunay, and “Rose Sélavy” by Duchamp. Admire Otto Dix’s challenging “Portrait of a Journalist Sylvia von Harden,” and Max Ernst’s collage “Ubu Imperateur.” Your guide will explain the meanings of Picasso’s “Femme nue Couchée,” and the abstract expressionist art of Jackson Pollock. Marvel at Klein’s “Grande Anthropagie Bleue,” and Tingerly’s “Requiem for a Dead Leaf.” Other highlights covered are Warhol’s “Big Electric Chair,” and the “Black Square” by Kazimir Malevitch.
Includes
  • Skip-the-line ticket to the Pompidou Center
  • Guide
  • Food and beverages

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Meet your guide at the Stravinsky Fountain on Rue Saint Merri, 75004 Paris. They will be carrying a red tote canvas bag.

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  • This tour operates rain or shine
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4.9 /5

based on 13 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    5/5
  • Value for money
    4.8/5
  • Service
    5/5
  • Organization
    4.7/5

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This was the best guided tour we've ever had, anywhere. Our tour of the Pompidou collection was a fascinating two-hour mini-seminar on modern art. Boris, our guide, is a genial, attentive, well-spoken, thoroughly knowledgeable young humanist scholar. We thank him for an altogether delightful and informative morning at the Pompidou.

March 31, 2023

Je recommande vivement même en tant que français à être accompagné dans un musée de France. D'abord vous n'être pas seul. Et c'est déjà énorme ! Vous partager une expérience sensorielle et culturelle inédite avec un accompagnateur à l'écoute de vos problèmes face à l'art et vous apporte des clés de compréhension.

March 31, 2023

Kein Plan von Moderner Kunst? Eine private Führung mit Boris und in zwei Stunden führt er seine Gäste mit großen Wissen und in bestem Englisch anhand einer wohl überlegten Auswahl von modernen Werken in die verschiedensten Stile und deren Facetten ein. Besonders zu erwähnen ist, dass dies nicht dozierend erfolgt. Es hat uns sehr viel Spaß gemacht, ihm durch dieses faszinierende Museum zu folgen und die Werke in einem besseren Kontext einordnen zu können und sie somit mit anderen Augen zu betrachten. Wir haben Lust auf mehr Modern Art bekommen!

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March 31, 2023

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