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Published 01/06/2015

Of course don't miss the Mona Lisa or the Venus de Milo, but prepare to see more of the backs of peoples heads and their camera phones than anything else. It's worth seeing these works for the experience, if not the work themselves, and the tourists do set a somewhat amusing scene for those who enjoy indulging in people watching and street photography. Of course if you visit the Mona Lisa do turn round and see the spectacular Feast at Cana on the wall opposite, it's one of the most easily missed works in the museum.

Centre Georges Pompidou
Seeing the Centre Pompidou as you round a corner is a joyful surprise. In a city known for its strict building regulations and lack of modern buildings it seems really quite out of place, but yet provides an interesting 1970's contrast to the surrounding Parisian townhouses. The top floor of the building provides an opportunity to see panoramic views of the city from its unique exoskeleton.

Tucked down in the basement is a gallery dedicated to photography. It's small yet perfectly formed and provides unique exhibitions that take the large holdings of the Centre Georges Pompidou as a starting point. The exhibition showing while I was in Paris was simply entitled 'What is Photography?'and explored the ways that photographers had experimented with the medium over time. If you love art photography you would have loved this - with work from artists like Man Ray and Brassaï being shown alongside contemporary artists who use photography in unexpected ways. The Centre Pompidou also produce their leaflets and gallery information in English as well as French, meaning that you get a head start on trying to understand what you're looking at. The bookshop on the ground floor is also to die for - but give your credit card to someone else before taking a look around.

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