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Palais de Tokyo to Close for Renovations in 2027, Sparking Ire with New Temporary Digs
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Artforum
Paris’s Palais de Tokyo will close for repairs in July 2027, necessitating a temporary move to a location that turns out to be hotly contested, French daily Libération reports.
The move has raised hackles, however, as the annex, a former conservatory, has since 2019 been the home of La Générale, one of Paris’s first artist-run spaces.
Sébastien Jamain, a volunteer with La Générale, told Libération that he and others had accidentally walked in on a Palais de Tokyo technical manager measuring their building shortly thereafter.
“La Générale’s needs have not changed since we moved into the premises seven years ago,” said the organization.
A petition supporting La Générale has to date gained nearly fourteen hundred signatures.