Palais de Tokyo

[Jody]

I don't think I've seen the Palais de Tokyo mentioned here.

It houses a collection of comtemporary art and has numerous exhibitions throughout the year. Parts of the permanent collection will appeal to most everyone even though the farout things might not.

When we were there last November they were setting up a display of graffiti along the outside of the building. There is a beautiful terrace overlooking the Seine that is pleasant in warmer weather...hopefully the graffiti exhibit is long gone.

It's located on Ave. Pres. Wilson in the 16th , a very pleasant neighborhood for a stroll.

[irishRover]

The Palais de Tokyo houses, among other things, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, very much worth visiting (unless you despise contemporary art, that is...) and with the additional benefit that, like most of the municipally-owned museums, admission to the permanent collections is free!

Meanwhile, atop the Palais de Tokyo you can find until the end of next year — and if you are so inclined and VERY lucky, spend a night in — what is surely THE most exclusive hotel room in Paris with a magnificent unobstructed view of the Eiffel Tower.

www.everland.ch/en/home/

OK, so I actually do like much contemporary art but I'm really having a hard time defining a hotel room in a pod on the roof of the Palais de Tokyo as art. Can somebody tell me what I am missing here?

Supposing that the object of the exercise is that the Hôtel Everland is an interactive work of art, if I were to stay there and decided to spray the window that looks out across the Seine to the ET with black paint to make it opaque would it stay that way until some other resident figured out how to remove the paint? Would that become part of the work? After all, anyone who stays in the "hotel" will inevitably change it, as will the staff who will presumably provide the service for the room. So how much alteration to the room is acceptable? What if I just trashed the place making it uninhabitable? Presumably I could be prosecuted for vandalism but wouldn't that just be part of the "artwork" just as the lottery for reservations is?

Is this art?

[Becky (Berkeleytravelers)]

Irish - interesting to have this place reviewed as an art installation rather than simply as an offbeat hotel (cf. www.ourparisforum.com/index.cgi?board=hotels&action=display&thread=1192837700 for the "hotel" aspect). You have asked an interesting question, especially as staying here would make the "hotel guest" into something of a performance artist (at least, if they engage in any of the activities you mention . . .!)

[phread]

Oh my.... that is TOOoooooo!!!!!!!!! Cool!!!!! I wanna stay there!!!!!!!!

[irishRover]

OK, phread, I'll give you cool and I'd love to stay there too - but is it art?

[trechic]

Is it Art? Well, I suppose it is. It is creative, yes??
Is it ugly?? Yes.
Would I have nightmares sleeping in it? Absolutely!!!

[Shoesy]

That hotel would probably be at the bottom of my list for pricey Paris accommodations. I would most likely find it creepy. If I wanted to get a feel of Tomorrowland, I would be better off paying a visit to one of the Disney parks. The only thing that I would probably enjoy doing at that hotel is stealing their golden embroidered bath towels.