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Saint-Etienne Metropolis. A new modern art museum at 170 million euros?

Beyond the renovation work which will start in April, the Métropole is carrying out a much more ambitious project for the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMC)…

“We are actually working on an expansion project. Because after its opening in 1987, and faced with the exponential enrichment of the collections, the museum quickly proved to be too small. It has been a subject for all the conservatives who have succeeded. It should be remembered that the MAMC of Saint-Étienne has the largest collection in France behind the Center Pompidou in Paris, with approximately 20,000 permanent works. However, we do not have the space to exhibit them alongside the temporary exhibitions (1). »

What is the project ?

“At the moment, absolutely nothing has been confirmed. We…

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