Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice is quite young - it opened in 1990. But plans to build such a museum built in the middle of the XX century.

The first project of remaking the already existing gallery was supported by Henri Matisse, but life is not incarnated. Then he was supposed to attach to the Historical Museum in the palace of an array of modern wing, but the project was abandoned, and in the place there was parking. However, the idea was in the air - after the success of the French artistic movement "New Realism", it became clear that the museum of modern art is needed, and it was nice (the birthplace of one of the founders of the new realism Yves Klein).

The museum was created with financial support from the state. The architects Yves Bayard and Henri Vidal have developed an unusual design of the building. It consists of four towers tridtsatimetrovoy whose smooth shiny facades of Carrara marble have no windows. The towers are connected by glass passages. Nine rooms for exhibitions total area of ​​4000 square meters located on three levels: on the first temporary exhibitions are located on the second and third - the permanent collections.

Stored here are working various trends of avant-garde art, starting from the 1960s to the present day. Of course, well represented new realists - Yves Klein (museum has twenty his work), César, Christo, Francois Dufresne, Gerard Deschamps and many others. Exhibited work of the pillars of American pop art - Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Indiana, as well as abstract - Kenneth Noland, Larry Punsa, Frank Stella, Olivier Mosse, Martin Barre. From here there are minimalists, such as Sol LeWitt and Richard Serra. In addition, here you can see the work of the Fauves German and Italian avant-garde, as well as examples of ironic and naive art, comics, graffiti.

Even if the tourist does not feel a special love for contemporary art, it is still worth a visit, this free museum - in order to climb to the top. Roof terrace towers always attract visitors. There is a small delightful garden, but it's not just that: the terrace offers magnificent views of the mountains, city and sea.