Musée d’art moderne

We had some friends from the UK visiting us last weekend. On Saturday we decided to go to the ‘musée d’art moderne’ in Troyes. It has just reopened after an extensive refurbishment, taking about three years. They are still working on one of the floors, but they have not let that delay the opening any further. Even though it is not finished, they still have a great collection of artwork on display, which is well worth a visit.

I think Brian’s favourite piece is a sculpture of a jesters head by Picasso, a really delightful bronze. I have to say it really is quite beautiful.

However, I do love Degas. I’ve always loved the way in which he depicts people, and the dancers he paints are just exquisite. They have a rather cheeky statue of a girl bathing, which I really admired. I love how he has captured the movement of the girl, how you can really feel her washing her hair.

Over the two floors there was an interesting selection of artists, including Picasso, Degas, Rodin, Seurat and Modigliani to name but a few.