1. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Paris's Grand Palais Paris's Grand Palais

2. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Paris's Grand Palais Buren fills Paris's Grand Palais with colour  France’s newly elected President François Hollande attended the opening of the latest Monumenta project at Paris’s Grand Palais  Buren’s work Excentrique(s) features a canopy of coloured plastic circles held up by 1,500 black and white posts at approximately the minimum ceiling height allowed in Paris apartments.  The setting presents the artist with the challenge of filling a vast space under a belle époque glass and steel ceiling.  The focus of the project is on the use of light, which here is particularly remarkable,” - Buren  The light in the Grand Palais changes according to the weather.  The circular panels were inspired by the building’s curves.  Sound is also part of the show. Rotating speakers broadcast voices quietly speaking numbers in 37 different languages.

3. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Paris's Grand Palais Canopy: a cloth covering over a throne, bed, etc. Inevitably: certain to happen; unavoidable. Autonomous: the possession or right of self- government. Belle Époque: was a period in French history that is conventionally dated as starting in 1890 and ending when World War I began in 1914. Eccentric: unconventional and slightly strange.

4. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Paris's Grand Palais EnglishFrench canopydais inevitablyinévitablement autonomousautonome beautiful erabelle epoque eccentricexcentrique

5. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Paris's Grand Palais  The Grand Palais was built in 3 years, from 1897 to 1900  Workforce on the construction site in 1900 at its peak: 1,500  The flag flown over the building measures 4 x 6 m  Total metal weight for the entire Grand Palais: 8,500 metric tons  Working area: 72,000 m2  Nave floor space: 13 500 m2  Height: 45 m under the dome. The Grand Palais Information

6. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Paris's Grand Palais Though the main gallery is now a designated site for displaying contemporary art, you'll see everything here from antique car shows to fashion extravaganzas from some of Paris's top designers. What's Inside?

7. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Paris's Grand Palais Daniel Buren Daniel Buren (born 25 March 1938 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French conceptual artist.

8. © 2011 wheresjenny.com Paris's Grand Palais What is Conceptual Art?