Centre Pompidou turns 40 with €100m renovation

The Centre Pompidou in Paris, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, opened in 1977 and has long been criticized by the public. Now turning 40, it celebrates with a rehang and maintenance works costing at least €100 million. The renovation, scheduled between 2018 and 2020, includes replacing the famous exterior escalator, the "bruco" (caterpillar). The museum will remain open, having seen a 9% increase in visitors while the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay declined. A rich program of events, exhibitions, theater, film, and dance will take place across France, including a Henri Matisse drawing show at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Kandinsky paintings at the Musée de Grenoble, and Joan Miró at the Chapelle du Carmel in Libourne.