I Pompi-did it.

I can cross one more thing off my New Year's Resolution List:

5.      Visit the Centre Pompidou

I visited the gigantic national museum of modern art this afternoon and, as expected by these types of museums, I was intrigued, disgusted, confused, and amused from top to bottom of the museum's six floors.  We weren't able to get into one of the exhibits (more accurately: we decided not to pay for it) and instead wandered the less costly portions.  This included the museum's permanent collection and an exhibit called "elles@centrepompidou," which featured female contemporary artists.

Wall at the "elles@centrepompidou" exhibit entrance

The permanent collection included:

Jackson Pollack

Matisse

Chagall

....and this cool waterfall-inspired sculpture whose artist I don't remember.