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Beaubourg: The Pompidou Center, Paris
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Can one control art which criticizes `the system' by absorbing it into the system, and elevating it to the status of the official avant-garde? And is that what the authorities were trying to do in Paris when they built the Centre Georges Pompidou after the upheavals of 1968? The students on the streets of Paris were demanding a social and cultural revolution; their ideas were apparently expressed in the founding of `Beaubourg,' but at the same time its collections and exhibitions showcase French culture and France's importance as the perennial home of modern, and post-modern, art. So is Beaubourg an expression of cultural and political freedom, or is it really a symbol of central control?
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Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers The Pompidou Center, Paris
| Credits | Director Nick Levinson Presenter/Writer Michael Baldwin Open University/BBC |
| 25 minutes Color Recommended audience age range 18-adult | |
