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THE SLAUGHTERS

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76, allée Charles-de-Fitte, 31300Toulouse, France
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2024
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2024

Museum of Contemporary Art: rich collection of over 3,500 works, mainly from the second half of the century.

The Musée des Abattoirs, which has been awarded the title of Musée de France, is dedicated to modern and contemporary art. It celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2020. It occupies the former industrial site of the municipal slaughterhouses of the city. Built in the Saint-Cyprien district outside the city walls between 1828 and 1832, on the plans of the young Toulouse architect Urbain Vitry, they met the expectations of this century of urban transformation, struck by modernization and the desire for hygiene. They ceased all activity in 1988. Entirely rehabilitated by the architects Antoine Stinco and Rémi Papillaut, it manages both the city's collections and those of the FRAC Occitanie-Méditerranée, i.e. about 3,500 works by 950 different artists.

Among the major pieces, the stage curtain entitled La Dépouille du Minotaure en costume d'Arlequin (13 m x 8 m) painted in 1936 by Pablo Picasso and Luis Fernandez for the mise au carreau (visible 6 months a year because of its fragility, according to the exhibitions of the moment). Made in the context of the Popular Front for the play written by Romain Rolland Le Quatorze juillet.

TheDaniel Cordier fund , gallery owner, collector and lover of primitive arts. His collection bequeathed to the Pompidou Center in Paris was relocated here. Dubuffet, Dado, Réquichot, Combas...

The Anthony Denney collection, photographer and collector, works from the 1950s and 1960s mainly. The Japanese Gutai, CoBrA with Karel Appel, Sam Francis...

The contemporary collection is constantly enriched by new acquisitions.


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evounette
Visited in february 2016
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Décevant. Mis à part la grande toile de Picasso. Toutefois, les collections changent.
A noter tout de même : beau batiment.
AVVoyageur
Visited in may 2016
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Le musée offre de belle expositions temporaires. Attention toutefois à se présenter suffisamment tot les weekend pour les visites guidées généralement complètes
ibla
Visited in may 2016
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Le musée des Abattoirs de Toulouse propose des expositions toujours surprenantes, notamment pour les non initiés à l'art contemporains et moderne !
Mais c'est toujours un bon moment que de déambuler dans ces grandes et hautes salles à la découverte d'oeuvres qui sont pour moi des étrangetés originales !!
Le bâtiment en lui-même est très beau, et les oeuvres sont bien mises en valeur.
De plus, le jardin Raymond VI, attenant au musée, est un agréable lieu de verdure agrémenté de quelques jeux pour les enfants, et qui permet, depuis l'esplanade, d'avoir une vue mémorable sur la Garonne et Toulouse.
Sim4L
Visited in august 2015
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Nice museum to make beautiful architecture that highlights works.
pescador17
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Avoid: much too expensive for an extremely discounted background. There is not much to see, except for the beautifully restored building.
The entrance is too high. Rather visit Musée des Augustins, it is magnificent!

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