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| | The Art Newspaper -- News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | With a budget of 68 million, the Beaux-Arts Petit Palais in Paris is gradually being remodelled by architects Chaix & Morel into a sleek modern museum. |
 | | The first task, to strip out all the sub-divisions and layers that had been added, is now complete and the second phase, of remodelling, is soon to begin. |
 | | The public will finally be able to rediscover the Petit Palais’ collection, very rich in sculpture (Carpeaux, Carriès, Dalou, Rodin), as well as painting with works by Courbet, Géricault, Delacroix, Manet, Sisley, Moet, Renoir, Cézanne... |
| www.theartnewspaper.com /news/article.asp?idart=9873 (518 words) |
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