American architect Frank Gehry was among the special guests invited to see the museum ahead of its official reopening

One of the most popular museums in Paris, the Picasso Museum, reopens on Saturday after a five-year closure for a costly and controversial renovation.

The opening is being hailed as a major event in the French arts scene, allowing access once again to perhaps the most important collection of Picasso paintings and sculptures in the world.The museum's home, the grandiose 17th Century Hotel Sale in the Marais district, has had its interior redesigned to create larger and lighter areas.There are two new storeys, a new reception hall in the former stables, and the basement has been excavated to recreate the world of Picasso's studios....Continue Reading

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