When, local time:

　　Saturday, 21 May 2016 - 8:00pm to Sunday, 22 May 2016 - 12:00am

　　Where:

　　France, Paris

　　Type of Event:

　　Special Event

　　UNESCO is proud to support the European Night of Museums for the 8th consecutive year by giving its high patronage to the event, and by inviting the public to discover its buildings and art collection.

　　In opening the doors to its Headquarters in Paris, UNESCO will this year give the public the opportunity to visit the temporary exhibition "Art for Peace", co-organized by the Permanent Delegation of Belgium to UNESCO (with the cooperation of the General Delegation of Wallonia-Brussels) and the Permanent Delegation of the People's Republic of China to UNESCO, partners of the Organization for the 2016 edition of the European Night of Museums.

　　Showcasing a series of 22 new works by the artist Lin Xiang Xiong, this exhibition will also present an ensemble of contemporary works proposing a cross-cultural perspective between China and Belgium, with Michel Clerbois, Michel François, Alfredo Jaar, Lennep and Joëlle Tuerlinckx for the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Gongkai Pan, Jude Liu, Aiguo Li, Xiangxun Chen and Chevalier Li for China. Lin Xiang Xiong, as well as other artists whose works are exhibited, will be present during this cultural evening.

　　The public will also be able to discover, or rediscover, the modern architecture of the Organization's Headquarters – designed by Marcel Breuer, Luigi Nervi and Bernard Zehrfuss – and a part of its rich art collection, including works by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Erró, Alberto Giacometti, Eduardo Chillida, Henry Moore, Rufino Tamayo or Isamu Noguchi, among others.

　　Within a current global context which infringes upon the cultural diversity across the world and the freedom of peoples, it is all the more important that this significant event prevail by rendering culture accessible to all and by spreading a message of tolerance, mutual understanding and peace.

　　Visits will take place from 8 pm until midnight (last admission). Entrance at 7 place de Fontenoy (exit at 125 avenue de Suffren). Free entry, without prior booking.