Les Abattoirs (modern & contemporary art museum)

Les Abattoirs (modern & contemporary art museum) : The Michelin guide review

Set along the Garonne River, these huge pink brick abattoirs, created in the 19C by Urbain Vitry, were restored and renovated to accommodate the Modern & Contemporary Art Museum, a media library, exhibition rooms and creative workshops. Highlights from the collection, on display alternately, include the stage curtain painted in July 1936 by Pablo Picasso for the Théâtre du Peuple, and works by Dubuffet, Appel, Bellmer, Riopelle, Clavé, Barcelo, Le Gac, etc.