LAM - Museum of Modern contemporay and art Brut, VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ

After over four years’ renovation and extension work, the Lille Métropole (Villeneuve d’Ascq) Museum of Modern Ahas repoened under a new name: the LaM – Lille Métropole Musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut (museum of modern, contemporary and outsider art).Its two very fine architectural units, which are surrounded by a sculpture park (Alexandre Calder, Pablo Picasso, Eugène Dodeigne and others), will from now on be housing three outstanding collections of 20th and 21st century works. To sum up: more than 4,500 works (some of which have never been on show to the public before), a 4,000 m2 exhibition area, plus an auditorium, a café-restaurant and more besides.