Palais de Tokyo

This guide to the Palais de Tokyo in Paris traces the building's identity from its 1937 World's Fair origins as a neoclassical museum through its 2002 reinvention, when curators Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans stripped it to bare concrete and pipes and declared it a site for contemporary creation rather than a museum. It follows a young, then-unknown Thai filmmaker who worked here through its residency program years before his career changed. Come after dark, since the galleries stay open until midnight.