56 from the holdings of the Musée Colonial. It was further enriched over the years by the new institution’s active acquisitions policy. The permanent collection will present more than 3,000 works shown in four thematic sections: Origins: The Stories of the World; Species: The Fabric of Life; Societies: The Theater of Mankind; and Eternities: Visions of the Great Beyond. Two inaugural exhibitions will feature most of the Émile Guimet pieces in Les Trésors de Guimet (The Guimet Treasures) and objects derived from curiosity cabinets in Dans la Chambre des Merveilles (In the Chamber of Marvels), both on view from the museum’s opening until July 2015. An abundance of cultural events—lectures, concerts, and a variety of academic programs— are also planned. A NEW SETTING FOR PICASSO Paris—This past October 25, after a five-year closure for renovation and expansion, Paris’ Musée Picasso finally reopened its doors. The event received all the attention in the press and from the public that might be expected, but it was also marked by controversy about the way that the project was ultimately executed. In any event, the museum remains a place of pilgrimage for art lovers, and tribal art aficionados will find much there to satisfy their appetites, especially in the galleries dedicated to the artist’s primitivist paintings and sculptures, which were inspired by his encounter with African, Oceanic, and other tribal art forms, as well as by Iberian influences. A new space on the third floor devoted to Picasso’s own collection includes several tribal artworks he owned. THE MUSÉE DES CONFLUENCES Lyon—The construction of the Musée des Confluences in Lyon is nearly complete and its public opening is scheduled for December 20, 2014. The architecture of the building is radical—hovering somewhere between crystalline and cloudlike—and it will be home to the museum’s holdings of more than two million objects representing fields as varied as paleontology, mineralogy, zoology, entomology, anthropology, Egyptology, and prehistory. The core of its current collection is that of the former Musée d’Histoire Naturelle augmented with donations of famous collector Émile Guimet, as well as with objects collected by missionaries and MUSEUM News Musée des Confluences under construction, June 2014 © Musée des Confluences. Photo: Quentin Lafont. Right: Installation view of the renovated Musée Picasso, Paris. Right: Installation view of the renovated Musée Picasso, Paris. Below: Ceremonial axe.New Caledonia. Stone, wood, fiber, shell, flying fox fur, tapa. H: 12 cm. Collection of the Musée des Confluences. Photo: Benoît Lapray. Left: Émile Guimet. © Musée des Confluences. Below left: Accretion of bird bones.Saint-Vallier-sur- Rhône, France. Lower Pleistocene. H: 40 cm. Collection of the Musée des Confluences. Photo: Benoît Lapray. Below center: Standing bear with open mouth, by Elijah Michael,Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada. Serpentine.H: 45.5 cm. Collection of the Musée des Confluences, inv. 2001.1.2. Photo: Patrick Ageneau.
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