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Pompidou

American  
[pom-pi-doo, pawn-pee-doo] / ˈpɒm pɪˌdu, pɔ̃ piˈdu /

noun

  1. Georges Jean Raymond 1911–74, French political leader: prime minister 1962–68; president 1969–74.


Pompidou British  
/ pɔ̃pidu /

noun

  1. Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1911–74, French statesman; president of France (1969–74)

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Abdoulaye N was previously a guard at the Center Pompidou in Paris, an arts centre containing Europe's largest museum of modern art.

From BBC

Her artist books have been sold or exhibited at Centre de Pompidou, Art Metropole, Printed Matter and MoCA.

From Salon

Held at the Centre Pompidou, the show’s set was created in collaboration with Studio Mumbai, an Indian architectural firm, and imagined as a life-size game of Snakes and Ladders.

From Los Angeles Times

There was recently a show at the Pompidou Center, a really exhaustive retrospective of Surrealism.

From Los Angeles Times

The show, which runs through Nov. 10, presents some 60 paintings by the artist, all but two of which come from the Pompidou Center in Paris, which owns a vast trove of around 1,300 items, including his artworks, archives and the contents of his studio, donated by his widow, Nina Kandinsky.

From New York Times