In our Paris city guide we recommend a visit to the Picasso Museum to admire some of the Spanish artist’s major works. That museum has recently closed and will remain so until 2012, as the 17th century mansion it calls home undergoes a renovation. Perhaps a little Picasso break will be good for Paris, as the city hosted the major “Picasso and the Masters” exhibition earlier this year in its national art gallery, the Grand Palais. France also honored the artist with special events all over Provence, so a Picasso absence from the country for a while won’t do much harm. But Parisians having to wait until 2012 to see the work of one of the world’s major artists seems like a long time, so they can still take a look at ten Picassos at the Centre Pompidou.

Another not-so-great news from another Paris museum is the reported opening of a McDonald’s near the Louvre next month. It will be found in the underground shopping area below the museum (the “Carrousel du Louvre”) and is already causing much controversy and protests. A similar outcry happened last year with the opening of a Starbucks nearby, but even a petition by Louvre admirers and employees wasn’t able to stop it.
Just FYI, France has the most McDonald’s after the United States, making the French the biggest Big Mac fans after Americans. So a McDonald’s at the Louvre almost makes sense. Almost.

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