it took more than seventy years before eg on sheila and v.n. these modern isms contribution to european cultural history was recognised in france. last. few when the sound were pompidou this triumphant temple of modernism opened in one thousand nine hundred seventy seven. large exhibitions were organized that sought to reassert paris as a major player in european art or. these exhibitions were planned by pointers to ten the first director of the central pompidou. and also they included the series paris new york paris berlin paris moscow. the more of these exhibitions managed to change the public s view of modernism. but afterward to became clear that something essential had been left out. you know it