Detail from Raoul Dufy’s huge La Fée Électricité (The Spirit of Electricity, 1937) in the Museum of Modern Art (Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris).
The free Museum of Modern Art (Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris) offers an easy way to see 20th-century and contemporary art inside the Palais de Tokyo. Its standout murals by Matisse and Dufy alone make it worth a detour, and the permanent collection can be enjoyed without tickets or reservations.