Pompidou Museum invites public for last look before renovation

PARIS — The Pompidou Museum in Paris has invited art-lovers in for a last look at its collection before it closes its doors for a five-year major renovation.The museum, one of the world’s biggest modern art spaces, will host a series of performances this weekend before its permanent collection is removed ahead of the renovation work.From Monday, specialists will begin taking away the roughly 2,000 items on permanent display — from paintings by Francis Bacon to the sculptures of Marcel Duchamp.