Lille - Surroundings

Northeast of Lille is Villeneuve-d'Ascq, which has a fine Museum of Modern Art with over 200 exhibits, including works by Bauchant, Braque, Kandinsky, Klee, Laurens, Léger, Masson, Miró, Modigliani, Picasso, Rouault and Van Dongen. The founders of the museum were among the leading private collectors of Cubist art in France. There are periodic special exhibitions in a new annex.