Halle Saint-Pierre

At the foot of the Montmartre hill, this iron-and-glass market hall built in the Baltard style now houses a museum and gallery devoted to art brut, naïve and outsider art. Its airy 19th-century structure, once a covered market, provides a luminous setting for changing exhibitions of self-taught and marginal artists from around the world. A bookshop and café complete the venue, which champions creativity outside the academic mainstream. The building stands amid the fabric shops of the Marché Saint-Pierre, long a magnet for textile buyers.