Exposition Papillons au musée des Confluences à Lyon

Combien de temps une chenille met-elle à devenir autre chose qu’elle-même ? Le musée des Confluences prend la question au pied de la lettre et déroule, sur près de deux ans, le cycle entier du papillon, de l’œuf à la chrysalide et de la chrysalide à…

Exposition Bonnard, Les Collections, au musée Bonnard du Cannet

Un peintre qui a passé sa vie à peindre la même salle à manger, la même baignoire, la même femme, et qui n’a jamais fait deux fois le même tableau. Pierre Bonnard revient au Cannet, dans la maison-musée qui lui est consacrée, avec un accrochage…

The Frac Auvergne opens the Halle aux Blés in Clermont-Ferrand with "The Eternal Molts"

Three hundred and fifty square meters of exhibition space yesterday, more than nine hundred today. The Frac Auvergne has moved into an 18th-century grain market and is opening its doors wide. The building was constructed between 1762 and 1771 by…

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L'art romain du Louvre, un monde d'images

Musée de la Romanité
Du 11 juin 2026 au 10 janvier 2027

À Nîmes, le monde romain n'est pas un souvenir : c'est une géographie. La Maison Carrée est intacte, les Arènes reçoivent encore des spectateurs

• Classic
• Photo

Surreal Women Exhibition at the Nantes Museum of Fine Arts

NANTES MUSEUM OF ARTS
From November 20, 2026 to March 21, 2027

The smugglers and the surrealist painters

Exposition Shigeru Ban, Bâtir un monde meilleur, au Centre Pompidou-Metz

Du carton, du bambou, du bois de récupération. Avec ces matériaux qu’on croyait pauvres, Shigeru Ban bâtit depuis quarante ans des églises, des musées et des abris d’urgence, et le Centre Pompidou-Metz lui consacre une exposition dont il signe…

Exposition Plongée(s) dans l’inconnu au musée national de la Marine de Toulon

Jusqu’où peut-on descendre, et que trouve-t-on en bas ? Le musée national de la Marine de Toulon prend la question au sérieux et remonte toute l’aventure sous-marine en Méditerranée, des premières plongées de Cousteau au bathyscaphe FNRS III. On y…

Exposition L’art est une conquête, André Malraux et l’art moderne, au MuMa du Havre

« Nous ne pouvons sentir que par comparaison. » La phrase est d’André Malraux, et le MuMa en fait le principe même de son accrochage pour le cinquantenaire de sa disparition. Le musée du Havre qui porte son nom lui rend onze mois de salles, ce qui…

Exposition Voyage à l’anglaise, Turner et les artistes du Grand Tour, au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille

En 1819, un Anglais de quarante-quatre ans franchit les Alpes pour la première fois et rencontre une lumière qu’aucune aquarelle n’avait encore su retenir. William Turner a derrière lui une réputation solide, devant lui l’Italie, et la conviction…

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Louvre Photo exhibition at the Louvre Museum

LOUVRE MUSEUM
From November 4, 2026 to May 3, 2027

The Louvre Museum has entrusted Dominique de Font-Réaulx and Quentin Bajac, director of the Jeu de Paume, with the curatorship of Louvre Photo, visible on the Napoleon Mezzanine from November 4, 2026 to May 3, 2027, in a scenography by Juan Felipe Alarcón.

• Contemporary
• Free

Elmgreen & Dragset Exhibition, The Madmen Across the Street, at the Max Hetzler Gallery

MAX HETZLER GALLERY
From October 19 to December 16, 2026

Elmgreen & Dragset occupy both addresses of the Max Hetzler gallery, which face each other across the rue du Temple. The Scandinavian duo installs their deceptive sets there, and the title does the rest.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

The Birth of Waves exhibition at the Conciergerie: our photos and our review

CONCIERGE SERVICE
From November 4th to December 20th, 2026

Émilie Faïf and Nicolas André are suspending an installation under the vaults of the Salle des Gens d'armes, the largest Gothic civil hall in Europe, before a long campaign of works.

• Contemporary
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Ibrahim Mahama exhibition at the Cartier Foundation: our photos and our review

CARTIER FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
From October 22, 2026 to February 28, 2027

From October 22, 2026 to February 28, 2027, the Cartier Foundation entrusts all of its spaces in the Palais-Royal to the Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama: a glass bottle factory dismantled in Ghana and reassembled in Paris, a parliament of stools and several guest artists.

• Free
• Discovery

Open Studios from Antwerp to Abbesses: 105 artists open their studios in Montmartre

OPEN DAYS IN ANTWERP AT THE ABBESSES
November 20-23, 2026

The Open Studios event in Angers aux Abbesses brings together 105 artists in 48 studios in Montmartre, from November 20 to 23, 2026, with free admission. The association opens workspaces that are not normally accessible to the public, from the Cité Montmartre aux Artistes to the Atelier d’Art Lepic, which hosts Henri Landier.

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The Great Greenhouses of Pantin open with an inaugural weekend

THE GREAT GREENS OF PANTIN
From November 6 to 8, 2026

The Grandes Serres de Pantin officially open to the public from November 6 to 8, 2026, on the banks of the Ourcq canal. The former Pouchard tube factory becomes an 11,000 m² public hall which three days of concerts, workshops and tastings inaugurate, with Baume Chérie, the first monograph of the place entrusted to Idir Davaine.

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The best free photo exhibitions in Paris

PARIS AND ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
Eleven free exhibitions

Photography is celebrating its two hundredth anniversary, and much of what's on display in Paris and the Île-de-France region is free. Eleven free exhibitions, from galleries in the Marais to suburban photography houses, are listed from the most prominent to the most obscure.

National Maritime Museum: a free counter-evening event in the depths on November 5th

The National Maritime Museum will open its doors free of charge on Thursday, November 5, 2026, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., for a special event themed "The Call of the Depths." Slam poetry, a DJ set, linocut printing, and divination sessions will…

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Exhibition: Revealing the photo collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris

GRAND PALAIS
November 12-15, 2026

The Centre Pompidou is the guest of Paris Photo and is installing Révéler at the Grand Palais from November 12 to 15, 2026, with around thirty artists chosen from its photography collection.

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• Living room

Paris Photo 2026 Fair at the Grand Palais

GRAND PALAIS
November 12-15, 2026

Paris Photo returns to the Grand Palais from November 12 to 15, 2026 for its 29th edition, under the direction of Florence Bourgeois and the artistic direction of Anna Planas, with the Centre Pompidou collection as a guest.

• Drawing
• Contemporary

Yann Kebbi exhibition at the Caen Museum of Fine Arts

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS OF CAEN
From November 7, 2026 to March 7, 2027

The Caen Museum of Fine Arts concludes its residency cycle with Yann Kebbi, cartoonist for the New Yorker and first winner of the Cauvin-Monet prize: monotypes, unpublished pastels and monumental papers.

• Photo
• Free

PhotoSaintGermain Festival 2026, 15th edition on the left bank

PHOTOSAINTGERMAIN
From November 5 to 28, 2026

PhotoSaintGermain celebrates its fifteenth edition from November 5 to 28, 2026 and unfolds a photographic journey in thirty-eight galleries, bookstores and institutions on the left bank.

• Drawing
• Free

The New Yorker exhibition, a century of covers, at the Martel Gallery

MARTEL GALLERY
From November 6, 2026 to January 16, 2027

From November 6, 2026 to January 16, 2027, Galerie Martel brings together the originals, sketches and research that gave birth to the covers of The New Yorker, under the curatorship of Françoise Mouly, artistic director of the magazine since 1993.

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The Centre Pompidou, MoMA and M+ sign an unprecedented alliance

Centre Pompidou, MoMA and M+
Agreement signed on October 30, 2026

Laurent Le Bon, Christophe Cherix and Suhanya Raffel signed a framework agreement in Hong Kong on October 30, 2026, linking the Centre Pompidou, MoMA and M+ around their collections, long-term loans and co-organized programs.

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Exhibition Paris1, the poetics of photography at Studio Harcourt

STUDIO HARCOURT
From November 2nd to 14th, 2026

Studio Harcourt opens its gallery to Mark Heier from November 2 to 14, 2026, with free access, with Paris1, a title that announces a reflection on photography itself.

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Bowie Exhibition: Inspiration, Fascination, Generation at the Halle des Blancs-Manteaux

HALLE DES BLANCS-CANTEAUX
December 11-13, 2026

From December 11 to 13, 2026, the Halle des Blancs-Manteaux will host "Bowie, Inspiration, Fascination, Generation," a collective exhibition of eighteen artists presented within the 4Art fair. Painting, photography, sculpture, and digital art respond to the figure of the singer, with Bowie France as a partner and free admission.

• Contemporary
• Free

Eric Reynier's Explorations exhibition at the Galerie de l'Europe

GALLERY OF EUROPE
From October 20 to November 21, 2026

From October 20 to November 21, 2026, the Galerie de l’Europe presents paintings by Éric Reynier, entitled Explorations. The figures in this exhibition all originate from clay models, ephemeral creations whose traces are preserved only on the canvas. Free admission, rue de Seine.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone film concert at the Grand Rex

THE GRAND REX
From November 4th to 8th, 2026

The Yellow Socks Orchestra plays John Williams' score live under the screen of the Grand Rex, for the twenty-fifth anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

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Photo Days Festival 2026 in Paris and the Île-de-France region

PHOTO DAYS
November 2-30, 2026

agnès b. is sponsoring the seventh edition of Photo Days, which brings together twenty-six galleries and a dozen institutions for the bicentenary year of photography.

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• Free

Keep Dancing exhibition at the EDF Group Foundation Space

EDF GROUP FOUNDATION SPACE
From November 4, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Núria Guiu Sagarra and Tiler Gab open the third season of Dans(e) la lumière with a free two-story journey, where the gesture ends up escaping the one who makes it.

Halloween in the regions: our top museums and castles that will send shivers down your spine

From Lille to Bordeaux, regional museums and castles are preparing for October 31st: murder mystery parties in the galleries, macabre tours, free evening openings, and creatures hidden in paintings. Our selection of six events outside the…