Butterfly exhibition at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon

How long does it take for a caterpillar to become something other than itself? The Musée des Confluences takes this question literally and, over nearly two years, traces the entire life cycle of the butterfly, from egg to chrysalis and from chrysalis…

Bonnard Exhibition, The Collections, at the Bonnard Museum in Le Cannet

A painter who spent his life painting the same dining room, the same bathtub, the same woman, and who never painted the same picture twice. Pierre Bonnard returns to Le Cannet, to the house-museum dedicated to him, with a unique exhibition drawn from…

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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Roman art from the Louvre, a world of images

Museum of Roman Civilization
From June 11, 2026 to January 10, 2027

In Nîmes, the Roman world is not a memory: it is a geography. The Maison Carrée is intact, the Arena still welcomes spectators.

• 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

Shigeru Ban exhibition, Building a Better World, at the Centre Pompidou-Metz

Cardboard, bamboo, reclaimed wood. With these materials, once considered humble, Shigeru Ban has been building churches, museums, and emergency shelters for forty years, and the Centre Pompidou-Metz is dedicating an exhibition to him, which he…

Exhibition: Diving into the Unknown at the National Maritime Museum in Toulon

How far can one descend, and what do we find at the bottom? The National Maritime Museum in Toulon takes this question seriously and retraces the entire underwater adventure in the Mediterranean, from Cousteau's first dives to the FNRS III…

Exhibition "Art is a Conquest: André Malraux and Modern Art" at the MuMa in Le Havre

“We can only feel through comparison.” The phrase is by André Malraux, and the MuMa (Musée d'art moderne André Malraux) has made it the very principle of its exhibition for the fiftieth anniversary of his death. The museum in Le Havre that bears his…

Exhibition "Voyage à l'anglaise, Turner et les artistes du Grand Tour" (English Journey, Turner and the Artists of the Grand Tour), at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille

In 1819, a forty-four-year-old Englishman crossed the Alps for the first time and encountered a light that no watercolor had yet been able to capture. William Turner had a solid reputation behind him, Italy before him, and the unwavering conviction…

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Louvre Photo exhibition at the Louvre Museum: our photos and our opinion

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, Max Hetzler: our photos and our opinion

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
• Unavoidable

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.

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• 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.

• Photo
• Free

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.

• Photo
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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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• Free

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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• Free

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.

• Photo
• Festival

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.

• Digital
• 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.

• Unusual
• With family

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…