Musée national de la Marine : une Contre-soirée gratuite dans les profondeurs le 5 novembre

Le musée national de la Marine ouvre gratuitement ses portes le jeudi 5 novembre 2026, de 19h à 23h, pour une Contre-soirée placée sous le signe de L'appel des profondeurs. Slam, DJ set, linogravure et rencontres divinatoires accompagnent la visite,…

• Photo
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Exposition Révéler, la collection photo du Centre Pompidou à Paris Photo

GRAND PALAIS
Du 12 au 15 novembre 2026

Le Centre Pompidou est l'invité de Paris Photo et installe Révéler au Grand Palais du 12 au 15 novembre 2026, avec une trentaine d'artistes choisis dans sa collection de photographie.

• Photo
• Living room

Salon Paris Photo 2026 au Grand Palais

GRAND PALAIS
Du 12 au 15 novembre 2026

Paris Photo revient au Grand Palais du 12 au 15 novembre 2026 pour sa 29e édition, sous la direction de Florence Bourgeois et la direction artistique d'Anna Planas, avec la collection du Centre Pompidou pour invitée.

• Drawing
• Contemporary

Exposition Yann Kebbi au musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen

MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE CAEN
Du 7 novembre 2026 au 7 mars 2027

Le musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen clôt son cycle de résidences avec Yann Kebbi, dessinateur du New Yorker et premier lauréat du prix Cauvin-Monet : monotypes, pastels inédits et papiers monumentaux.

• Photo
• Free

Festival PhotoSaintGermain 2026, 15e édition sur la rive gauche

PHOTOSAINTGERMAIN
Du 5 au 28 novembre 2026

PhotoSaintGermain fête sa quinzième édition du 5 au 28 novembre 2026 et déploie un parcours photographique gratuit dans une trentaine de galeries, librairies et institutions des 5e, 6e et 7e arrondissements.

• Drawing
• Free

Exposition The New Yorker, un siècle de couvertures, à la Galerie Martel

GALERIE MARTEL
Du 6 novembre 2026 au 16 janvier 2027

La Galerie Martel réunit du 6 novembre 2026 au 16 janvier 2027 les originaux, esquisses et recherches qui ont donné naissance aux couvertures du New Yorker, sous le commissariat de Françoise Mouly, directrice artistique du magazine depuis 1993.

• News
• Contemporary

Le Centre Pompidou, le MoMA et M+ signent une alliance inédite

CENTRE POMPIDOU, MoMA ET M+
Accord signé le 30 octobre 2026

Laurent Le Bon, Christophe Cherix et Suhanya Raffel ont signé le 30 octobre 2026 à Hongkong un accord-cadre qui lie le Centre Pompidou, le MoMA et M+ autour de leurs collections, de prêts de longue durée et de programmes coorganisés.

• Photo
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Exposition Louvre Photo au musée du Louvre

MUSÉE DU LOUVRE
Du 4 novembre 2026 au 3 mai 2027

Le musée du Louvre confie à Dominique de Font-Réaulx et à Quentin Bajac, directeur du Jeu de Paume, le commissariat de Louvre Photo, visible sur la Mezzanine Napoléon du 4 novembre 2026 au 3 mai 2027, dans une scénographie de Juan Felipe Alarcón.

• Photo
• 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, under a title that announces a reflection on photography itself.

• News
• 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.

• Movie theater
• With family

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.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

The Birth of Waves exhibition at the Conciergerie

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.

• 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.

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…

• Free
• Concert

ARTE Concert Festival: two evenings of free concerts at the Gaîté Lyrique

GAÎTÉ LYRIQUE
October 30 and 31, 2026

The Gaîté Lyrique will host the eleventh edition of the ARTE Concert Festival on October 30 and 31, 2026, free with reservation. Kneecap, Shygirl, Uzi Freyja, and Uche Yara will perform in the main hall from 7:15 p.m. to 11:15 p.m.

• Contemporary
• Unusual

Exhibition "Bursts of Laughter!" at the Tripostal in Lille

LE TRIPOSTAL, LILLE
From October 9, 2026 to January 3, 2027

For the first time, the Tripostal brings together the twenty-two Regional Contemporary Art Funds around the often-maligned art form: humor. From October 9, 2026, to January 3, 2027, "Éclats du rire!" (Bursts of Laughter!) features 153 works by 104 artists in Lille, transforming the building into a comedy club on Thursday evenings.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

Aléas exhibition at the CID in Grand-Hornu, near Mons

CID AT GRAND-HORNU
From November 15, 2026 to April 18, 2027

The CID at Grand-Hornu entrusts its winter exhibition to chance. From November 15, 2026 to April 18, 2027, Aléas, pratiques de l'adaptation brings together in Hornu, near Mons, designers who work with gravity, the living and the already-there rather than imposing a plan, in a former coal mine listed as a world heritage site.

• Theater
• Festival

Radio Live, The Day After, by Aurélie Charon, at Chaillot

CHAILLOT, NATIONAL DANCE THEATRE
November 5-7, 2026

Aurélie Charon and the Radio Live collective are presenting two world premieres of The Day After at Chaillot from November 5 to 7, 2026, one written in Kyiv, the other in Cairo, for the Autumn Festival.

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• Discovery

The "Eating Images" exhibition at the Mucem in Marseille

MUCEM, J4 LEVEL 2
From October 28, 2026 to April 12, 2027

The Mucem tells in four hundred and thirty-five pieces how, around the Mediterranean, images were eaten, from the host to the love cake, with Ingres, Meret Oppenheim and Michel Journiac.

• Shows
• Free

Focus on Ireland: the City Theatre celebrates Samhain for free on November 1st

CITY THEATRE, SARAH BERNHARDT
November 1, 2026

The Théâtre de la Ville opens its Focus on Ireland on Sunday, November 1, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 6:30 PM, with a free day of festivities dedicated to Samhain, the Celtic ancestor of Halloween. Isabelle Huppert, Stephen Rea, Jean Butler, Louise Mulcahy, Michael Keegan-Dolan, and Oona Doherty share the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre.

• Free
• Movie theater

Palais de la Porte Dorée: a big free weekend for the opening of A History of French Cinema

GOLDEN PORTE PALACE
October 31 and November 1, 2026

The Palais de la Porte Dorée opens its doors free of charge on Saturday, October 31st and Sunday, November 1st, 2026 to launch "A History of French Cinema: Maghreb Heritages." Meetings, workshops, screenings, and an evening dedicated to Camélia Jordana fill the two days, with reservations required.

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• Movie theater

Exhibition: A History of French Cinema. Maghreb Heritage at the Palais de la Porte Dorée

Palais de la Porte Dorée
From October 30, 2026 to March 21, 2027

The National Museum of the History of Immigration dedicates its major autumn exhibition to artists of North African descent who have shaped French cinema since the 1960s. "A History of French Cinema: North African Heritage" is being held at the Palais de la Porte Dorée from October 30, 2026 to March 21, 2027, and opens with a free weekend.

• Contemporary
• Free

Marcel Duchamp Prize 2026: Brognon Rollin duo winners at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris

Museum of Modern Art, Paris
From October 2, 2026 to February 7, 2027

David Brognon and Stéphanie Rollin received the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2026 on October 22, at the Musée d'art moderne de Paris, where the four nominees remain together until February 7, 2027. The duo owes its victory to an installation built around hundreds of tokens of sobriety, those medals that reward each stage of weaning.

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A Monet sold for 50 million euros at Sotheby's Paris: an absolute auction record in France

SOTHEBY'S PARIS
Sale of October 22, 2026

Claude Monet holds the new auction record in France. His Iris, painted in Giverny around 1924, was sold for 50 million euros including fees on October 22 at Sotheby's Paris, after a forty-five-minute battle between six bidders.

• Digital
• With family

Cleopatra, the Destiny of Egypt exhibition, at BHV Marais

BHV MARAIS
Until January 3, 2027

A department store has given over its fifth floor to a virtual epic: wearing a headset, we follow the last queen of Egypt, until January 3, 2027 at BHV Marais. Thirty minutes of immersion, one hour visit.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Exhibition: Oli's Imaginary Museum at the Grand Palais

GRAND PALAIS
From December 2, 2026 to February 21, 2027

Oli, one half of the Toulouse duo Bigflo & Oli, occupies 1,300 square meters of the Grand Palais on three levels, from December 2, 2026 to February 21, 2027, to install his imaginary museum co-signed with Jérôme Sans.

• Classic
• Free

Exhibition of Albert Lebourg, a forgotten Impressionist, at the Meudon Museum

MEUDON MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY
Until February 21, 2027

The Meudon Museum of Art and History is bringing back into the spotlight Albert Lebourg, a Norman landscape painter who exhibited with the Impressionists. Around sixty works, many of them previously unseen, are on display until February 21, 2027. Admission is free.

• Literary
• Food & Drink

Exhibition From Vine to Glass: Wine in Balzac's Work, at the Maison de Balzac

BALZAC'S HOUSE
From November 26, 2026 to April 6, 2027

The Maison de Balzac follows wine from seller to consumer, from November 26, 2026 to April 6, 2027. More than eighty works, paintings, engravings, posters and winemaking equipment, for a subject that comes at just the right time.