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• Living room
• Sculpture

Ceramic Art Fair + Glass, 2nd edition, at the Maison de l’Amérique latine

LATIN AMERICA HOUSE
October 20-25, 2026

The Maison de l’Amérique latine hosts the 2nd edition of Ceramic Art Fair + Glass, the fire arts fair, where glass joins ceramics for the first time.

• Living room
• Free

Salon Réalités Nouvelles, 80th edition, at Césure

GAP BREAK
November 5-8, 2026

The Salon Réalités Nouvelles, born in 1946, celebrates its 80th edition in Césure: 120 artists, all forms of abstraction and three art and science installations, with free entry.

• Free
• Contemporary

Last days: the Sergey Kononov Memories exhibition at the Max Hetzler Gallery

MAX HETZLER GALLERY
From September 5 to October 10, 2026

Last days to see Sergey Kononov's canvases suspended in time: the Mémoires exhibition closes this Saturday, October 10.

• Case
• Photo

Bicentenary of photography: 12 photo exhibitions to see in the regions

IN THE REGIONS
Fall-Winter 2026-2027

From Chalon-sur-Saône, the birthplace of the invention, to Arles, Deauville or Strasbourg, here are the photo exhibitions to see in the regions for the 200th anniversary of photography.

• With family
• Discovery

Children's workshops in Paris: the best from All Saints' Day to Christmas 2026

PARIS AND ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
From October to December 2026

Twenty-five children's and family workshops in Paris, from All Saints' Day to the Christmas holidays, listed by date and updated weekly.

• Contemporary

Louisa Gagliardi exhibition, In Plain Sight, at the Mougins Art Centre

MOUGINS
From November 6, 2026 to April 4, 2027

The FAMM presents its second winter exhibition at the Mougins Art Centre: the first monograph in France of the Swiss artist Louisa Gagliardi, curated by Simon de Pury.

• Case
• Photo

Bicentenary of photography: 18 photo exhibitions to see in Paris and the Île-de-France region

PARIS AND ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
Autumn-Winter 2026-2027

Two hundred years of images, from the Louvre to Paris Photo: our autumn journey

• Living room
• Contemporary

Art fairs in Paris: 18 fairs analyzed, from Art Basel to Paris Photo

PARIS
From October 19 to November 15, 2026

From Art Basel Paris to Paris Photo, the eighteen autumn art fairs and exhibitions in Paris, analyzed one by one.

• Free
• Contemporary

Art Basel Paris 2026 free: our contemporary art tour beyond the walls

PARIS
October 20-25, 2026

During Art Basel Paris week, from October 20 to 25, 2026, around fifteen monumental works and exhibitions are offered free of charge between the Grand Palais, the Trocadéro and the left bank: Tracey Emin facing the Eiffel Tower, Cosima von Bonin and Prune Nourry at the Petit Palais, Alice Diop at the Palais d'Iéna, Kutluğ Ataman at the Beaux-Arts.

• Case
• Sculpture

Calder, the centenary: 11 locations in Touraine and Centre-Val de Loire

CENTRE-VAL DE LOIRE
Calder in the heart of France

One hundred years after Alexander Calder's arrival in Paris, the Centre-Val de Loire region celebrates the inventor of the mobile with "Calder at the heart of France", as part of the AR(t]CHIPEL festival: eleven venues, from Chambord to the Château du Rivau, host giant stabiles, mobiles, gouaches and films, from autumn 2026 to spring 2027.

• Food & Drink
• Theater

Secret theater cafes in Paris: 10 places to dine before the show

PARIS
10 theater cafes and restaurants

Ten cafes and restaurants located in Parisian theaters, from the Gros Rond du Rond-Point to the BeauCoCo du Palais Garnier, including the bar of the Théâtre du Soleil: most open without a ticket, and you can have lunch, dinner before the curtain rises or have a drink afterwards.

• Photo
• Free

Constellation Exhibition, Michael Kenna, at the Kiosk in Vannes

THE KIOSK
From November 27, 2026 to March 7, 2027

The Kiosk in Vannes presents Constellation, Michael Kenna, from November 27, 2026 to March 7, 2027. A selection comes from the 3,683 prints given to the State in 2022 by the photographer, a collection that France had never received.

• Photo
• Free

Black is Beautiful exhibition, Kwame Brathwaite, at the Robert-Doisneau House of Photography in Gentilly

ROBERT DOISNEAU HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Until March 14, 2027

The Robert Doisneau House of Photography in Gentilly presents Black is Beautiful until March 14, 2027. Kwame Brathwaite recounts an evening in January 1962 in Harlem, when young black women rejected by all the modeling agencies in New York paraded.

• Opera / Ballet

The Soldier's Tale / Into the Little Hill show at the Gennevilliers Theatre

GENNEVILLIERS THEATRE (92)
From November 8 to 16, 2026

From November 8 to 16, 2026, the Opéra-Comique, whose Salle Favart is closed for renovations, presents The Soldier's Tale and Into the Little Hill at the Théâtre de Gennevilliers. Two parables combined in a single evening of surtitled opera: that of a soldier who sells his violin to the devil and that of a flute player who leads the children of a town away.

• Drawing
• Discovery

Hokusai, The Wave and Others exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London

DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY
From October 20, 2026 to January 17, 2027

From October 20, 2026 to January 17, 2027, the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London presents "Hokusai, The Wave and Others." For the first time in the UK, the complete series of Katsushika Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, comprising forty-six prints in Prussian blue, is brought together.

• Classic
• Discovery

The exhibition "Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin!" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest

Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
From October 30, 2026 to February 28, 2027

From October 30, 2026 to February 28, 2027, the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest presents "Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin!". Focusing on Paul Gauguin and the circles of artists he encountered, from Pont-Aven to Tahiti, the exhibition brings together one hundred and fifty works, including eighty by the painter, a collection that Hungary had never seen before.

• Contemporary
• Living room

Art Basel Paris 2026 at the Grand Palais

GRAND PALAIS
October 23-25, 2026

From October 23 to 25, 2026, the fifth edition of Art Basel Paris will take place at the Grand Palais. Shared booths, a balcony dedicated to sixteen solo exhibitions, thirty-two galleries discovering the fair, and a new Premise sector open to works from before 1900 make it an event where discoveries compete with big names.

• Contemporary
• Free

Walid Raad Exhibition, Festival of (In)Gratitude at CENTQUATRE-PARIS

LE CENTQUATRE-PARIS
From October 23 to November 22, 2026

From October 23 to November 22, 2026, CENTQUATRE-PARIS entrusts its Stables to Walid Raad for "Festival of (In)Gratitude," with free admission. A world premiere: the Lebanese-American photographer and visual artist will personally lead more than thirty tours of his photographs, collages, sculptures, and videos, rooted in forty years of war in the Middle East.

• Contemporary
• Free

Prune Nourry Exhibition, Visionaries at the Petit Palais

PETIT PALAIS
From October 20, 2026 to January 24, 2027

From October 20, 2026 to January 24, 2027, the Petit Palais invites Prune Nourry for "Visionaries," with free admission. The artist gives a face to eighteen forgotten female sculptors, including Käthe Kollwitz, Jane Poupelet and Sarah Bernhardt, through eighteen plaster and bronze busts, ranging from seventy centimeters to three and a half meters in height.

• Photo

Stan Douglas Exhibition, Parallax at the Jeu de Paume

JEU DE PAUME
From October 20, 2026 to January 10, 2027

From October 20, 2026 to January 10, 2027, the Jeu de Paume is dedicating its most important French monograph in thirty years to Stan Douglas with "Parallax." Between photography and cinema, the Canadian artist recreates vanished scenes—riots, ballrooms, or street corners—with the precision of an archivist.

• Photo

Exhibition Brassaï, the eye of Paris at Hangar Y in Meudon

HANGAR Y
From October 17, 2026 to February 21, 2027

From October 17, 2026 to February 21, 2027, Hangar Y, in Meudon, is dedicating the exhibition "The Eye of Paris" to Brassaï. One hundred prints from the personal collection of Gilberte, the photographer's wife, are being shown there for the first and only time, from the nocturnal Paris of the musette balls to the anonymous graffiti hunted on the walls.

• Photo
• Unavoidable

Exhibition of Gustave Le Gray, painter and photographer, at the Musée d'Orsay

MUSÉE D’ORSAY
From November 10, 2026 to February 7, 2027

From November 10, 2026 to February 7, 2027, the Musée d’Orsay brings together the seascapes of Gustave Le Gray, a photographer trained in the studio of Paul Delaroche. This is an opportunity to discover how, by combining one negative for the sea and another for the clouds, this 19th-century master composed his images like paintings.

• Contemporary

Exhibition: Silent Violence, curated by Roméo Mivekannin at the Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac Museum

QUAI BRANLY - JACQUES CHIRAC MUSEUM
From November 10, 2026 to April 4, 2027

From November 10, 2026 to April 4, 2027, the Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac invites Roméo Mivekannin, descendant of the Beninese king Béhanzin, for "Silent Violence". Four metal aviaries forged in Abidjan and fourteen large canvases painted on sheets revisit the human exhibitions of the past and place the visitor in the position of the observer.

• Classic

Exhibition Korea, the Kingdom of Scholars (1600-1900) at the Cernuschi Museum

CERNUSCHI MUSEUM
From November 20, 2026 to April 4, 2027

From November 20, 2026 to April 4, 2027, the Cernuschi Museum brings to life the world of the yangban, the scholarly elite of the Chosŏn kingdom. Paintings, costumes, ceramics, furniture and masterpieces rarely seen outside Seoul, including Chŏng Sŏn's Valley of Cool Breezes, compose a panorama that Paris has not seen for a long time, for the 140th anniversary of relations between France and Korea.

• Classic

Shunga exhibition, erotic art, at the Maison de la culture du Japon in Paris

JAPAN CULTURAL CENTER IN PARIS
From November 12, 2026 to February 13, 2027

From November 12, 2026 to February 13, 2027, the Maison de la culture du Japon in Paris is exhibiting shunga, the "spring pictures" of Japanese prints. Hand-painted scrolls, engraved books, and prints by Utamaro, Hokusai, and Chōbunsai Eishi reopen two centuries of images of joyful freedom, in an exhibition restricted to those 18 and over.

• Classic
• Unavoidable

Exhibition: Georges Kars, a Bohemian in Paris at the Museum of Jewish Art and History

Museum of Jewish Art and History
From October 15, 2026 to March 14, 2027

From October 15, 2026 to March 14, 2027, the Museum of Jewish Art and History is dedicating its first major Parisian retrospective since 1945 to Georges Kars, a painter from Bohemia and a figure of the School of Paris. More than one hundred and fifty paintings, drawings and archival documents, on loan from the National Gallery in Prague and some fifteen Czech institutions, are reopening the Prague-Paris axis forgotten by history.

• Shows
• With family

OVO show, Cirque du Soleil at the Adidas Arena

ADIDAS ARENA, 75018 (PORTE DE LA CHAPELLE)
From November 26 to 29, 2026

Cirque du Soleil presents OVO at the Adidas Arena, Porte de la Chapelle, from November 26 to 29, 2026, for five performances. An acrobatic and colorful plunge into a world of insects.

• Theater

The play "Life is a Party" at the Théâtre de l'Atelier

Théâtre de l'Atelier, 75018
From November 27, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Les Chiens de Navarre are performing Life is a Party at the Théâtre de l’Atelier from November 27, 2026 to January 3, 2027. The cult troupe of wacky improv, between burlesque, discomfort and genius.

• Shows

Black Legends musical, the musical at the 13th Art

LE 13E ART, 75013
From November 26, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Black Legends, the musical is playing at the 13th Art from November 26, 2026 to January 31, 2027. A century of Black American music, from gospel to hip-hop via soul and funk.

• Theater

The Little Modern Girls Theatre at the Jean Vilar Theatre in Suresnes

Suresnes Jean Vilar Theatre (92)
November 26 and 27, 2026

Les Petites Filles modernes, by Joël Pommerat, is playing at the Théâtre de Suresnes Jean Vilar on November 26 and 27, 2026. A play somewhere between a fantasy tale and a coming-of-age story, suitable for ages 13 and up, with audio description on the 27th.