Frissons
Qui a dit que les expositions devaient toujours être barbantes ? Amateurs de sensations et d'émotions fortes, cette rubrique est pour vous ! Une sélection d'expos hautes en tensions, à faire entre amis pour une expérience inoubliable qui vous fera changer de regard sur les expos.
- 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.
- Classic
- Living room
Modern Art Fair, Place de la Concorde
PLACE DE LA CONCORDE
October 22-25, 2026
Modern Art Fair will take place at Place de la Concorde from October 22 to 25, 2026. Modern art, contemporary creation and design will engage in dialogue there, and the edition will welcome the Arab World Institute with icons from the Claude and France Lemand donation.
- Contemporary
- Discovery
La saison « Tous les feux, les fleurs » au Palais de Tokyo : nos photos et notre avis
PALAIS DE TOKYO
Du 21 octobre 2026 au 14 février 2027
Du 21 octobre 2026 au 14 février 2027, le Palais de Tokyo explore les liens qui nous unissent aux lieux, aux mémoires et aux autres avec Tous les feux, les fleurs, une saison où l’art contemporain dessine des territoires sensibles, entre héritages intimes, engagements collectifs et imaginaires en mouvement.
- With family
- Movie theater
Mon Premier Festival 2026, le cinéma du jeune public dans 21 salles parisiennes
MON PREMIER FESTIVAL
Du 21 au 27 octobre 2026
Mon Premier Festival revient pour sa vingt-deuxième édition du 21 au 27 octobre 2026 dans vingt et une salles et lieux culturels parisiens, avec plus de cent films, un tarif unique de 4,50 euros et l’Italie en invitée d’honneur.
- Contemporary
- Discovery
The exhibition “Night Sister” by Éléonore False at the Tanneries d’Amilly: a plunge into a dreamlike universe.
LES TANNERIES - CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
From October 17, 2026 to February 28, 2027
From October 17, 2026 to February 28, 2027, the contemporary art center Les Tanneries, in Amilly, presents Sœur de nuit, a solo exhibition by Éléonore False: a nocturnal journey of collages, textiles, glass and luminous sculptures, the second chapter of Sœur de jour presented at the CCC OD in Tours.
- Living room
- Free
Salon Post-Fair, première édition parisienne, rue du Temple
RUE DU TEMPLE
Du 19 au 24 octobre 2026
Post-Fair s'installe dans deux immeubles de la rue du Temple, du 19 au 24 octobre 2026, pour sa première édition européenne. Chris Sharp y réunit trente-quatre expositions personnelles et duos, avec des stands facturés six mille dollars.
- Living room
- Free
Salon Offprint Paris, l'édition indépendante à Césure
CÉSURE
Du 22 au 25 octobre 2026
Offprint Paris installe l'édition indépendante à Césure, du 22 au 25 octobre 2026. Produite par LUMA Arles, la foire rassemble éditeurs d'art, revues et collectifs venus d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord, et l'entrée reste libre.
- Living room
- Free
Salon Outsider’ Paris, 4e édition, au Bastille Design Center
BASTILLE DESIGN CENTER
Du 20 au 25 octobre 2026
Outsider’ Paris réunit dix-huit galeries de huit pays au Bastille Design Center, du 20 au 25 octobre 2026, pour sa quatrième édition. L'art brut déborde aussi vers la Halle Saint-Pierre, qui accueille le programme associé et le solo du Mozambicain Zefrino Chilaule.
- Contemporary
- Unusual
Jenny Holzer exhibition, "I Saw," at the Musée d'Orsay: our photos and our review
MUSÉE D’ORSAY
From October 20, 2026 to February 21, 2027
From October 20, 2026 to February 21, 2027, the Musée d'Orsay invites Jenny Holzer to create a dialogue between her texts and 19th-century masterpieces: light strips, engraved stone benches and censored paintings.
- News
- Free
MaSH 2026: our photos from the night event and the exhibitions to see in the 8th arrondissement
MASH – MATIGNON SAINT-HONORÉ
Late-night event on October 19, 2026
On October 19, 38 galleries in the Matignon Saint-Honoré district will open Paris Art Week under the patronage of Jacques Grange. Our selection of exhibitions, from Flemish painting at De Jonckheere to Lee Krasner at Gagosian, all with free admission.
- Contemporary
- Free
Tracey Emin exhibition at White Cube Paris: our photos from the visit
WHITE CUBE PARIS
From October 20 to December 18, 2026
White Cube Paris is exhibiting Tracey Emin from October 20 to December 18, 2026, on Avenue Matignon: her first solo exhibition in the Parisian gallery, featuring paintings and small bronzes, following the retrospective at Tate Modern.
- Contemporary
- Free
Lee Krasner exhibition at Gagosian: our photos and our review
GAGOSIAN
From October 19 to December 18, 2026
Gagosian is dedicating its first solo exhibition in France to Lee Krasner, from October 19 to December 18, 2026. Paintings and works on paper from the 1960s, a decisive decade for this figure of American abstraction, to be discovered with free admission.
- Photo
Stan Douglas exhibition at the Jeu de Paume: our photos
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.
- Living room
- Photo
Salon OFFSCREEN 2026 à la Salpêtrière : nos photos et notre avis
CHAPELLE SAINT-LOUIS DE LA SALPÊTRIÈRE
Du 20 au 25 octobre 2026
Du 20 au 25 octobre 2026, OFFSCREEN réunit vingt-neuf artistes sous la voûte de la chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière, 75013. Sa cinquième édition met à l'honneur Ana Mendieta, dont six films sont projetés dans le chœur.
- News
- Free
GOD HATES SPACE: GENER8ION's free installation at the Grand Palais
GRAND PALAIS
October 22-25, 2026
Surkin and Romain Gavras are taking over the Rotonde d'Antin at the Grand Palais with a twelve-meter double-sided screen, from October 22 to 25, 2026. Art Basel and Live Nation are joining forces for the first time, and admission is free.
- Contemporary
- Unavoidable
The best contemporary art exhibitions to see in Paris
PARIS
Right now
Art Basel, galleries open to all and the week's major openings: contemporary art occupies Paris, and some of it can be visited without paying.
- Contemporary
- Unavoidable
Kennedy Yanko at the City of Architecture and Heritage: our images
City of Architecture and Heritage
From October 16, 2026 to January 3, 2027
Kennedy Yanko pours acrylic paint directly onto the studio floor, lets it dry, then cuts it into sheets. She calls them paint skins. Supple, thick, and heavy, they bend and retain the imprint of the floor. These skins are placed on frames of…
- Contemporary
Ma Kelu exhibition at the Cité de l'architecture: our images
City of Architecture and Heritage
From October 16, 2026 to January 3, 2027
For his first exhibition in France, Chinese painter Ma Kelu, a member of the No Name group, hangs his abstract canvases amidst the medieval frescoes of the Cité de l’architecture. An unexpected dialogue.
- Living room
- Contemporary
Paris International Fair, 12th edition, Quai de Valmy
PARIS INTERNATIONALE
October 20-24, 2026
From October 20 to 24, 2026, Paris Internationale celebrates its 12th edition at 187 quai de Valmy, 75010. Founded by galleries to stand up to the big fairs, it brings together around sixty brands from nineteen countries.
- Free
- Contemporary
Big names in art to see for free in Parisian galleries
PARISIAN GALLERIES
From October 18 to November 15, 2026
Calder, Tracey Emin, Lee Krasner, Anish Kapoor: during the most expensive week of the year for art, Parisian galleries line up museum-quality signatures and don't ask for a single euro.
- Contemporary
- Free
Tacita Dean and Bruce Nauman exhibition at the Marian Goodman Gallery
MARIAN GOODMAN GALLERY
From October 19 to December 19, 2026
Bruce Nauman returns to drawing after nearly twenty years of hiatus, and Tacita Dean films him. From their sessions in New Mexico came Drawing Blind Drawing, a diptych film projected at Marian Goodman's home on a screen over seven meters wide.
- Photo
- Free
Stefan Oláh Exhibition, Construction Site, at La Sphère
THE SPHERE
From October 7, 2026 to January 23, 2027
La Sphère, a new venue in the Marais district dedicated to the arts, philosophies, and spiritualities of the world, opens by showcasing its own work. Its inaugural exhibition features the work of Austrian photographer Stefan Oláh, who has been documenting the transformation of cultural spaces for years.
- Fashion
- Free
Frank Horvat Exhibition, Fashion Reinvented, at the Maison des Arts in Antony
ANTONY ARTS HOUSE
From October 27, 2026 to January 10, 2027
Frank Horvat brought fashion out of the studio in the 1950s, and fashion photography never recovered. The Maison des Arts in Antony is bringing together some forty prints from his work with the Frank Horvat Studio.
- Photo
- Free
Gerard Malanga exhibition at the Galerie du Jour agnès b.
GALERIE DU JOUR AGNÈS B., LA FAB.
From November 4, 2026 to January 10, 2027
Gerard Malanga was twenty years old when the poet Charles Henri Ford introduced him to Andy Warhol. More than twenty years after Bande à part, the Galerie du Jour agnès b. is re-hanging his photographs of New York from the 1960s and 1970s, with the Bel Œil collection.
- Contemporary
- Free
Wooden Cross, Iron Cross Exhibition, by CAC Brétigny in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
CAC BRÉTIGNY, ESPACE JACQUES-BREL
From December 5, 2026 to February 3, 2027
Anaïs Fontanges and Matteo Louisy-Ravel, both born in 1998, collect skeletons, recumbent figures, and toy soldiers that have been echoed in art history and pop culture for centuries. The CAC Brétigny, whose space is currently under renovation, is hosting their exhibition off-site in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.
- Discovery
- Free
Exhibition Behind the Scenes at the Museum at the Avelines Museum
MUSEUM OF THE AVELINES, SAINT-CLOUD
From October 15, 2026 to February 21, 2027
The Musée des Avelines opens its reserves and reveals what the public never sees: the inventory, the management, the restoration. It also displays works never before exhibited, including a bust of Flaubert by Clésinger, which is still awaiting its inventory number.
- Contemporary
- Free
Brandon Gercara and Maïssane Alibrahimi exhibition at La Ferme du Buisson
CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER OF LA FERME DU BUISSON
From October 10, 2026 to January 24, 2027
Brandon Gercara blends Réunion maloya and New York voguing, and invents a word for it: vogoya. La Ferme du Buisson dedicates Destin Vogoya to him, and presents alongside it his first solo exhibition to Maïssane Alibrahimi.
- Contemporary
- Free
Exhibition "At the Frontiers of the Imaginary" at the Pavillon Vendôme in Clichy
PAVILLON VENDÔME ART CENTER, CLICHY
From October 14, 2026 to January 9, 2027
Alexis Tricoire suspends a grove of trees from the ceiling of the Pavillon Vendôme, upside down, and its reflection on the floor rights it. The Clichy art center brings together seven artists around the themes of plants and ecological awareness.
- Contemporary
- Free
Thomas Houseago and Théo Mercier exhibition at Reiffers Art Initiatives
REIFFERS ART INITIATIVES
From October 23 to December 12, 2026
Thomas Houseago spent several weeks working under the glass roof of Reiffers Art Initiatives, then left everything as it was. Théo Mercier occupies the ground floor. This year, the foundation's mentorship program is offering two studios to visit instead of an exhibition.
- Sculpture
- Free
Pinuccio Sciola exhibition, Sculpted Nature, at the Italian Cultural Institute
Italian Cultural Institute
From September 30, 2026 to March 30, 2027
Ten years after the death of Pinuccio Sciola, the Italian Cultural Institute installed in the garden of the Hôtel de Galliffet one of his monumental sound stones and two other works among the most representative of the Sardinian sculptor.
- 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.
- Classic
- Living room
Modern Art Fair, Place de la Concorde
PLACE DE LA CONCORDE
October 22-25, 2026
Modern Art Fair will take place at Place de la Concorde from October 22 to 25, 2026. Modern art, contemporary creation and design will engage in dialogue there, and the edition will welcome the Arab World Institute with icons from the Claude and France Lemand donation.
- Contemporary
- Discovery
La saison « Tous les feux, les fleurs » au Palais de Tokyo : nos photos et notre avis
PALAIS DE TOKYO
Du 21 octobre 2026 au 14 février 2027
Du 21 octobre 2026 au 14 février 2027, le Palais de Tokyo explore les liens qui nous unissent aux lieux, aux mémoires et aux autres avec Tous les feux, les fleurs, une saison où l’art contemporain dessine des territoires sensibles, entre héritages intimes, engagements collectifs et imaginaires en mouvement.
- With family
- Movie theater
Mon Premier Festival 2026, le cinéma du jeune public dans 21 salles parisiennes
MON PREMIER FESTIVAL
Du 21 au 27 octobre 2026
Mon Premier Festival revient pour sa vingt-deuxième édition du 21 au 27 octobre 2026 dans vingt et une salles et lieux culturels parisiens, avec plus de cent films, un tarif unique de 4,50 euros et l’Italie en invitée d’honneur.
- Contemporary
- Discovery
The exhibition “Night Sister” by Éléonore False at the Tanneries d’Amilly: a plunge into a dreamlike universe.
LES TANNERIES - CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
From October 17, 2026 to February 28, 2027
From October 17, 2026 to February 28, 2027, the contemporary art center Les Tanneries, in Amilly, presents Sœur de nuit, a solo exhibition by Éléonore False: a nocturnal journey of collages, textiles, glass and luminous sculptures, the second chapter of Sœur de jour presented at the CCC OD in Tours.
- Living room
- Free
Salon Post-Fair, première édition parisienne, rue du Temple
RUE DU TEMPLE
Du 19 au 24 octobre 2026
Post-Fair s'installe dans deux immeubles de la rue du Temple, du 19 au 24 octobre 2026, pour sa première édition européenne. Chris Sharp y réunit trente-quatre expositions personnelles et duos, avec des stands facturés six mille dollars.
- Living room
- Free
Salon Offprint Paris, l'édition indépendante à Césure
CÉSURE
Du 22 au 25 octobre 2026
Offprint Paris installe l'édition indépendante à Césure, du 22 au 25 octobre 2026. Produite par LUMA Arles, la foire rassemble éditeurs d'art, revues et collectifs venus d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord, et l'entrée reste libre.
- Living room
- Free
Salon Outsider’ Paris, 4e édition, au Bastille Design Center
BASTILLE DESIGN CENTER
Du 20 au 25 octobre 2026
Outsider’ Paris réunit dix-huit galeries de huit pays au Bastille Design Center, du 20 au 25 octobre 2026, pour sa quatrième édition. L'art brut déborde aussi vers la Halle Saint-Pierre, qui accueille le programme associé et le solo du Mozambicain Zefrino Chilaule.
- Contemporary
- Unusual
Jenny Holzer exhibition, "I Saw," at the Musée d'Orsay: our photos and our review
MUSÉE D’ORSAY
From October 20, 2026 to February 21, 2027
From October 20, 2026 to February 21, 2027, the Musée d'Orsay invites Jenny Holzer to create a dialogue between her texts and 19th-century masterpieces: light strips, engraved stone benches and censored paintings.
- News
- Free
MaSH 2026: our photos from the night event and the exhibitions to see in the 8th arrondissement
MASH – MATIGNON SAINT-HONORÉ
Late-night event on October 19, 2026
On October 19, 38 galleries in the Matignon Saint-Honoré district will open Paris Art Week under the patronage of Jacques Grange. Our selection of exhibitions, from Flemish painting at De Jonckheere to Lee Krasner at Gagosian, all with free admission.
- Contemporary
- Free
Tracey Emin exhibition at White Cube Paris: our photos from the visit
WHITE CUBE PARIS
From October 20 to December 18, 2026
White Cube Paris is exhibiting Tracey Emin from October 20 to December 18, 2026, on Avenue Matignon: her first solo exhibition in the Parisian gallery, featuring paintings and small bronzes, following the retrospective at Tate Modern.
- Contemporary
- Free
Lee Krasner exhibition at Gagosian: our photos and our review
GAGOSIAN
From October 19 to December 18, 2026
Gagosian is dedicating its first solo exhibition in France to Lee Krasner, from October 19 to December 18, 2026. Paintings and works on paper from the 1960s, a decisive decade for this figure of American abstraction, to be discovered with free admission.
- Photo
Stan Douglas exhibition at the Jeu de Paume: our photos
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.
- Living room
- Photo
Salon OFFSCREEN 2026 à la Salpêtrière : nos photos et notre avis
CHAPELLE SAINT-LOUIS DE LA SALPÊTRIÈRE
Du 20 au 25 octobre 2026
Du 20 au 25 octobre 2026, OFFSCREEN réunit vingt-neuf artistes sous la voûte de la chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière, 75013. Sa cinquième édition met à l'honneur Ana Mendieta, dont six films sont projetés dans le chœur.
- News
- Free
GOD HATES SPACE: GENER8ION's free installation at the Grand Palais
GRAND PALAIS
October 22-25, 2026
Surkin and Romain Gavras are taking over the Rotonde d'Antin at the Grand Palais with a twelve-meter double-sided screen, from October 22 to 25, 2026. Art Basel and Live Nation are joining forces for the first time, and admission is free.
- Contemporary
- Unavoidable
The best contemporary art exhibitions to see in Paris
PARIS
Right now
Art Basel, galleries open to all and the week's major openings: contemporary art occupies Paris, and some of it can be visited without paying.
- Contemporary
- Unavoidable
Kennedy Yanko at the City of Architecture and Heritage: our images
City of Architecture and Heritage
From October 16, 2026 to January 3, 2027
Kennedy Yanko pours acrylic paint directly onto the studio floor, lets it dry, then cuts it into sheets. She calls them paint skins. Supple, thick, and heavy, they bend and retain the imprint of the floor. These skins are placed on frames of…
- Contemporary
Ma Kelu exhibition at the Cité de l'architecture: our images
City of Architecture and Heritage
From October 16, 2026 to January 3, 2027
For his first exhibition in France, Chinese painter Ma Kelu, a member of the No Name group, hangs his abstract canvases amidst the medieval frescoes of the Cité de l’architecture. An unexpected dialogue.
- Living room
- Contemporary
Paris International Fair, 12th edition, Quai de Valmy
PARIS INTERNATIONALE
October 20-24, 2026
From October 20 to 24, 2026, Paris Internationale celebrates its 12th edition at 187 quai de Valmy, 75010. Founded by galleries to stand up to the big fairs, it brings together around sixty brands from nineteen countries.
- Free
- Contemporary
Big names in art to see for free in Parisian galleries
PARISIAN GALLERIES
From October 18 to November 15, 2026
Calder, Tracey Emin, Lee Krasner, Anish Kapoor: during the most expensive week of the year for art, Parisian galleries line up museum-quality signatures and don't ask for a single euro.
- Contemporary
- Free
Tacita Dean and Bruce Nauman exhibition at the Marian Goodman Gallery
MARIAN GOODMAN GALLERY
From October 19 to December 19, 2026
Bruce Nauman returns to drawing after nearly twenty years of hiatus, and Tacita Dean films him. From their sessions in New Mexico came Drawing Blind Drawing, a diptych film projected at Marian Goodman's home on a screen over seven meters wide.
- Photo
- Free
Stefan Oláh Exhibition, Construction Site, at La Sphère
THE SPHERE
From October 7, 2026 to January 23, 2027
La Sphère, a new venue in the Marais district dedicated to the arts, philosophies, and spiritualities of the world, opens by showcasing its own work. Its inaugural exhibition features the work of Austrian photographer Stefan Oláh, who has been documenting the transformation of cultural spaces for years.
- Fashion
- Free
Frank Horvat Exhibition, Fashion Reinvented, at the Maison des Arts in Antony
ANTONY ARTS HOUSE
From October 27, 2026 to January 10, 2027
Frank Horvat brought fashion out of the studio in the 1950s, and fashion photography never recovered. The Maison des Arts in Antony is bringing together some forty prints from his work with the Frank Horvat Studio.
- Photo
- Free
Gerard Malanga exhibition at the Galerie du Jour agnès b.
GALERIE DU JOUR AGNÈS B., LA FAB.
From November 4, 2026 to January 10, 2027
Gerard Malanga was twenty years old when the poet Charles Henri Ford introduced him to Andy Warhol. More than twenty years after Bande à part, the Galerie du Jour agnès b. is re-hanging his photographs of New York from the 1960s and 1970s, with the Bel Œil collection.
- Contemporary
- Free
Wooden Cross, Iron Cross Exhibition, by CAC Brétigny in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
CAC BRÉTIGNY, ESPACE JACQUES-BREL
From December 5, 2026 to February 3, 2027
Anaïs Fontanges and Matteo Louisy-Ravel, both born in 1998, collect skeletons, recumbent figures, and toy soldiers that have been echoed in art history and pop culture for centuries. The CAC Brétigny, whose space is currently under renovation, is hosting their exhibition off-site in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.
- Discovery
- Free
Exhibition Behind the Scenes at the Museum at the Avelines Museum
MUSEUM OF THE AVELINES, SAINT-CLOUD
From October 15, 2026 to February 21, 2027
The Musée des Avelines opens its reserves and reveals what the public never sees: the inventory, the management, the restoration. It also displays works never before exhibited, including a bust of Flaubert by Clésinger, which is still awaiting its inventory number.
- Contemporary
- Free
Brandon Gercara and Maïssane Alibrahimi exhibition at La Ferme du Buisson
CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER OF LA FERME DU BUISSON
From October 10, 2026 to January 24, 2027
Brandon Gercara blends Réunion maloya and New York voguing, and invents a word for it: vogoya. La Ferme du Buisson dedicates Destin Vogoya to him, and presents alongside it his first solo exhibition to Maïssane Alibrahimi.
- Contemporary
- Free
Exhibition "At the Frontiers of the Imaginary" at the Pavillon Vendôme in Clichy
PAVILLON VENDÔME ART CENTER, CLICHY
From October 14, 2026 to January 9, 2027
Alexis Tricoire suspends a grove of trees from the ceiling of the Pavillon Vendôme, upside down, and its reflection on the floor rights it. The Clichy art center brings together seven artists around the themes of plants and ecological awareness.
- Contemporary
- Free
Thomas Houseago and Théo Mercier exhibition at Reiffers Art Initiatives
REIFFERS ART INITIATIVES
From October 23 to December 12, 2026
Thomas Houseago spent several weeks working under the glass roof of Reiffers Art Initiatives, then left everything as it was. Théo Mercier occupies the ground floor. This year, the foundation's mentorship program is offering two studios to visit instead of an exhibition.
- Sculpture
- Free
Pinuccio Sciola exhibition, Sculpted Nature, at the Italian Cultural Institute
Italian Cultural Institute
From September 30, 2026 to March 30, 2027
Ten years after the death of Pinuccio Sciola, the Italian Cultural Institute installed in the garden of the Hôtel de Galliffet one of his monumental sound stones and two other works among the most representative of the Sardinian sculptor.
