• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Dan Flavin exhibition, European Couples at the Gagosian Gallery in Le Bourget

GAGOSIAN LE BOURGET
From October 18, 2026 to April 3, 2027

For the first time in France, and only the third time in the world, Gagosian is bringing together at Le Bourget the nine light works from Dan Flavin’s European Couples series, from October 18, 2026 to April 3, 2027.

• Contemporary
• Free

Exhibition "Creating a Vase" at the JAD in Sèvres: our photos from the visit

JAD - GARDEN OF CRAFTS AND DESIGN
From October 16, 2026 to February 28, 2027

From October 16, 2026 to February 28, 2027, the JAD - Jardin des métiers d’art et du design, in Sèvres, is exhibiting twenty-one variations on the vase, commissioned from ten young winners of the Cnap. Free entry to discover the pieces, drawings and experiments.

• 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.

• Free
• Contemporary

Brancusi exhibition, contemporary echoes at the Negropontes gallery

NEGROPONTES GALLERY
From September 11 to December 19, 2026

Brancusi is gone, but his work continues to turn heads.

• Contemporary
• Free

Warhol, Basquiat, Haring Exhibition at the Opera Gallery

OPERA GALLERY
From October 16 to November 18, 2026

From October 16 to November 18, 2026, the Opera Gallery in Paris brings together Warhol, Basquiat and Haring in an exhibition that tells the story of their friendship in 1980s New York. Free entry to see canvases and works on paper.

• Contemporary
• Free

Lee Bae, Brushstrokes and Born of Fire, at Perrotin

PERROTIN MARAIS
From October 17 to December 19, 2026

From October 17 to December 19, 2026, Perrotin Marais presents Lee Bae, a Korean artist who has lived in France since 1990 and now works exclusively with charcoal: charred pine trees from the series "Born of Fire" combined with inks from "Brushstrokes." Black, nothing but black, free admission.

• Photo
• Free

Didier Lefèvre Exhibition at La Contemporaine in Nanterre

LA CONTEMPORAINE
From November 18, 2026 to May 15, 2027

La Contemporaine, in Nanterre, is exhibiting Didier Lefèvre from November 18, 2026 to May 15, 2027, with free admission. Three hundred previously unseen images and documents from his archives, notebooks, posters, contact sheets, reveal the other side of the photographer's hero.

• Contemporary
• Free

"Let's Sow Our Resistance" Exhibition, the activist exhibition, at the MAIF Social Club

MAIF SOCIAL CLUB
From October 17, 2026 to July 24, 2027

From October 17, 2026 to July 24, 2027, the MAIF Social Club in Paris brings together fifteen artists who embrace joyful dissent. An exhibition to resist a brutal world without abandoning its joy. Free admission.

• Free
• Contemporary

Exhibition "Everyone should have a home, faces of survival" at the Irish Cultural Centre

IRISH CULTURAL CENTRE
From September 18 to October 28, 2026

Housing crisis, precariousness, hospitality: in Ireland, art makes housing a political issue.

• News
• Free

Centre Pompidou Francilien: three free weekends to discover Massy in preview

Centre Pompidou-Francilien
From October 17 to November 1, 2026

The Centre Pompidou is opening its "art factory" in Massy, Essonne, to the public for the first time for three free weekends by reservation, from October 17 to November 1, 2026, before the inauguration of the site in the spring of 2027.

• With family
• Free

Metamorphoses: the free children's film festival at the Quai Branly during All Saints' Day

QUAI BRANLY – JACQUES CHIRAC MUSEUM
From October 17 to 25, 2026

During the All Saints' Day holidays, from October 17 to 25, 2026, the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac dedicates its film festival for young audiences to Metamorphoses: seventeen free screenings, by reservation, for children, teenagers and their parents.

• Contemporary
• Free

Exhibition: Facts as Challenges at the Bullukian Foundation, Lyon

BULLUKIAN FOUNDATION
From September 19 to December 19, 2026

The Bullukian Foundation, Place Bellecour in Lyon, presents Facts as Challenges until December 19, 2026: fourteen artists around Nadja Anane's film about Julia Butterfly Hill, who stayed 738 days in a sequoia tree.

• Discovery
• Free

Exhibition: 10,000 Years of Culinary Travel at the China Cultural Center

CHINA CULTURAL CENTER
Until November 10, 2026

The China Cultural Center presents 10,000 Years of Culinary Journeys until November 10, 2026, with free admission. Organized in collaboration with the National Museum of China, the exhibition brings together more than thirty pieces or sets of utensils, from pottery tripods to porcelain, with light displays and virtual reality.

• Photo
• Free

Niépce exhibition, and after? at the Nicéphore Niépce Museum in Chalon-sur-Saône

NICEPHORE NIEPCE MUSEUM
From November 21, 2026 to January 31, 2027

The Nicéphore Niépce Museum in Chalon-sur-Saône presents Niépce, and after? Some inventions in photography, from November 21, 2026 to January 31, 2027. The museum showcases the inventions that came after the first, from Talbot to color.

• Contemporary
• Free

Exhibition "The Ball of the Ogresses" at the Institute of Islamic Cultures

Institute of Islamic Cultures — HERE Léon
From September 26, 2026 to February 7, 2027

Thirteen female artists take on the figure of Aïcha Kandisha, the Moroccan ogress who protects as much as she terrifies. At ICI Léon, free admission until February.

• Free
• Unusual

Street Art Exhibition in Denfert-Rochereau: One hundred artists in the former Zara store in Denfert-Rochereau

STREET ART DENFERT
October 3-25, 2026

Street Art Madeleine becomes Street Art Denfert: 2,400 m² of former Zara space for one hundred artists, free

• Free
• With family

Cast off! 400 years of maritime history at the Château de Vincennes

Vincennes Castle
From September 19 to December 23, 2026

Until December 23, 2026, the Château de Vincennes presents Cast off the moorings! Four centuries under sail, with free admission: sixty rarely shown documents, brought together by the Historical Service of the Defense, tell the story of the four hundred years of the Navy founded by Richelieu in 1626.

• Contemporary
• Free

HEY! Fabulous Familiar at Val Fleury: art emerges from materials we thought unworthy

LE VAL FLEURY
From October 16, 2026 to January 31, 2027

From October 16, 2026 to January 31, 2027, the Val Fleury in Gif-sur-Yvette hosts HEY! Fabulous Familiar, with free admission: brought together by Anne Richard, ten artists create works using seashells, buttons, bones, or nail polish. Strange, or rather fabulous.

• Photo
• Free

Paris Humanist Exhibition at La Galerie Rouge

THE RED GALLERY
From October 1st to December 12th, 2026

For the bicentenary of photography, La Galerie Rouge brings together the six names that have made Paris travel the world, from Boubat to Sabine Weiss, and contrasts them with Martine Barrat’s more political view of the Goutte d’Or.

• Drawing
• Free

Charles Angrand exhibition, from shadow to light, at the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts

ROUEN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
From September 12, 2026 to January 9, 2027

To mark the centenary of Charles Angrand's death, the Rouen Museum of Fine Arts is bringing together around twenty of his Conté crayon drawings from September 12, 2026 to January 9, 2027, with free admission in the permanent collections.

• Contemporary
• Free

Robert Indiana exhibition, Alchemy, at Almine Rech

ALMINE RECH
From October 17, 2026 to January 23, 2027

Before LOVE, Robert Indiana collected rusty beams and wheels from abandoned warehouses in the Port of New York. Almine Rech dedicates her first solo exhibition of the artist's work to these years, conducted with the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative.

• 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

Tatiana Andreeva exhibition at the Alina Pinsky gallery

ALINA PINSKY GALLERY
From September 23 to November 21, 2026

The Alina Pinsky gallery is offering its first French exhibition to Tatiana Andreeva, a pioneer of Soviet optical-kinetic art, until November 21, 2026, conceived with Bernard Blistène.

• Classic
• Free

Exhibition "Painting the World," paintings from the Southern Netherlands, at De Jonckheere

DE JONCKHEERE
From October 19 to November 20, 2026

From October 19 to November 20, 2026, the De Jonckheere gallery returns to Paris with paintings from the Southern Netherlands. Landscapes, portraits, genre scenes, and still lifes to be viewed from afar, then up close. Free admission.

• Contemporary
• Free

Charlotte Barrault Exhibition, Gardens, at the Larock-Granoff Gallery

LAROCK-GRANOFF GALLERY
From October 2nd to November 7th, 2026

The Larock-Granoff gallery is offering Charlotte Barrault's first solo exhibition until November 7, 2026: Jardins, a journey in three parts, quai de Conti, where the flower finally becomes a complete subject.

• Fashion
• Free

Metamorphoses Exhibition: Hats from Maison Michel at 19M

The 19M Gallery
From September 23 to December 13, 2026

Maison Michel opens its workshops at 19M: four rooms to follow a hat from raw straw to the head that wears it. Free, reservation required.

• Classic
• Free

Maurice Denis exhibition, "It's Love," at the Pavec Gallery

PAVEC
Until November 14, 2026

The Pavec gallery presents Maurice Denis. It's love until November 14, 2026. Marthe, his wife, their children and the home: the canvases of the nabi painter, including the Portrait of Marthe in a pink hat and The cradle of the little brother, show how to paint affection, free admission.

• Photo
• Free

U2 Exhibition at the Irish Cultural Centre

IRISH CULTURAL CENTRE
Until December 18, 2026

The Irish Cultural Centre celebrates U2’s 50th anniversary with an exhibition of iconic photographs, until December 18, 2026. The exhibition traces the band’s Dublin roots and connects its early days to its global destiny, with free admission.

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Free

Gaétan Vaguelsy exhibition at the Polaris gallery

POLARIS GALLERY
From October 17 to November 22, 2026

The Polaris gallery is exhibiting Gaétan Vaguelsy's large-scale compositions from October 17 to November 22, 2026, with free admission. Pastoral scenes, ancient bathing scenes, and history paintings are reinterpreted with contemporary heroes, amidst references to Western painting and t-shirts, sneakers, and apricots.

• Free
• Discovery

Cassini's map of France, an encyclopedia of the territory, at the National Archives

NATIONAL ARCHIVES MUSEUM – HÔTEL DE SOUBISE
From October 14, 2026 to February 1, 2027

Before Cassini's map, no one had seen the whole of France. The National Archives recount the surveying process which, village by village, gave it its face.

• 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.

• Classic
• Free

Chagall exhibition, the color of feelings, at Gurr Johns

GURR JOHNS
From October 20 to December 8, 2026

Gurr Johns, an art consultancy firm, opens its Parisian offices on rue La Boétie to Marc Chagall: paintings and works on paper brought together around colour and the Bible, with free admission.

• 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.

• Free
• Sculpture

Reopening of the Bourdelle Museum: a renewed look at the sculptor

From March 15, 2023, the Bourdelle Museum presents a new route. Rediscover the artist's magnificent sculptures through six rooms and two gardens.

• Photo
• Free

200LUX Exhibition, 33 photography festivals under one roof, at the Maison des Arts in Créteil

MAC - MAISON DES ARTS DE CRÉTEIL
From September 19 to December 19, 2026

The MAC, Maison des Arts de Créteil, is hosting 200LUX until December 19, 2026, with free admission. Thirty-three photography festivals, from La Gacilly to Mulhouse, are exhibiting together to celebrate two hundred years of photography, each with an artist from its program.

• 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.

• Drawing
• Free

Vanel, Du Mesnildot, Jan K. Exhibition at the Taylor Foundation

TAYLOR FOUNDATION
From November 26 to December 19, 2026

The Taylor Foundation takes no commission: the proceeds from sales go entirely to the artists. To close out the year, its studio-home in Nouvelle Athènes is exhibiting bronzes by Éric Vanel, charcoal drawings by Mathilde Du Mesnildot, and paintings by Jan K.

• 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

[IN]imaginable Exhibition, the disturbing exhibition at Fluctuart

FLUCTUART
Until December 20, 2026

Fluctuart, at the foot of the Pont des Invalides, is dedicating the exhibition [IN]imaginable to lowbrow and pop surrealism until December 20, 2026. Featuring works by Ron English, Todd Schorr, Tara McPherson, and installations created on the barge by Amandine Urruty and Benjamin Lacombe, admission is free.

• Free
• Discovery

Nouveau ! La Maison de l'Élysée dévoile ses trésors : découvrez en images

Maison de l'Élysée
Collections permanentes

Le Palais de l'Élysée ouvre ses portes à Paris et y accueille un tout nouveau musée. Découvrez en images les trésors de la Présidence française.

• Photo
• Free

Exhibition: Marseille as seen by the Detaille family at the Marseille History Museum

MARSEILLE HISTORY MUSEUM
Until June 20, 2027

The Marseille History Museum presents "Marseille as seen by the Detaille family: 164 years of photographs," on display until June 20, 2027, with free admission. The collection from the studio taken over in 1902 by Fernand Detaille, dating back to 1860, was acquired by the city in 2021.

• Photo
• Free

Exhibition "Making Body" at the Francès Foundation in Senlis

FRANCÈS FOUNDATION
Until December 19, 2026

The Francès Foundation in Senlis presents Faire corps, twenty years of photography in the Francès collection, until December 19, 2026. The foundation is exhibiting photography that borrows from cinema, including twelve commissioned prints by Gregory Crewdson with Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.

• Photo
• Free

Teenage Dream Exhibition, The Anonymous Project, at Quai de la Photo

QUAI DE LA PHOTO
From October 16 to December 20, 2026

Lee Shulman has been buying up Kodachrome slides from anonymous amateurs for years. The Quai de la Photo draws from his collection, The Anonymous Project, to tell the story of the invention of adolescence, without a single author's name.

• Photo
• Free

Neo-Analog exhibition at Stimultania in Strasbourg

STIMULTANIA
From October 9, 2026 to January 9, 2027

Stimultania, in Strasbourg, presents Neo-Analog from October 9, 2026 to January 9, 2027. Thirteen artists work with the material of the image, emulsion spread by hand on textile, printing on marble or scratched surface.

• Photo
• Free

Exhibition: Jean Marquis, Surveyor of Everyday Life, at the Roger-Viollet Gallery

ROGER-VIOLLET GALLERY
From October 8, 2026 to January 23, 2027

In 1951, Robert Capa advised a young actor to consider photography. Three years later, Jean Marquis joined Magnum Photos. The Roger-Viollet gallery displays over one hundred prints by this chronicler of the Trente Glorieuses (the thirty glorious years of post-war economic boom).

• Contemporary
• Free

Helena Minginowicz exhibition, Out of Order, at the Prima Gallery

PRIMA GALLERY
From October 8 to November 14, 2026

The Prima gallery is showing Helena Minginowicz’s airbrush paintings on paper towels for the first time in France until November 14, 2026, with a new set of canvases: Out of Order.

• Free
• Discovery

Marcel Duchamp Prize: the four nominees at the MAM

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

Before the jury makes its decision, the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris gives you four good reasons to form your own opinion. There are four of them. One will receive the 2026 Marcel Duchamp Prize on…

• Photo
• Free

Exhibition by Isabelle Le Minh, Traumachromes, at the Centre photographique d’Île-de-France in Pontault-Combault

ÎLE-DE-FRANCE PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER
From October 4 to December 20, 2026

The Centre photographique d’Île-de-France, in Pontault-Combault, is exhibiting Isabelle Le Minh until December 20, 2026. Her series Traumachromes, photographed in Rochester on Kodak film and then printed on silk, tells the story of the ruin of an empire in one operation.

• Contemporary
• Free

Oscar Murillo exhibition, Unfinished Thinking, at the David Zwirner Gallery, Paris

DAVID ZWIRNER PARIS
From October 19 to December 19, 2026

David Zwirner Paris inaugurates its space on rue Vieille-du-Temple with Oscar Murillo, Unfinished thinking, from October 19 to December 19, 2026: canvases and social cartographies by the winner of the 2019 Turner Prize.

• 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.

• Free
• Photo

A free photography museum in Paris? 99 Cameras Museum opens its doors!

99 Cameras Museum
Permanent collection

A new temple for photo enthusiasts has just opened its doors in the capital. Her name ? The 99 Cameras Museum opening at Harcourt Studios.

• Photo
• Free

Exhibition: The crafts in the photographs of François Kollar at the Monica Vitti garden

MONICA VITTI GARDEN - FORNEY LIBRARY
From September 3 to December 5, 2026

Until December 5, 2026, the Forney Library is installing around twenty prints by François Kollar, craftsmen's hands and workshops from the 1930s, in the Monica Vitti garden, outdoors and with free entry.

• Free
• Contemporary

Monique Frydman Exhibition, States of Mind, at the Dutko Gallery

The Dutko Gallery presents States of Mind, Monique Frydman's most recent series, until November 21, 2026. Linen canvases impregnated with pigments and pastels, painted between 2023 and 2026, where…

• Classic
• Free

Exposition "un monde nouveau" à l'Institut suédois

INSTITUT SUÉDOIS
Collection permanente

L’Institut suédois abrite l'un des ensembles les plus méconnus de Paris consacrés au XVIIIe siècle. 700 peintures, 1 400 dessins, 4 000 œuvres graphiques.

• Contemporary
• Free

Sun and Moon Exhibition, Andreas Eriksson and Ivan Aguéli, at the Swedish Institute

Swedish Institute
From October 20, 2026 to January 10, 2027

From October 20, 2026 to January 10, 2027, the Swedish Institute brings together Andreas Eriksson and Ivan Aguéli, two Swedes who have never been able to meet: Sun and Moon, with free admission in the Marais.

• Photo
• Free

Serge Najjar, At the T Moment, at the Lahumière Gallery

LAHUMIÈRE GALLERY
From October 17 to December 19, 2026

From October 17 to December 19, 2026, the Lahumière gallery in the Marais district will exhibit the photographs of Serge Najjar: angles and flat planes captured on construction sites in Lebanon, and the first photographer to be featured in the gallery's history. Free admission.

• Living room
• Free

Offprint Paris trade fair, independent publishing at a break

GAP BREAK
October 22-25, 2026

Offprint Paris brings independent publishing to Césure, from October 22 to 25, 2026. Produced by LUMA Arles, the fair brings together art publishers, magazines and collectives from Europe and North America, and entry remains free.

• Photo
• Free

Robert Burley Exhibition, Great Lakes at the Canadian Cultural Centre

CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE
Until November 14, 2026

The Canadian Cultural Centre presents Great Lakes, the exhibition by Toronto photographer Robert Burley, until November 14, 2026. Beaches, dikes, industrial wastelands and reclaimed forests: a slow meditation, free admission, on a territory shared by two countries.

• Contemporary
• Free

Pietrantonio Exhibition, Between the World's Mesh at the Faidherbe Gallery

FAIDHERBE GALLERY
From October 15 to November 14, 2026

Fishing nets, sand, and blocks of intense color: at the Galerie Faidherbe, the Apulian painter Pietrantonio brings back from the Adriatic Sea an abstraction somewhere between Arte Povera and Fontana, on view with free admission

• Free
• Contemporary

Kimihito Okuyama, les oeuvres du temps, l'exposition au musée Roybet-Fould

MUSÉE ROYBET-FOULD
Jusqu’au 1er novembre 2026

Chez Kimihito Okuyama, le temps ne passe pas : il s’accumule, se grave et laisse des traces.

• 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.

• Living room
• Free

Post-Fair trade fair, first Parisian edition, rue du Temple

Temple Street
From October 19 to 24, 2026

Post-Fair will take place in two buildings on Rue du Temple, from October 19 to 24, 2026, for its first European edition. Chris Sharp will present thirty-four solo and duo exhibitions, with booths priced at six thousand dollars.

• Photo
• Free

Pierre Jahan exhibition, retrospective, at the Jean-François Cazeau gallery

JEAN-FRANÇOIS CAZEAU GALLERY
From October 24 to December 23, 2026

Around forty prints are all the Jean-François Cazeau gallery needs to showcase Pierre Jahan's two lives as a photographer. Awarded the label by the Ministry of Culture for the bicentenary of photography, the gallery is also taking his work to Paris Photo, at the Grand Palais, in mid-November.

• 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.

• Fashion
• Free

Exhibition Five Easy Pieces, Rick Owens, at the Carpenters Gallery

CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY
From October 20, 2026 to March 15, 2027

Michèle Lamy, partner and accomplice of Rick Owens, is the curator of Five Easy Pieces at Carpenters: five new editions of Owens' furniture, in steel left to rust and in marsh wood that has remained underwater for millennia.

• Contemporary
• Free

Klodin Erb exhibition, The Great Drama, at the Swiss Cultural Centre

SWISS CULTURAL CENTER. PARIS
From September 19 to December 24, 2026

Klodin Erb had never had a solo exhibition in France. The Swiss Cultural Centre is entrusting him with its glass roof until Christmas Eve, for a grand painted drama where the burlesque vies for the leading role with tragedy.

• 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

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Living room
• Free

Outsider’ Paris trade fair, 4th edition, at the Bastille Design Center

BASTILLE DESIGN CENTER
October 20-25, 2026

Outsider’ Paris brings together eighteen galleries from eight countries at the Bastille Design Center, from October 20 to 25, 2026, for its fourth edition. Outsider art also spills over into the Halle Saint-Pierre, which hosts the associated program and the solo exhibition of Mozambican artist Zefrino Chilaule.

• Contemporary
• Free

Alloy, Dzhurayeva, Dufour exhibition at the Taylor Foundation

TAYLOR FOUNDATION
October 1–24, 2026

The Taylor Foundation is bringing together until October 24, 2026 a Kyiv engraver, Olesya Dzhurayeva, the painter-photographer Jack Dufour and the sculptor Emmanuel Alloy, on rue La Bruyère, with free admission.

• Free
• Discovery

Sungi Mlengeya, Earth and Sky. The exhibition at the Filles du Calvaire gallery

GALERIE LES FILLES DU CALVAIRE
From September 5 to October 24, 2026

Against the white of the canvas, bodies emerge and carry with them the memory of generations.

• Contemporary
• Free

Exhibition "Happy Retirement Dad," Rayane Mcirdi at the Frac Île-de-France, Le Plateau

Forty years in the factory, and one last day. Rayane Mcirdi filmed his father's retirement and turned it into an exhibition that you walk through standing up. The film exists, but Le Plateau doesn't…

• Photo
• Free

Miles Aldridge at the Park Hyatt Vendôme: the exhibition is free, the star portrait is a bonus

PARK HYATT PARIS-VENDÔME
From October 19 to December 1, 2026

During Art Basel Paris, fashion photography star Miles Aldridge is exhibiting his Technicolor heroines for free in a five-star hotel just steps from Place Vendôme; most of these images have never been seen in France before. The bonus: for €450, he'll take your Polaroid portrait in the Imperial Suite.

• 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
• 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.

• 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.