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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.
- Photo
- Free
"A Feast for the Eyes!" Exhibition at the Rouen Normandy Photographic Centre
ROUEN NORMANDY PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER
From October 10, 2026 to January 30, 2027
The Rouen Normandy Photographic Centre presents Plein les yeux ! An animal history of the photographic book for children, until January 30, 2027. Fifteen authors, from Rodchenko to Doisneau, defend a genre long considered minor.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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: 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- News
- Free
Centre Pompidou Francilien: three free preview weekends
Centre Pompidou-Francilien
From October 17 to November 1, 2026
Before its inauguration, the new "art factory" of the Centre Pompidou, which houses the 150,000 works of the national collection in Massy, opens its doors free of charge for three weekends.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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…
- Free
- Discovery
Henri Landier à l'Atelier d'Art Lepic
ATELIER D'ART LEPIC
Jusqu'au 25 octobre 2026
Nous connaissons Henri Landier peintre. Nous allons le découvrir dessinateur.
- Contemporary
- Free
Exhibition "Creating a vase, a true art," at the JAD, Garden of Arts and Crafts and Design, in Sèvres
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.
- Free
- Discovery
Underground Exhibition! The alternative press in the 1970s at the BnF François-Mitterrand
BNF François-Mitterrand
Until October 18, 2026
They printed the protest by hand: welcome to the wild age of the counter-press.
- 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
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.
- Contemporary
- Free
Installation Lumière divine de Jiang Qiong Er sur la façade de l’église Saint-Eustache
ÉGLISE SAINT-EUSTACHE
Du 8 octobre 2026 au printemps 2027
Jiang Qiong Er investit les quatre niches de 4,5 mètres de la façade ouest de Saint-Eustache, restaurée en 2024 : une installation monumentale inédite, gratuite, qui se regarde depuis la rue et s’allume à la nuit tombée.
- 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.
- 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
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Unavoidable
Exposition Dan Flavin, European Couples à la galerie Gagosian du Bourget
GAGOSIAN LE BOURGET
Du 18 octobre 2026 au 3 avril 2027
Pour la première fois en France, et la troisième fois seulement au monde, Gagosian réunit au Bourget les neuf œuvres lumineuses de la série European Couples de Dan Flavin, du 18 octobre 2026 au 3 avril 2027.
- 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
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.
- Free
Leonor Fini, a year of metamorphoses: the exhibition at the Minsky Gallery
Minsky Gallery
From September 5 to October 17, 2026
Leonor Fini, a year of metamorphosis.
- 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…
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- News
- Free
MaSH 2026: major art events in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
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
- 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.
- Free
Nabis, The Revolution: the exhibition at the Hélène Bailly Marcilhac gallery
Hélène Bailly Gallery, Marcilhac
From September 8 to October 15, 2026
When colour becomes a language in its own right.
- 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.





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