• 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.

• Sculpture
• Free

Guillermo Forchino exhibition, Noi, i grotteschi at Galerie Joseph: our photos and our review

JOSEPH GALLERY
From November 6 to 29, 2026

From November 6 to 29, 2026, the Galerie Joseph, rue de Turenne, opens its two floors to the Argentinian sculptor Guillermo Forchino: no less than 124 sculptures, forty years of work and unpublished pieces on climate, solitude and the passing of time brought together in Noi, i grotteschi, with free admission.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.

• 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.

• Free
• Sculpture

The National Exhibition of Animal Artists celebrates its 50th anniversary at the Hôtel de Malestroit, Bry-sur-Marne

HOTEL DE MALESTROIT
From November 14 to December 13, 2026

From November 14 to December 13, 2026, the National Exhibition of Animal Artists celebrates its 50th edition at the Hôtel de Malestroit in Bry-sur-Marne. Selected by an independent jury from over 330 candidates, sculptors and painters exhibit their work with free admission, and the Sandoz and Baron prizes are awarded this year to the two guests of honor.

• Photo
• Free

The best free photo exhibitions in Paris

PARIS AND ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
Eleven free exhibitions

Photography is celebrating its two hundredth anniversary, and much of what's on display in Paris and the Île-de-France region is free. Eleven free exhibitions, from galleries in the Marais to suburban photography houses, are listed from the most prominent to the most obscure.

• Free
• Discovery

Pegeen exhibition at the Durazzo gallery

DURAZZO
From October 19, 2026 to January 4, 2027

From October 19, 2026 to January 4, 2027, the Durazzo gallery is dedicating a free exhibition to Pegeen (1925-1967), daughter of collector Peggy Guggenheim. This is the first exhibition entirely devoted to her work in sixty years.

• 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.

• 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…

• 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

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.

• 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.

• 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

Immersion exhibition by Steve McCurry at the Polka Galerie

POLKA GALLERY
From November 12, 2026 to January 16, 2027

Steve McCurry returns to the Polka Gallery with Immersion, the second installment of a format that combines prints and film, from November 12, 2026 to January 16, 2027. The journey crosses India, Pakistan and the United States, and admission remains free.

• 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.

• Free
• Contemporary

Textile(s) Exhibition at the Maison des Arts in Châtillon

MAISON DES ARTS DE CHÂTILLON
From September 13 to December 6, 2026

Until December 6, 2026, the Maison des Arts de Châtillon brings together Florence Brodard, Lili Bel and Laurence Aellion in Textile(s), a free group exhibition dedicated to the renewal of the textile medium in today's art.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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…

• 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.

• 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.

• Free
• Discovery

Open Studios from Antwerp to Abbesses: 105 artists open their studios in Montmartre

OPEN DAYS IN ANTWERP AT THE ABBESSES
November 20-23, 2026

The Open Studios event in Angers aux Abbesses brings together 105 artists in 48 studios in Montmartre, from November 20 to 23, 2026, with free admission. The association opens workspaces that are not normally accessible to the public, from the Cité Montmartre aux Artistes to the Atelier d’Art Lepic, which hosts Henri Landier.

• 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 from November 2 to 14, 2026, with free access, with Paris1, a title that announces a reflection on photography itself.

• 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.

• 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.

• Photo
• Free

PhotoSaintGermain Festival 2026, 15th edition on the left bank

PHOTOSAINTGERMAIN
From November 5 to 28, 2026

PhotoSaintGermain celebrates its fifteenth edition from November 5 to 28, 2026 and unfolds a photographic journey in thirty-eight galleries, bookstores and institutions on the left bank.

• 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.

• 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
• Contemporary

The Tender Monsters exhibition at the PM Gallery

PM GALLERY
From November 5 to December 24, 2026

The PM Gallery brings together seven artists around the theme of the deformed creature, from November 5 to December 24, 2026, at 40 rue de Seine. Salvador Dalí is featured alongside contemporary painters and sculptors, and admission is free.

• Contemporary
• Free

Elmgreen & Dragset exhibition, Max Hetzler: our photos and our opinion

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.

• Contemporary
• Free

Yu Nishimura Exhibition at Lafayette Anticipations

LAFAYETTE ANTICIPATIONS
From October 21, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Lafayette Anticipations offers Japanese painter Yu Nishimura his first institutional solo exhibition in France, from October 21, 2026 to January 3, 2027. Around fifty works from the last ten years, including several unseen works, where oil and tempera borrow from cinema and photography, free admission.

• 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.

• Photo
• Free

Exhibition "Crossing the World: The Universal Exhibition of 1867 and Photography," at the National Archives

NATIONAL ARCHIVES - HÔTEL DE SOUBISE
From November 25, 2026 to February 22, 2027

The National Archives recount the story of the 1867 Universal Exhibition through its photographs, from November 25, 2026 to February 22, 2027, with free admission. The second part of the exhibition can be viewed using 3D glasses, based on period stereoscopic views.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Free
• Literary

Leonor Fini and literature exhibition at the Minsky Gallery

MINSKY GALLERY
From December 4, 2026 to January 16, 2027

From December 4, 2026 to January 16, 2027, the Minsky Gallery is dedicating a free exhibition to illustrator Leonor Fini. Drawings and original editions will trace her dialogue with writers, from Les Fleurs du Mal to The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.

• 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.

• 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.

• Discovery
• Free

Exhibition "The Emerald Routes" at the School of Jewelry Arts

THE SCHOOL OF JEWELRY ARTS
From December 4, 2026 to June 13, 2027

The School of Jewelry Arts follows the emerald route from December 4, 2026 to June 13, 2027, from Antiquity to Spanish galleons. Free entry with reservation, Boulevard Montmartre.

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Free

Gérard Garouste exhibition, Brisure, at the Templon gallery

TEMPLON GALLERY
From November 5 to December 30, 2026

The Templon gallery, rue du Grenier Saint-Lazare, presents Brisure, paintings, drawings and sculptures by Gérard Garouste, from November 5 to December 30, 2026. Centrepiece: the triptych L’Amandier, three and a half meters of fantastic sunset, free admission.

• 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.

• Photo
• Free

Pierre et Gilles exhibition, Rose for you, and rose for me, at the Templon gallery

TEMPLON GALLERY
From November 7 to December 30, 2026

The Templon gallery celebrates the fifty years of the duo of Pierre et Gilles with Rose for you, and rose for me, from November 7 to December 30, 2026. Around twenty portrait-paintings made in the last two years, photographs repainted by hand, to see 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: 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).

• 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

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.

• 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.

• Free
• Drawing

Eclipse Exhibition: Drawing through Photography, at the Drawing Lab

DRAWING LAB
From September 25, 2026 to January 3, 2027

From September 25, 2026 to January 3, 2027, the Drawing Lab celebrates the bicentenary of photography with Eclipse, a free group exhibition dedicated to the links between drawing and photography, curated by Anne Favier.

• 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

Exhibition: The Seokguram Grotto, the Millennial Secret of Buddhist Art, at the Korean Cultural Center

KOREAN CULTURAL CENTER
From October 2, 2026 to March 13, 2027

From October 2, 2026 to March 13, 2027, the Korean Cultural Center is hosting a free exhibition dedicated to the Seokguram Grotto, a jewel of Buddhist art from the Unified Silla period (668-935). The exhibition details its architecture and the craftsmanship of the builders who erected it in Gyeongju.

• Contemporary
• Free

Thomas Houseago and Théo Mercier exhibition at Reiffers Initiatives: our photos

REIFFERS 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Photo
• Free

Bruno Aveillan's "La Valise" exhibition at LV Dream: our photos and our review

LV DREAM
From November 13, 2026 to Spring 2027

From November 13, 2026, until spring 2027, Espace LV Dream will exhibit "La Valise" (The Suitcase), Bruno Aveillan's series dedicated to his Louis Vuitton Alzer suitcase, celebrating the 130th anniversary of the Monogram canvas. The exhibition, free with reservation, coincides with the publication of the book by Flammarion and Noir Éditions.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Free

Lubaina Himid exhibition, A Fashionable Marriage, at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris

Museum of Modern Art, Paris
From October 16, 2026 to January 10, 2027

The Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris is hosting Lubaina Himid from October 16, 2026 to January 10, 2027, with free admission, as part of the Festival d'Automne. The British artist is showing a single piece, placed amidst the permanent collections.

• Photo
• Free

An Act of Attention exhibition at the Swedish Institute

Swedish Institute
From November 13, 2026 to February 21, 2027

The Swedish Institute is bringing together seven French and Swedish photographers from November 13, 2026 to February 21, 2027, with free admission. The exhibition is curated by Anna Danielsson and Stefan Jensen, in collaboration with the Hasselblad Foundation, as part of the bicentenary of photography.

• 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

Pietro Pietromarchi's Steam Power exhibition at the Minsky Gallery

MINSKY GALLERY
From November 12 to 28, 2026

From November 12 to 28, 2026, the Minsky Gallery in Paris will exhibit Pietro Pietromarchi's latest photographs of steam trains for Paris Photo. These are brand-new black and white images taken in Pakistan and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Admission is free.

• 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.

• 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

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

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.

• 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

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.

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Free

Prune Nourry exhibition, Visionaries at the Petit Palais: our images

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.

• 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.

• 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

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

FAIDHERBE GALLERY
From October 15 to November 14, 2026

Galerie Faidherbe is exhibiting fifty-six years of painting by Pietrantonio Paolino d’Errico under the title Abst/rets, between the meshes of the world, from October 15 to November 14, 2026, with free admission.

• Fashion
• Free

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

CARPENTERS
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

Walid Raad Exhibition, Festival of (in)gratitude: the artist himself guides the tour at CENTQUATRE-PARIS

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

The artist himself guides the tour

• 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…

• 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.

• 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.