• Contemporary
• Unusual

Exposition Éclats du rire ! au Tripostal à Lille

LE TRIPOSTAL, LILLE
Du 9 octobre 2026 au 3 janvier 2027

Le Tripostal réunit pour la première fois les vingt-deux Fonds régionaux d'art contemporain autour du mal-aimé de l'histoire de l'art, l'humour. Du 9 octobre 2026 au 3 janvier 2027, Éclats du rire ! rassemble 153 œuvres de 104 artistes à Lille, et transforme le bâtiment en comedy club les jeudis soir.

• Unavoidable
• Discovery

The "Eating Images" exhibition at the Mucem in Marseille

MUCEM, J4 LEVEL 2
From October 28, 2026 to April 12, 2027

The Mucem tells in four hundred and thirty-five pieces how, around the Mediterranean, images were eaten, from the host to the love cake, with Ingres, Meret Oppenheim and Michel Journiac.

• Photo
• Festival

Planches Contact Festival, Generations, at Les Franciscaines in Deauville

THE FRANCISCAN NUNS
From October 17, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Les Franciscaines hosts the 17th edition of the Planches Contact Festival, on the theme Generations, from October 17, 2026 to January 3, 2027. Sixteen photographers spent several months in residence in Normandy, and Bruce Gilden is installing his New York retrospective right on the beach in Deauville.

• 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.

• Discovery
• With family

Cult Animal Exhibition at the Musée des Confluences, Lyon

MUSEUM OF CONFLUENCES
From October 16, 2026 to August 15, 2027

The Musée des Confluences in Lyon presents Animal culte from October 16, 2026 to August 15, 2027: three hundred and thirty objects and specimens to ask ourselves whether we live with animals or at their expense.

• Fashion

Chagall Couture exhibition at the Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice

MARC CHAGALL NATIONAL MUSEUM
From October 10, 2026 to January 18, 2027, then from February 6 to May 23, 2027

The Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice is exhibiting Chagall Couture from October 10, 2026 to May 23, 2027: seventy-six costumes and headdresses created by students from the Lycée des Coteaux de Cannes based on the painter's painted and engraved work.

• Digital
• Festival

Digital Imaginary Biennial Chronicles 2026, Resistances, in Marseille, Aix and Avignon

CHRONICLES, BIENNIAL OF DIGITAL IMAGINATIONS
From October 24, 2026 to January 17, 2027

From October 24, 2026 to January 17, 2027, the fifth Biennale of digital imaginaries, Chroniques, unfolds thirteen exhibitions in seven cities, from Marseille to Avignon, around one word: resistances.

• Contemporary

Amélie Bertrand exhibition, Neon Club, at the Valence Museum

MUSEUM OF VALENCE, ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
From October 10, 2026 to March 21, 2027

The Valence Museum of Art and Archaeology presents Amélie Bertrand, Neon Club, from October 10, 2026 to March 21, 2027: around thirty paintings, almost all of them new, designed for the space with painted curtains and illuminated display cases.

• Unusual
• With family

The Pink Diamond exhibition at the Château de Chantilly

CHÂTEAU DE CHANTILLY
From October 17, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Stolen a hundred years ago from the Château de Chantilly and then found hidden in an apple, the Grand Condé, a pink diamond of more than 9 carats, comes out of its vault from October 17, 2026 to January 3, 2027 for an exhibition devoted to its incredible story.

• Photo

Exhibition "The Lives of Photography" at the Le Château d'Eau gallery in Toulouse

THE WATER TOWER
From October 16, 2026 to February 21, 2027

The Le Château d’Eau gallery in Toulouse presents The Lives of Photography from October 16, 2026 to February 21, 2027. Together with the Paul-Dupuy and Georges-Labit museums, it brings together 19th-century daguerreotypes and contemporary photography in the same room.

• 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

"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.

• Photo

Exhibition "I dreamed of another world" at the Frac Grand Large in Dunkirk

FRAC GRAND LARGE - HAUTS-DE-FRANCE
From October 10, 2026 to January 3, 2027

The Frac Grand Large - Hauts-de-France, in Dunkirk, presents I dreamed of another world from October 10, 2026 to January 3, 2027. More than a hundred works from its collection, from Lee Friedlander to Daniel Buren, treat light as a material.

• Classic

Fernand Léger exhibition, bodies in celebration, world in colours, at the Matisse Museum in Le Cateau-Cambrésis

HENRI MATISSE DEPARTMENTAL MUSEUM
From October 17, 2026 to January 27, 2027

From October 17, 2026 to January 27, 2027, the Henri Matisse departmental museum in Le Cateau-Cambrésis dedicates its first exhibition to Fernand Léger. Bold colors, bodies in motion and joie de vivre, with a dialogue with Nadia Léger.

• Classic

The strange case of Monsieur Gallé, the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Nancy

Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy
From October 21, 2026 to February 28, 2027

From October 21, 2026 to February 28, 2027, the Museum of Fine Arts in Nancy opens the workshops of Émile Gallé: one hundred and forty pieces, from 1880 to the 1920s, in an exhibition recognized as being of national interest by the State.

• Contemporary

Sheila Hicks exhibition, Beyond, at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille

LILLE PALACE OF FINE ARTS
From October 9, 2026 to March 8, 2027

Sheila Hicks, a pioneer of textile art, is given carte blanche at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille and becomes the first female artist to occupy its atrium.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

Exhibition "Restituer," Philippe Guesdon facing Dürer at the Louviers Museum

LOUVIERS MUSEUM
From September 19, 2026 to January 3, 2027

A contemporary painter repaints Dürer's engravings, facing the Louviers altarpiece which had copied them in the 16th century.

• Unavoidable
• With family

Too Cute! The Art of Happiness Exhibition at the Louvre-Lens

Louvre-Lens
From September 23, 2026 to January 18, 2027

Why do some images make us feel good? The Louvre-Lens takes the question seriously.

• Unavoidable
• Contemporary

Lee Ufan takes over the Palais des Papes in Avignon

PALACE OF THE POPES
Until November 15, 2026

Matter. Space. Time. The Palais des Papes opens its doors to Lee Ufan, a major figure in contemporary Korean art, for a major exhibition. The exhibition, entitled "Relatum," transforms the iconic spaces of the Avignon monument into experimental sites for architectural sculptures.

• News
• Discovery

The Feasts of Chambord exhibition at the Château de Chambord

Chambord National Estate
From September 26, 2026 to January 24, 2027

Four meals, from Francis I to Lady Diana, brought up to the second floor of the keep.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Lyon Biennale 2026: Art makes its way even into the city's secret passages

LYON BIENNIAL
From September 19 to December 13, 2026

A former locomotive factory, a museum exceptionally reopened, traboules to explore… For its 18th edition, the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale takes us far beyond the exhibition halls. A journey through…

Art and anarchy at the Roubaix swimming pool

LA PISCINE - ANDRÉ DILIGENT MUSEUM OF ART AND INDUSTRY
From October 10, 2026 to January 24, 2027

Neither God nor master. From Gustave Courbet to Banksy, La Piscine retraces a century and a half of art spent under the libertarian banner.

• Classic

L'art romain du Louvre au Musée de la Romanité

MUSÉE DE LA ROMANITÉ 
DU 11 JUIN 2026 AU 10 JANVIER 2027

À Nîmes, le monde romain n'est pas un souvenir : c'est une géographie.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

Hervé Di Rosa's "Mirages of the World" exhibition at La Malmaison, Cannes

LA MALMAISON ART CENTER
From July 17 to November 8, 2026

Forty years of painting by Hervé Di Rosa in three chapters, from Free Figuration to Idols, facing the Croisette.

• With family
• Unavoidable

In minor blue: the Chaumont art season

CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE ESTATE
Until November 1, 2026

Twelve artists, one color, a château on the Loire. The nineteenth art season at Chaumont-sur-Loire opens under the sign of blue – not a decorative blue, but rather a mental, inner blue, circulating…

Le jardin de Claude Monet réinventé à Deauville

LES FRANCISCAINES
Du 11 juillet au 1er novembre 2026

Claude Monet a quelque chose des grands génies, de celles et ceux qui ont su regarder le monde, pour le voir. Voilà le pari qui, à Deauville, ouvre la très belle exposition Claude Monet, des jardins en héritage.

• Unavoidable
• Discovery

Follow the thread: behind the scenes of the blockbuster exhibition in Toulon

TPM Arts Hotel
Until October 31, 2026

Solidified macrame, felt encased in resin, silk cocoons… Design is not limited to a set of chairs! In the exceptional setting of the Hôtel des Arts, a unique exhibition restores textiles to their full beauty and power. From Sonia Delaunay to Dominique Perrault, the exhibition sensitively instills in us a true history of forms.

Le réalisme animal au Musée Courbet

MUSÉE COURBET
Du 27 juin au 8 novembre 2026

Le Musée Courbet d'Ornans met le réalisme animal à l'honneur : Courbet, Rosa Bonheur et Paolo Boosten donnent aux animaux le droit d'être des portraits.

Kouka à l'Espace Paul Rebeyrolle

ESPACE PAUL REBEYROLLE
Du 21 juin au 1er novembre 2026

L’Espace Paul Rebeyrolle réunit une trentaine des oeuvres de Kouka, dans la mémoire d’un peintre dont l’engagement politique n’a jamais quitté le geste.

Sara Ouhaddou à Aigues Mortes

TOURS ET REMPARTS D’AIGUES-MORTES
Du 19 juin au 1er novembre 2026

L'exposition de Sara Ouhaddou aux remparts d'Aigues-Mortes rend hommage aux prisonnières qui y furent détenues.

• Unavoidable
• Discovery

Design according to Pierre Paulin, in Montpellier

FABRE MUSEUM
From June 27 to November 1, 2026

Pierre Paulin brought France to a standstill without them fully realizing the extent of the problem.

• With family
• Discovery

Une contemplation du végétal dans la demeure du Prince des poètes

PRIEURÉ SAINT-COSME- DEMEURE DE RONSARD
Jusqu’au 1er novembre 2026

Découvrez le Prieuré Saint-Cosme - Demeure de Ronsard, où la poésie et le végétal se font écho. 

• Unavoidable
• Fashion

Ingres & Fashion at the Ingres Bourdelle Museum

INGRES BOURDELLE MUSEUM
From July 3 to November 8, 2026

At the Ingres Bourdelle Museum, more than two hundred works, paintings, drawings, period textiles and accessories, make up the first major reading of the intimate relationship that Ingres maintained with fashion.

• Unavoidable
• Discovery

Sea, Pop & Sun à la Fondation Carmignac

VILLA CARMIGNAC - FONDATION CARMIGNAC à PORQUEROLLES
Jusqu’au 1er novembre 2026

Oubliez les boîtes de conserve, les néons et le vacarme des villes. Le Pop Art a retiré ses chaussures et planté ses pieds nus dans le sable du Sud.

Les Roches Rouges au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Draguignan

MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS DE DRAGUIGNAN
Jusqu’au 31 octobre 2026

Le massif de l'Estérel à l'honneur au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Draguignan.

• Discovery
• With family

La Presqu’île de Guérande - Voyage à travers l’art de John Howe

CapAtlantique La Baule – Guérande Agglo
À partir du 20 juin 2026

Et si vous passiez l’été dans la Terre du Milieu ? Entre La Baule et Guérande, l’Agglomération dessine un itinéraire en quatre escales sur les pas de John Howe, l’artiste qui a mis en image l’univers de Tolkien.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Daniel Buren at the Museum of Impressionisms

Museum of Impressionisms, Giverny
From July 17 to November 1, 2026

Daniel Buren in Giverny: it wasn't an obvious choice. Yet, it was already there, in the haystacks. Today, Daniel Buren returns to Monet's land for the centenary of his death.

• Discovery
• With family

Auvergne reveals the treasures of the Earth!

Auvergne Regional Museum
From May 24 to October 31, 2026

The Auvergne Regional Museum is presenting an exhibition on the region's mineral wealth and the uses that humans have made of it since prehistory.

• Contemporary

Ernest Pignon-Ernest au Musée Ziem

MUSÉE ZIEM 
Jusqu'au 31 décembre 2026

L'exposition se recentre sur un épisode essentiel de l'histoire de l'artiste : ses interventions à Martigues.

• Discovery

Iliazd, Poet-Architect of the Book

Pierre-André Benoît Museum-Library
From April 10 to October 31, 2026

He explored the Caucasus in search of Byzantine churches, designed fabrics for Sonia Delaunay and Gabrielle Chanel, and worked with ceramics.

Aubusson Tisse Tolkien au Musée Jean-Lurçat d'Angers

MUSÉE JEAN-LURÇAT ET DE LA TAPISSERIE CONTEMPORAINE
JUSQU'AU 8 NOVEMBRE 2026

L'événement justifie le voyage. Cet été, la plus ambitieuse tenture du XXIᵉ siècle – quatorze tapisseries et deux tapis tissés à Aubusson en dix ans d'après les aquarelles de Tolkien – s'installe dans l'un des plus beaux écrins de l'art textile français.

• Movie theater
• With family

The garden is putting on a show in Chaumont-sur-Loire

CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE ESTATE
From April 22 to November 1, 2026

Silence on set. This season, the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire is filming. The International Garden Festival—thirty years of creation, 32 hectares of parkland, a Loire château as its backdrop—is…

• Discovery
• Romantic

Passavant le meilleur ! La Champagne médiévale

CITÉ DU VITRAIL
Du 5 mai au 31 octobre 2026

Passavant li meillor ! – que les meilleurs passent en avant. Ce cri lancé sous la bannière des comtes de Champagne résonnait comme un défi à l'histoire. Huit cents ans plus tard, il donne son nom à…

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Cité du Vin Bordeaux : elle fête ses 10 ans !

CITÉ DU VIN
Du 1er avril au 1er novembre 2026

Dix ans déjà que Bordeaux possède son vaisseau de verre et de lumière posé sur les quais. Dix ans que la Cité du Vin célèbre le monde dans un verre, les terroirs dans un récit, les saisons dans une…

• Discovery

Ange Abrate : peintre des sommets...

Du 11 décembre 2025 au 1er novembre 2026
La Cure

Peintre-alpiniste, autodidacte et amoureux des horizons, Ange Abrate (1900–1985) a fait du massif du Mont-Blanc son atelier à ciel ouvert.