• Contemporary
• Unusual

Exhibition "Bursts of Laughter!" at the Tripostal in Lille

LE TRIPOSTAL, LILLE
From October 9, 2026 to January 3, 2027

For the first time, the Tripostal brings together the twenty-two Regional Contemporary Art Funds around the often-maligned art form: humor. From October 9, 2026, to January 3, 2027, "Éclats du rire!" (Bursts of Laughter!) features 153 works by 104 artists in Lille, transforming the building into a comedy club on Thursday evenings.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

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.

• 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
• Unavoidable

Séraphine Louis. From Senlis, Without Rival

Centre Pompidou-Metz
From October 31, 2026 to April 12, 2027

From October 31, 2026 to April 12, 2027, the Centre Pompidou-Metz brings together more than eighty works by Séraphine Louis, including six giant canvases from 1928-1930. An exhibition that takes the painter out of naive art and puts her back in the middle of modernity.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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
• 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.

• 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.

• Unavoidable
• Discovery

At Notre-Dame de la Garde, the earthenware regains its fervor.

At the Notre-Dame de la Garde Museum in Marseille, an exhibition has opened that we may have been waiting for, without realizing it, for three centuries. With "Earthenware & Devotion: Marseille–Moustiers in the 17th and 18th Centuries," nearly 150 works, many of them previously unseen, tell the story of the close ties forged in Provence between artistic creation and the expression of faith.

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.

• 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.

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.

• Discovery

Discovery: The Château de la Ballue and its Alice gardens…

Ballue Castle

Alice's garden in Wonderland exists! Nestled in the Breton countryside, the Château de la Ballue is a hidden marvel of our heritage.

• Discovery
• Unavoidable

Animated Meadows exhibition, an ode to nature in the City of Sorèze

City of Sorèze
From March 22, 2024 to December 22, 2026

The City of Sorèze presents its new exhibition Animated Meadows, a true ode to nature which captivates us with the fantasy of its decorations...