• 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.

• With family

Strange Flights at the Air and Space Museum

AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
From June 27, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Ever since man took off, he has been caricatured. With every new machine that rises into the sky, a satirical cartoonist is there.

• Unavoidable
• Free

Zeus, l'apparition monumentale sur le parvis du Musée des Arts et Métiers

PARVIS MUSEE DES ARTS ET METIERS
Du 17 décembre 2025 au 11 janvier 2027

Installé sur le parvis du Musée des Arts et Métiers, Zeus, le cheval métallique des Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024, s’offre désormais à tous !

• Free
• Contemporary

Anish Kapoor: the new exhibition at Mennour

MENNOUR
Until November 28, 2026

Anish Kapoor's return to Paris.

• Photo

Exhibition Brassaï, the eye of Paris at Hangar Y in Meudon

HANGAR Y
From October 17, 2026 to February 21, 2027

From October 17, 2026 to February 21, 2027, Hangar Y, in Meudon, is dedicating the exhibition "The Eye of Paris" to Brassaï. One hundred prints from the personal collection of Gilberte, the photographer's wife, are being shown there for the first and only time, from the nocturnal Paris of the musette balls to the anonymous graffiti hunted on the walls.

• 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.

• Unavoidable

Stories of Landscapes. From Monet to Hockney (1893-2026). The exceptional exhibition at the Marmottan Monet Museum

MARMOTTAN MONET MUSEUM
From September 24, 2026 to January 31, 2027

One hundred years after Monet's death, the Marmottan Museum shows how landscapes, from Impressionism to today, have become witnesses to the upheavals of history.

• Discovery
• News

Marc Bloch au Panthéon

PANTHEON
Du 25 juin 2026 au 10 janvier 2027

Le 23 juin 2026, la République française fait entrer Marc Bloch au Panthéon. Pour accompagner la panthéonisation, le Centre des monuments nationaux organise au Panthéon l’exposition Marc Bloch, l’esprit de l’Histoire, du 23 juin au 31 décembre 2026.

• Photo

Paul Kodjo exhibition, Photoromance, at the Palais de Tokyo

Palais de Tokyo
From October 21, 2026 to February 14, 2027

From October 21, 2026 to February 14, 2027, the Palais de Tokyo is dedicating Paul Kodjo's first major solo exhibition in France, Photoromance. It features the photo novels shot in the streets of Abidjan and published from 1971 onwards in Ivoire Dimanche.

• With family
• Discovery

Exposition Transparence, Quand l’invisible devient visible au Palais des enfants

Palais des enfants
Du 20 juin jusqu’au 29 août 2027

Transparence, exposition au Palais des enfants, invite les 2-10 ans à explorer le monde invisible à travers bulles, cristaux, méduses et illusions sensorielles.

• Photo
• Free

Irving Penn, The Essence of Portraiture, by Thaddaeus Ropac

THADDAEUS ROPAC GALLERY
From November 7, 2026 to January 30, 2027

From November 7, 2026 to January 30, 2027, the Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, in the Marais, shows portraits of Irving Penn, from Marcel Duchamp to Elizabeth Peyton: images that rival painting, with free admission.

• Contemporary
• Drawing

Monet/Soriano exhibition, mapping of Mount Kolsås, at the Marmottan Monet Museum

MARMOTTAN MONET MUSEUM
From September 24, 2026 to January 31, 2027

The Marmottan Monet Museum is hosting a mural drawing by Peter Soriano from September 24, 2026 to January 31, 2027, designed specifically for its walls. The French-American artist retraced Monet's Norwegian journey before creating the drawing.

• 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

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

Eric Reynier's Explorations exhibition at the Galerie de l'Europe

GALLERY OF EUROPE
From October 20 to November 21, 2026

From October 20 to November 21, 2026, the Galerie de l’Europe presents paintings by Éric Reynier, entitled Explorations. The figures in this exhibition all originate from clay models, ephemeral creations whose traces are preserved only on the canvas. Free admission, rue de Seine.

• 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.

• 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…

• Discovery
• Contemporary

Made in Situ exhibition - Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, at the Galerie des Gobelins: we went!

National Furniture Collection - Gobelins Gallery
From October 9 to November 29, 2026

The Mobilier national is bringing together for the first time the seven collections of the Made in Situ studio, founded in Portugal by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, a designer who left Parisian luxury to work with the artisans of a territory.

• Photo

Susan Meiselas and Martine Franck exhibition at the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON FOUNDATION
From October 21, 2026 to March 7, 2027

The Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation presents from October 21, 2026 to March 7, 2027 Susan Meiselas, Nicaragua, History, Memory, the author of Molotov Man, and Martine Franck, Images, press and feminist struggles: two exhibitions, one ticket.

• 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.

• Free
• Discovery

Free museums on November 1, 2026: 13 exhibitions to see in Paris

On Sunday, November 1, 2026, national museums and monuments are free for everyone. Here are thirteen exhibitions to see without paying in Paris. The Musée d'Orsay, the Orangerie, the Cluny Museum, and…

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

The best contemporary art exhibitions to see in Paris

PARIS
Right now

Art Basel, galleries open to all and the week's major openings: contemporary art occupies Paris, and some of it can be visited without paying.

• 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…

• Discovery

Roman art from the Louvre, a world of images

Museum of Roman Civilization
From June 11, 2026 to January 10, 2027

In Nîmes, the Roman world is not a memory: it is a geography. The Maison Carrée is intact, the Arena still welcomes spectators.

• Classic
• With family

Gaillon Castle: come and discover the first Renaissance castle in France

Gaillon Castle
Allée de l’Ermitage, 27600 Gaillon

Welcome to the Château de Gaillon, the first Renaissance castle in France and home to some of the most illustrious kings.

• 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.

• 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...

• Unavoidable
• Classic

Le mythique Château de Bussy-Rabutin dévoile son nouveau parcours

Château de Bussy-Rabutin
Nouveau parcours

A l'occasion de sa réouverture complète, le Château de Bussy-Rabutin inaugure un nouveau parcours illustrant l'histoire du comte Roger de Bussy-Rabutin.

• Unavoidable
• Classic

 City of Stained Glass: a jewel of gold, glass and lead in Troyes

Stained Glass City
Permanent Exhibition

Nestled in the heart of a historical monument, the young City of Stained Glass opens the doors to a religious and secular world made of changing colors.

• Contemporary

Ernest Pignon-Ernest at the Ziem Museum

ZIEM MUSEUM
Until December 31, 2026

The exhibition refocuses on a key episode in the artist's history: his interventions in Martigues.

• Unavoidable
• With family

Exposition permanente à l'Historial de la Grande Guerre : l'émotion face au devoir de mémoire

Historial de la Grande Guerre de Péronne
Collection permanente

Quand le devoir de mémoire est synonyme d'émotion : l'Historial de la Grande Guerre de Péronne accueille de nouvelles archives pour sa collection permanente.

• 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.

• Unavoidable
• With family

The Historial of the Great War of Péronne: seeing history differently

History of the Great War
Permanent collections

The History of the Great War of Péronne immerses us in the horror of war, on the front and at the rear, alongside the armies of the countries in conflict.

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

Roman art from the Louvre to the Museum of Romanity

Museum of Roman Civilization
From June 11, 2026 to January 10, 2027

In Nîmes, the Roman world is not a memory: it is a geography.

À Saint-Jean-du-Gard, Samuel Bastide fait son cinéma

MAISON ROUGE – MUSÉE DES VALLÉES CÉVENOLES
Jusqu'au 2 mai 2027

Bien avant le septième art, il faisait déjà naître des mondes dans l'obscurité. À travers l'incroyable destin de Samuel Bastide, photographe, dessinateur et conteur cévenol, cette exposition ressuscite l'âge d'or de la lanterne magique. Ses quelque 2 500 plaques de verre peintes, projetées et commentées lors de spectacles itinérants, composent un fascinant théâtre d'images. 

• 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.

Exhibition: Diving into the Unknown at the National Maritime Museum in Toulon

How far can one descend, and what do we find at the bottom? The National Maritime Museum in Toulon takes this question seriously and retraces the entire underwater adventure in the Mediterranean, from…

• With family
• Unavoidable

Sur les pas de Courbet : six balades à l’œil libre avec les Sentiers Courbet

DÉPARTEMENT DU DOUBS

Marcher avec Courbet, c’est entrer dans un tableau grandeur nature. Six itinéraires, six approches, pour redécouvrir la nature comme un territoire mental.

• 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.

Exhibition "Voyage à l'anglaise, Turner et les artistes du Grand Tour" (English Journey, Turner and the Artists of the Grand Tour), at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille

In 1819, a forty-four-year-old Englishman crossed the Alps for the first time and encountered a light that no watercolor had yet been able to capture. William Turner had a solid reputation behind him,…

• Classic
• Discovery

Exhibition "Crowning the Sky" at the National Renaissance Museum, Écouen Castle

National Renaissance Museum, Écouen Castle
From September 18, 2026 to January 11, 2027

The National Renaissance Museum, at the Château d'Écouen, displays at eye level until January 11, 2027 the ridge tiles taken down from its roofs during the restoration of the facades: Crowning the sky.

• Discovery
• With family

The extraordinary botanical garden of Val Rahmeh-Menton

Val Rahmeh-Menton Botanical Garden
Avenue Saint-Jacques, 06500 Menton

In Garavan Bay, in a rocky amphitheater open to the sea, hides the Val Rahmeh-Menton botanical garden, a haven of peace hidden from view.

• Discovery
• With family

Les animaux du Mali entrent en scène au musée des Confluences

MUSÉE DES CONFLUENCES
Jusqu’au 7 février 2027

Les masques et marionnettes font société Au Musée des Confluences, on vogue sur les rives du fleuve qui traverse le Mali, où se déploient des pratiques performatives appelées sogow bò « les animaux…

Shigeru Ban exhibition, Building a Better World, at the Centre Pompidou-Metz

Cardboard, bamboo, reclaimed wood. With these materials, once considered humble, Shigeru Ban has been building churches, museums, and emergency shelters for forty years, and the Centre Pompidou-Metz…

• Photo
• With family

The "Click" exhibition, "Photographing to Tell Stories," is on display at the Museum of Children's Illustration in Moulins.

Museum of Children's Illustration
Until January 3, 2027

The Museum of Children's Illustration in Moulins presents Clic, Photographing to Tell, until January 3, 2027. From costumed rabbits by Jean Tourane to images by Sarah Moon or Tana Hoban, the museum is bringing out its rare books and vintage prints.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Célébrez le quinzième anniversaire du Musée de Peinture de Saint-Frajou

MUSÉE DE PEINTURE DE SAINT-FRAJOU
Place de la Mairie, Saint-Frajou

Le Musée de Saint-Frajou fête 15 ans de liens entre artistes et public. Une aventure portée par Ksenia Milicevic, ouverte sur le monde et la création.

• Photo
• Discovery

Light and Magic exhibition at Tate Modern

TATE MODERN
From October 14, 2026 to February 21, 2027

The Tate Modern traces the birth of pictorialism, the first international movement to claim photography as an art form. More than fifty photographers, from Seoul to Sydney.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Constellations exhibition at the Beyeler Foundation, in Peter Zumthor's new buildings

The Beyeler Foundation is expanding and exhibiting approximately 230 works from its collection. The new Wyss Museum, designed by Peter Zumthor, opens alongside them. Riehen, on the outskirts of Basel.…

• Festival
• With family

A festive weekend in Brussels: Kanal, Winter Wonders and hidden gems

BRUSSELS
From November 27, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Opening of the Kanal-Centre Pompidou, twenty-fifth edition of Winter Pleasures, new roof of the Royal Library and Atoma factory turned art center: our ideas for a festive weekend in Brussels, from the end of November to January 3, 2027.

• Fashion
• Unavoidable

The Antwerp Six exhibition at MoMu, Antwerp

MOMU, Antwerp
From March 28, 2026 to January 17, 2027

The MoMu, Antwerp's fashion museum, is bringing together for the first time the Antwerp Six, from Dries Van Noten to Ann Demeulemeester, forty years after their London breakthrough, from March 28, 2026 to January 17, 2027.

• Drawing
• Discovery

Hokusai, The Wave and Others exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London

DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY
From October 20, 2026 to January 17, 2027

From October 20, 2026 to January 17, 2027, the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London presents "Hokusai, The Wave and Others." For the first time in the UK, the complete series of Katsushika Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, comprising forty-six prints in Prussian blue, is brought together.

• Classic
• Unavoidable

Hals - Rembrandt exhibition at the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

FRANS HALS MUSEUM
From November 6, 2026 to February 28, 2027

The Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem is bringing together for the first time Frans Hals and Rembrandt, two men of the same generation who never painted the human face in the same way.

• Free
• Contemporary

Banu Cennetoğlu exhibition, right? at Kanal-Centre Pompidou

KANAL-CENTRE POMPIDOU
From November 28, 2026 to May 23, 2027

In the Kanal-Centre Pompidou showroom in Brussels, Banu Cennetoğlu is bringing together for the first time the thirty articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in golden balloon letters, freely accessible from November 28, 2026 to May 23, 2027.

• Unavoidable
• Classic

Exhibition "Impressionism, a Belgian Story" at La Boverie, Liège

LA BOVERIE, LIÈGE
From October 9, 2026 to March 29, 2027

For its tenth anniversary, La Boverie, in Liège, is bringing together nearly one hundred and fifty Belgian and French Impressionist works, from Émile Claus and Ensor to Monet and Renoir, from October 9, 2026 to March 29, 2027.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Le duo d'artistes Gilbert et George ouvre enfin un musée à Londres : The Gilbert and George Centre

The Gilbert & George Centre - Londres
Espace permanent

Vous aimez l'art ? Vous aimez l'humour anglais ? Vous allez adorer la nouvelle du jour. Le célèbre duo artsy et comique Gilbert et George, les Mr Bean de l'art contemporain, ouvrent un musée pour exposer leurs œuvres à Londres.

• Unavoidable
• Contemporary

Exhibition A truly immense journey at Kanal-Centre Pompidou

KANAL-CENTRE POMPIDOU
From November 28, 2026 to January 9, 2028

Kanal-Centre Pompidou opens in Brussels with A truly immense journey, an exhibition of more than three hundred and fifty works, mostly from the Centre Pompidou, from November 28, 2026 to January 9, 2028.

• Classic
• Unavoidable

Hofburg: Visit the sumptuous Habsburg residence in Vienna, Austria

Vienna
Guided tours

More than a hundred years after their fall, the Hofburg invites us to follow in the footsteps of the Habsburgs, the former royal family of Austria, to their final resting place in Vienna.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Willem de Kooning at work exhibition at the Rijksmuseum

RIJKSMUSEUM
From October 9, 2026 to January 17, 2027

The Rijksmuseum brings together nearly one hundred and twenty works by Willem de Kooning and takes a rare approach: placing the drawing at the center, not as a draft but as a work of art.

• Discovery
• Unavoidable

Renoir and Love exhibition at the National Gallery

THE NATIONAL GALLERY
From Oct. 3, 2026 to Jan. 31. 2027

In Renoir's work, love is painted like a light: fleeting, sweet and radiant.

• Discovery
• Unavoidable

Exposition William Kentridge du trait au mouvement au Bozar, Palais des Beaux-Arts

BOZAR, PALAIS DES BEAUX-ARTS
BELGIQUE - Du 18 sept. au 7 mars 2027

Chez William Kentridge, le dessin devient une arme contre l’oubli.

• Discovery
• Contemporary

Simultaneous, Marie Ducaté at the Ariana Museum in Geneva

Ariana Museum
From February 20, 2026 to November 29, 2026

Discover at the Ariana Museum the colourful world of Marie Ducaté: painting, ceramics, glass and textiles interact in a poetic and luminous exhibition.

• Unavoidable
• Contemporary

Dalí exhibition at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid

THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA MUSEUM
From October 20, 2026 to January 24, 2027

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid brings Dalí face to face with Freud, whom he only met once. Six sections show what the painter took from psychoanalysis, and what he subverted from it.

• Classic
• Unavoidable

Signac exhibition, symphony of colors at the Kunsthal Rotterdam

KUNSTHAL ROTTERDAM
From October 24, 2026 to February 28, 2027

The Kunsthal in Rotterdam is dedicating an exhibition to Paul Signac, for whom divisionism was less a matter of optics than a matter of boats.

• Discovery
• Unavoidable

Exhibition at Matisse's at the H'Art Museum

H’ART MUSEUM
From October 3, 2026 to February 14, 2027

Matisse did not just paint color: he changed the way we see it.

• Unavoidable
• Classic

Artemisia Gentileschi Exhibition at the Museum of the Innocents, Florence

Museum of the Innocents
From October 21, 2026 to April 4, 2027

The Museum of the Innocents in Florence is dedicating an exhibition to Artemisia Gentileschi's Florentine years, the most successful of her career, when she painted for the Medici.

• Discovery
• Classic

Modern Barcelona exhibition, from Gaudí to Picasso, at the Kunsthalle Munich

KUNSTHALLE MÜNCHEN
From October 23, 2026 to February 21, 2027

The Kunsthalle in Munich tells the story of Catalan Modernism in one hundred and sixty pieces, from Gaudí to the young Picasso: thirty-four years during which Barcelona invented itself.

• Discovery
• Classic

Jean Brusselmans exhibition at Bozar, Brussels

BOZAR, BRUSSELS
From October 2, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Bozar is dedicating its first major retrospective since 1980 to Jean Brusselmans, a Brussels painter of Brabant landscapes, featuring some one hundred and twenty works, from October 2, 2026 to January 31, 2027.

• Discovery
• Classic

Jenny Montigny Exhibition at the MSK in Ghent

MSK, Ghent
From October 10, 2026 to January 10, 2027

The MSK, Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, is dedicating its first retrospective since 1922 to Jenny Montigny, a student of Émile Claus, from October 10, 2026 to January 10, 2027.

• Discovery
• Unusual

Arcana Borealis exhibition at the Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki

ATENEUM ART MUSEUM
From October 23, 2026 to February 28, 2027

The Ateneum in Helsinki brought together women from the North who, like Hilma af Klint, invented abstraction while believing they were painting under the dictation of spirits. There were about fifty of them.

• Unavoidable
• Unusual

La Tapisserie de Bayeux est au British Museum de Londres

La Tapisserie de Bayeux : mille ans d’histoire au bout du fil. Le chef-d’œuvre médiéval déroule son récit au British Museum.