• With family

Le Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle présente l'exposition Artistes au Muséum

MUSÉUM NATIONAL D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE
Du 23 sept. 2026 au 7 mars 2027

Avant les microscopes, les artistes avaient déjà le pinceau pour explorer le vivant.

• Unavoidable
• Unusual

A private tour of Maison Gainsbourg

Thirty-two years after the disappearance of Serge Gainsbourg, the legendary address of 5 bis rue de Verneuil writes a new page in its history

• 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.

• 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…

• Photo
• Unavoidable

Remember Me exhibition, photographic masterpieces at the Bourse de Commerce: our images

EXCHANGE FOR TRADE - PINAULT COLLECTION
From October 7, 2026 to January 18, 2027

Seven hundred photographs from the Pinault Collection for the two hundredth anniversary of the medium

• 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.

• Discovery
• Video

 Discover in video the permanent exhibition of Citéco, the City of the Economy

Who has never dreamed of deciphering the major mechanisms of the global economy? You will perhaps answer us: “not me”… And to be honest, that’s a bit what we said to ourselves before visiting the brand new Cité de l’Economie… But that was “before ". We'll guide you!

• Unavoidable
• Contemporary

Exhibition "Tiny Lives" at the Pantheon

PANTHEON
From September 25, 2026 to January 31, 2027

At the Pantheon, the invisible finally becomes monumental.

• 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.

• News
• Unavoidable

Monet Exhibition: Painting Time at the Musée de l'Orangerie

Orangerie Museum
From September 30, 2026 to January 25, 2027

The Musée de l’Orangerie presents the exhibition Monet, painting time, dedicated to Claude Monet and his unique way of representing the variations of time and light.

• Discovery
• With family

The Cherqui Foundation, the temple of kinetic art on the outskirts of Paris

Cherqui Foundation
Permanent collections

For those who love kinetic art, come and discover the Cherqui foundation in Aubervilliers, bringing together a total of 5,000 optical works from a private collection.

• Contemporary
• Drawing

Vija Celmins exhibition, a contemporary counterpoint, at the Orangerie Museum

Orangery Museum
From September 30, 2026 to February 15, 2027

The Musée de l'Orangerie is dedicating its contemporary art event to Vija Celmins, from September 30, 2026 to February 15, 2027. The American artist of Latvian origin is presenting thirty years of drawings and engravings, installed in close proximity to the museum's collections.

• 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.

• Classic
• Romantic

Visit to Maison Caillebotte: an impressionist haven of peace

Enter the intimacy of the most discreet of impressionist painters at Maison Caillebotte in Yerres.

• 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.

• 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.

• Fashion
• Photo

Exposition Azzedine Alaïa et l’Afrique, Les inspirations. Un hommage au créateur à la Fondation Azzedine Alaïa

FONDATION AZZEDINE ALAÏA
Jusqu’au 4 janvier 2027

Chez Alaïa, l’Afrique devient une matière vivante, entre terre, lumière et sensualité.

• Contemporary
• Unusual

Jenny Holzer exhibition, "I Saw," at the Musée d'Orsay: our photos and our review

MUSÉE D’ORSAY
From October 20, 2026 to February 21, 2027

From October 20, 2026 to February 21, 2027, the Musée d'Orsay invites Jenny Holzer to create a dialogue between her texts and 19th-century masterpieces: light strips, engraved stone benches and censored paintings.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Dan Flavin exhibition, European Couples at the Gagosian Gallery in Le Bourget

GAGOSIAN LE BOURGET
From October 18, 2026 to April 3, 2027

For the first time in France, and only the third time in the world, Gagosian is bringing together at Le Bourget the nine light works from Dan Flavin’s European Couples series, from October 18, 2026 to April 3, 2027.

• 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.

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Kennedy Yanko at the City of Architecture and Heritage: our images

City of Architecture and Heritage
From October 16, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Kennedy Yanko pours acrylic paint directly onto the studio floor, lets it dry, then cuts it into sheets. She calls them paint skins. Supple, thick, and heavy, they bend and retain the imprint of the…

• 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.

• Movie theater
• Unavoidable

Belmondo, the Magnificent exhibition at the French Cinematheque

THE FRENCH FILM LIBRARY
From October 7, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Belmondo, the Magnificent: family archives, costumes and unpublished photos, plus thirty-five films

• 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
• 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
• 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.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Réouverture de l'Abbaye de Beaulieu-en-Rouergue : une plongée dans les années 1950

Abbaye de Beaulieu-en-Rouergue
Collection permanente

A l'occasion de sa réouverture, l'Abbaye de Beaulieu-en-Rouergue vous propose de vous émerveiller devant de nombreux chefs-d'œuvre de Vasarely, Hantaï ou encore Dubuffet... Une plongée magistrale dans la seconde moitié du XXe siècle grâce à cette superbe collection permanente.

• 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
• Living room

ST-ART Strasbourg Fair, 30th edition, at the Strasbourg Exhibition Park

ST-ART - STRASBOURG EXHIBITION CENTER
November 13-15, 2026

From November 13 to 15, 2026, ST-ART celebrates its thirtieth anniversary at the Strasbourg Exhibition Park, with a week of events in the city starting on the 10th. Around sixty participants, glass and engraving in the spotlight, and a space for works under a thousand euros.

• Contemporary

Exhibition by Anne and Patrick Poirier, "Memories of Ruins," at the Nice-Cimiez Archaeology Museum

NICE-CIMIEZ ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
From November 7, 2026 to September 5, 2027

From November 7, 2026 to September 5, 2027, the Nice-Cimiez Archaeology Museum is installing for the first time the invented ruins of Anne and Patrick Poirier in the middle of the Roman baths: Memories of the Ruins, with the MAMAC.

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…

• 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...

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Unavoidable

110 ans de la bataille de la Somme : les objets de la bataille

Historial de la Grande Guerre
Du 28 juin au 6 décembre 2026

Une mandoline fabriquée à mains nues par un soldat dans une tranchée. Des lettres, des médailles, des outils de fortune, des traces de soin et de deuil.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Discover the permanent Estuary trail in Nantes

Loire Estuary, starting from Nantes
Permanent

The city of Nantes offers us a very beautiful walk through contemporary art via its permanent art trail in the Estuary.

• Unavoidable
• Contemporary

Joan Miró exhibition, Protest, at the Abattoirs in Toulouse

LES ABATTOIRS, MUSEUM – FRAC OCCITANIE TOULOUSE
From October 3, 2026 to March 7, 2027

Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse, are dedicating their very first exhibition to Joan Miró until March 7, 2027: nearly two hundred works to reveal an artist who made protest the driving force of his creation.

• 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.

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…

• 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.

• Unavoidable
• Contemporary

La maison Matisse fait peau neuve au Cateau-Cambrésis

Musée départemental Henri Matisse
Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 59360

La Maison Matisse rouvre au Cateau-Cambrésis : un lieu intime pensé par l’artiste, enrichi de chefs-d’œuvre rares et d’un regard neuf sur sa modernité.

• Photo
• Unavoidable

Gerhard Richter Exhibition, Overpainted Photographs, at LUMA Arles

LUMA ARLES
Until January 10, 2027

LUMA Arles presents Gerhard Richter's Overpainted Photographs until January 10, 2027. The painter covers his own family photographs with scraped oil, taken from the remains of his abstract canvases.

• 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.

• News
• Photo

L'exposition Corée du Nord par Stéphan Gladieu au musée des Confluences

Corée du Nord par Stéphan Gladieu
Du 12 juin 2026 au 02 janvier 2028

Le musée des Confluences accueille les photographies de Stéphan Gladieu pour un perçu de la Corée du Nord rarement observée de l’intérieur.

• 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.

• Contemporary
• With family

 Discover the amazing machines of the island in Nantes

Île de Nantes, Parc des Chantiers
From February to December

In the nave of the former Nantes shipyards, strange and fantastical animals slumber. An 8-meter wingspan heron coexists with a giant ant, a retro-propelled squid, and even a manta ray. Although they…

• With family
• Drawing

Les collections du génie du surréalisme exposées au Museum Gallery XPO Salvador Dalí

Museum Gallery XPO Salvador Dalí.
Collections permanentes

Nous entrons dans l’antre de Salvador Dalí et découvrons la plus importante collection des œuvres de l’artiste, exposée en Belgique, au Museum Gallery XPO Salvador Dalí.

• Classic
• Unavoidable

Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich

KUNSTHAUS ZÜRICH
From October 2, 2026 to February 21, 2027

The Kunsthaus Zürich, which houses the largest collection of Munch's work outside of Norway, is bringing together the Norwegian painter and the Austrian Maria Lassnig for the first time. Two raw and vibrant bodies of work, separated by half a century.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Steve McQueen exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO
From October 9, 2026 to February 21, 2027

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao entrusts its Film and Video gallery to Steve McQueen, Oscar winner for 12 Years a Slave and one of the greatest artists of the moving image.

• 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

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.

• Discovery
• Unavoidable

Portraits Exhibition! From Botticelli to Lempicka at the Gemäldegalerie

GEMÄLDEGALERIE
From October 16, 2026 to March 14, 2027

Showing oneself, telling one's story, being seen: the selfie invented nothing.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

Shilpa Gupta exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

HAMBURGER BAHNHOF – NATIONALGALERIE DER GEGENWART
From March 27, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof entrusts its volumes to the Indian artist Shilpa Gupta, who makes the word TRUTH an architecture and truth a physical experience.

• 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.

• 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.…

• 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
• 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
• 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

Le verre, au-delà de la matière au Musée Ariana

MUSÉE ARIANA
Du 24 avril 2026 au 3 janvier 2027

Au Musée Ariana, 40 ans de recherche sur le verre : Soulages, Othoniel, Pesce et les coulisses inédites d'un laboratoire qui réinvente la matière.

• 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.

• 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.

• Fashion
• Unavoidable

The 90s, Art and Fashion exhibition at Tate Britain

TATE BRITAIN
From October 8, 2026 to February 14, 2027

Tate Britain reopens 1990s London: Cool Britannia, resourceful spirit and cult of reality, the portrait of a youth that redefined cool.

• 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.

• Unusual
• Unavoidable

Julio Le Parc à la Tate Modern

TATE MODERN BANKSIDE
Du 11 juin 2026 au 3 mai 2027

Light. Colour. Action. À 98 ans, l'Argentin Julio Le Parc, fondateur du GRAV et prix de peinture à la Biennale de Venise 1966, a droit à sa première grande rétrospective londonienne. Soixante œuvres…

• 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
• Unavoidable

Exhibition "Painting the Riviera from Monet to Matisse" at the Royal Academy of Arts

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS
From 2 October 2026 to 31 January 2027

On the French Riviera, painters came in search of light and found modernity.

• Classic
• Drawing

Exhibition Rubens, Jordaens, van Dyck at the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

KUPFERSTICHKABINETT
From October 10, 2026 to January 31, 2027

The Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin is bringing out its Flemish treasures for the first time in fifty years: more than one hundred drawings by twenty-eight artists, with Rubens, Jordaens and Van Dyck in the spotlight.

• 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.

• Unusual
• Contemporary

NO SHOW exhibition at Kanal-Centre Pompidou

KANAL-CENTRE POMPIDOU
From November 28, 2026 to January 17, 2027

At Kanal-Centre Pompidou, in Brussels, NO SHOW transforms five rooms into an immersive journey between art, light, sound and performance, from November 28, 2026 to January 17, 2027, on the site of the city's first amusement park.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

PlasMAH : quand les fluides débordent Au Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève

MUSÉE D’ART ET D’HISTOIRE DE GENÈVE
Dès le 16 juillet 2026

Une aile du Musée d’art et d’histoire se transforme en laboratoire impudique : telle est l’idée du programme expérimental PlasMAH, qui confie chaque été l’institution à de jeunes plasticiens.