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Van Gogh as an influencer: the exhibition at the Château d’Auvers-sur-Oise

AUVERS-SUR-OISE CASTLE
From April 18, 2026 to January 3, 2027

The Château d’Auvers-sur-Oise explores the influence of Van Gogh, from his artistic sources to modern and contemporary artists.

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• Contemporary

The City of Architecture celebrates its 20th anniversary: a new era for all

City of Architecture and Heritage

2027 marks a historic turning point for the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine. Celebrating its two decades of existence, the institution is not simply looking back: it is embarking on a…

• Contemporary
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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.

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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.

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La cité des bébés, le paradis des tous petits à la Cité des sciences et de l'industrie

CITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE L’INDUSTRIE
Nouvel espace permanent

La Cité des sciences et de l’industrie vous ouvre les portes d’un royaume inédit, créé rien que pour vous : la Cité des Bébés.

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Exhibition Behind the Scenes at the Museum at the Avelines Museum

MUSEUM OF THE AVELINES, SAINT-CLOUD
From October 15, 2026 to February 21, 2027

The Musée des Avelines opens its reserves and reveals what the public never sees: the inventory, the management, the restoration. It also displays works never before exhibited, including a bust of Flaubert by Clésinger, which is still awaiting its inventory number.

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Modern Art Fair 2026, Place de la Concorde: our photos and our review

PLACE DE LA CONCORDE
October 22-25, 2026

Modern Art Fair will take place at Place de la Concorde from October 22 to 25, 2026. Modern art, contemporary creation and design will engage in dialogue there, and the edition will welcome the Arab World Institute with icons from the Claude and France Lemand donation.

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Marie-Caroline, Duchess of Berry. Rebel Princess, the exhibition at the Château de Sceaux

Château de Sceaux, Departmental Museum
From September 13, 2026 to February 14, 2027

Marie-Caroline, one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century.

• 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

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.

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Finally, Something Good, the Stefan Sagmeister exhibition at the Gaîté Lyrique: our opinion

GAÎTÉ LYRIQUE
From October 15, 2026 to April 18, 2027

From October 15, 2026 to April 18, 2027, the Gaîté Lyrique welcomes designer Stefan Sagmeister for the second time. Finally, Something Good challenges pessimism.

• Contemporary
• Free

Exposition Lubaina Himid, A Fashionable Marriage, au musée d'Art moderne de Paris

MUSÉE D'ART MODERNE DE PARIS
Du 16 octobre 2026 au 10 janvier 2027

Le musée d'Art moderne de Paris accueille Lubaina Himid du 16 octobre 2026 au 10 janvier 2027, en entrée libre, dans le cadre du Festival d'Automne. L'artiste britannique y montre une seule pièce, posée au milieu des collections permanentes.

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Exhibition of Art Brut Resourced, the "S" Grand Atelier at the Halle Saint Pierre

Saint-Pierre Market Hall
From September 11, 2026 to July 31, 2027

When Art Brut becomes a collective adventure.

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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

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• Digital

Planet Ocean exhibition at the Atelier des Lumières: our photos

WORKSHOP OF LIGHTS
Starting October 16, 2026

From October 16, 2026, the Atelier des Lumières plunges into the ocean with Planète Océan, immersion into the depths: a 360-degree show that descends from coral gardens to the abyss, where animals make their own light.

• Video
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 Guided tour of the new Bourse de Commerce: the prestigious showcase of the Pinault Collection

It was one of the most anticipated openings of the year, postponed on numerous occasions and which has finally opened its doors. The Pinault collection has opted for a choice setting in the heart of Paris, in the splendid Palais de la Bourse de Commerce. The ambition was high, to create a Palazzo Grassi in Paris.

• Contemporary
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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.

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Tropical autumn: palm trees in the Great Greenhouses of the Botanical Garden

Large Greenhouses of the Botanical Garden
From October 15 to November 23, 2026

Fifth edition of Tropical Autumn at the Great Greenhouses of the Botanical Garden: a toucan guides visitors from palm tree to palm tree, during the five weeks of the All Saints' holidays.

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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.

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Jacques Villeglé exhibition, Paris à l’arraché, at the Carnavalet Museum: our photos and our review

CARNAVALET MUSEUM
From October 14, 2026 to February 14, 2027

The Carnavalet Museum presents Jacques Villeglé, Paris à l’arraché, from October 14, 2026 to February 14, 2027, for the centenary of the artist's birth. His torn posters, taken from Les Halles to Montparnasse, tell the story of nearly half a century of wanderings in the capital.

• Free
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Street Art Exhibition in Denfert-Rochereau: One hundred artists in the former Zara store in Denfert-Rochereau

STREET ART DENFERT
October 3-25, 2026

Street Art Madeleine becomes Street Art Denfert: 2,400 m² of former Zara space for one hundred artists, free

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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.

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Nadar Exhibition, Inventing Paris, from the Depths to the Sky, at the Catacombs of Paris

CATACOMBS OF PARIS
From September 29, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Nadar's work is on display twenty meters underground, in the galleries he was the first to photograph.

• Free
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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.

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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.

Joan Miró at the Hyacinthe Rigaud Museum

HYACINTHE RIGAUD MUSEUM
From June 27 to December 31, 2026

The Hyacinthe Rigaud art museum is dedicating its latest exhibition to Joan Miro: his permanent move to Majorca at the age of sixty-three, and the radical transformation that followed.

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Le château de Lunéville, une splendeur retrouvée

Château de Lunéville
Espace Permanent

Alors que l’on franchit le portail qui sépare le château de la ville, comment ne pas être aussitôt envoûté par les parterres du jardin à la française, ses sculptures et ses jets d’eau, par le parc des Bosquets et ses bassins, sans compter l’architecture luxuriante du XVIIIe siècle ? Non, vous n’êtes pas à Versailles, mais au château de Lunéville.

• Contemporary
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Lumière sculptée au musée Mandet

MUSÉE MANDET
Du 13 juin 2026 au 3 janvier 2027

Le Musée Mandet de Riom consacre une exposition entièrement nouvelle à Emilie Lemardeley.

• Video
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 Une plongée dans l’histoire des Cévennes exposée au Musée des vallées Cévenoles de Saint-Jean-du-Gard

Maison Rouge - Musée des vallées cévénoles
Collection permanente

À Saint-Jean-du-Gard, voyagez sur les terres des Cévennes avec la surprenante collection du Musée des Vallées Cévenoles.

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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.

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Découvrez le Musée de Balzac Saché, un voyage au coeur de la littérature

Musée Balzac - Château de Saché
Collection permanente

Le musée Balzac retrace l’histoire mouvementée de l’iconographie balzacienne dans un nouvel espace d’exposition. Suivant un parcours chronologique et thématique caressant les années 1840 à nos jours, le Château de Saché dévoile cet été l’image de ce « grand pétrisseur des Hommes ».

• Photo
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The major Robert Doisneau exhibition in Lyon

LA SUCRIÈRE - LYON
Until February 28, 2027

To mark the Bicentenary of Photography, the famous photographer Robert Doisneau - or rather his studio - is being honored at La Sucrière in Lyon.

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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.

• Contemporary
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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.

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Max Ernst exhibition, De natura, at the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire

CHAUMONT-SUR-LOIRE ESTATE
From October 3, 2026 to February 28, 2027

The Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire is dedicating a retrospective to Max Ernst, De natura, from October 3, 2026 to February 28, 2027: some thirty works including two paintings never before seen outside private collections, a few kilometers from the house where the painter lived for thirteen years.

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Découverte : Le Château de la Ballue et ses jardins d’Alice…

Château de la Ballue

Le jardin d’Alice au Pays des Merveilles existe ! Niché dans la campagne bretonne, le Château de la Ballue est une merveille cachée de notre patrimoine.

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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.

• Discovery
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Escapade à Cognac et ses alentours

GRAND COGNAC
Saison 2026

Quatre escales, un détour royal. Grand Cognac ouvre la saison 2026 sur le patrimoine ressuscité, l’art de la distillation et un site paléontologique d’envergure mondiale.

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 Le MusVerre fête ses 5 ans : découvrez son exposition permanente

MusVerre
Exposition permanente

Direction le MusVerre, plus beau musée de France consacré à l’art verrier, ici à Sars-Poterie dans le Département du Nord. C’est sur les terres argileuses et siliceuses de cette région au passé industriel et verrier que le nouveau musée a décidé de s’installer, il y a tout juste 5 ans.

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Collections permanentes de la Cité de la dentelle et de la mode

Cité de la dentelle et de la mode
Collections permanentes

La Cité de la dentelle et de la mode, nichée au cœur d’une usine de dentelle du XIXe siècle, a ouvert ses portes en 2009 pour retracer l’histoire de cette splendide broderie .

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Exhibition "Making Body" at the Francès Foundation in Senlis

FRANCÈS FOUNDATION
Until December 19, 2026

The Francès Foundation in Senlis presents Faire corps, twenty years of photography in the Francès collection, until December 19, 2026. The foundation is exhibiting photography that borrows from cinema, including twelve commissioned prints by Gregory Crewdson with Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.

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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.

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On voit rouge à l'abbaye de Salagon

MUSÉE DE SALAGON
Jusqu’au 14 décembre 2026

Quand Yves Zurstrassen s'empare du monochrome.

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Egypt is being transformed at the Musée de Picardie

Picardy Museum
From April 11, 2026 to January 3, 2027

Eternal Egypt at the Musée de Picardie: restored objects, treasures brought out of storage and a new reading of Egyptian civilization.

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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.

Le TOP des jardins en Europe

L’Europe ne se résume pas seulement à ses cathédrales, ses palais et ses musées. Elle cache aussi des jardins hors normes. On découvre un géant couvert d’herbe qui crache une cascade dans les Alpes…

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Exposition Chez Matisse au H'Art Museum

H’ART MUSEUM
Du 3 octobre 2026 au 14 février 2027

Matisse n’a pas seulement peint la couleur : il a changé notre manière de la voir.

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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.…

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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.

• Fashion
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

• Contemporary

An Infinite Woman exhibition at Kanal-Centre Pompidou

KANAL-CENTRE POMPIDOU
From November 28, 2026 to April 25, 2027

For its opening, the Kanal-Centre Pompidou is dedicating An infinite woman, from November 28, 2026 to April 25, 2027, to an image born from a Citroën campaign of 1925, in the very walls of the brand's former garage.

Le Top des expositions à voir en Europe

De Chagall en Allemagne, à Munch en Angleterre en passant par Léonard et Dürer à Vienne, découvrez notre sélection des plus belles expositions à voir en Europe.

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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.

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Exposition Portraits ! De Botticelli à Lempicka à la Gemäldegalerie

GEMÄLDEGALERIE
Du 16 octobre 2026 au 14 mars 2027

Se montrer, se raconter, être vu : le selfie n’a rien inventé.

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Exposition Picasso, Bacon, deux fauves face au corps à l'Albertina

ALBERTINA MUSEUM
Du 18 sept. 2026 au 31 jan. 2027

Ils ne se sont jamais rencontrés, mais ils semblent peindre le même cri.

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Frida Kahlo à la Tate Modern

TATE MODERN BANKSIDE
Du 25 juin 2026 au 3 janvier 2027

Cent trente œuvres, robes tehuanas, bijoux, photographies personnelles et mementos : le blockbuster de l'été londonien retrace l'œuvre et l'héritage de Frida Kahlo dans un parcours sensoriel inédit.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

• Contemporary
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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.

• Sculpture
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 Sand City au Portugal : Le plus grand musée de sculptures de sable au monde à découvrir en vidéo

Sand City - Lagoa, Portugal
Collection permanente

Au sud du Portugal, venez découvrir le plus grand musée à ciel ouvert de sculptures de sable avec des créations en chair et en sable impressionnantes crées par des artistes venus du monde entier.

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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.

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Exposition Renoir and Love à la National Gallery

THE NATIONAL GALLERY
Du 3 oct. 2026 au 31 jan. 2027

Chez Renoir, l’amour se peint comme une lumière : fugace, douce et éclatante.

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The Design Museum Ghent reopens with Public Matter(s)

DESIGN MUSEUM GENT
From October 3, 2026 to April 11, 2027

The Design Museum in Ghent reopens after four years of work with a new wing and the exhibition Public Matter(s): Design and Democracy, from October 3, 2026 to April 11, 2027.