• Free
• Classic

Reflection exhibition at the Hélène Bailly gallery in Marcilhac

Hélène Bailly Marcilhac
From October 19 to December 19, 2026

The Hélène Bailly Marcilhac gallery is dedicating its exhibition "Reflection," focusing on the motif of reflection, to the theme of reflection, from October 19 to December 19, 2026, at 71 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Admission is free, and the selection spans from Impressionism to Surrealism and contemporary art, including works by Signac, Picasso, and Miró.

• Free
• Contemporary

The Tender Monsters exhibition at the PM Gallery

PM GALLERY
From November 5 to December 24, 2026

The PM Gallery brings together seven artists around the theme of the deformed creature, from November 5 to December 24, 2026, at 40 rue de Seine. Salvador Dalí is featured alongside contemporary painters and sculptors, and admission is free.

• Photo
• Unavoidable

Louvre Photo exhibition at the Louvre Museum: our photos and our opinion

LOUVRE MUSEUM
From November 4, 2026 to May 3, 2027

The Louvre Museum has entrusted Dominique de Font-Réaulx and Quentin Bajac, director of the Jeu de Paume, with the curatorship of Louvre Photo, visible on the Napoleon Mezzanine from November 4, 2026 to May 3, 2027, in a scenography by Juan Felipe Alarcón.

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

The Birth of Waves exhibition at the Conciergerie: our photos and our review

CONCIERGE SERVICE
From November 4th to December 20th, 2026

Émilie Faïf and Nicolas André are suspending an installation under the vaults of the Salle des Gens d'armes, the largest Gothic civil hall in Europe, before a long campaign of works.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Ibrahim Mahama exhibition at the Cartier Foundation: our photos and our review

CARTIER FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
From October 22, 2026 to February 28, 2027

From October 22, 2026 to February 28, 2027, the Cartier Foundation entrusts all of its spaces in the Palais-Royal to the Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama: a glass bottle factory dismantled in Ghana and reassembled in Paris, a parliament of stools and several guest artists.

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
• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Literary
• Discovery

Chateaubriand and Juliette Récamier Exhibition at the Maison de Chateaubriand, Vallée-aux-Loups

CHATEAUBRIAND HOUSE
From October 2, 2026 to September 26, 2027

The first exhibition dedicated to the story of Chateaubriand and Juliette Récamier, in the house where he began his Memoirs.

• 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.

• 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

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

Portia Zvavahera Exhibition at WIELS, Brussels

WIELS
From October 31, 2026 to February 28, 2027

WIELS, Brussels' contemporary art center, celebrates its twentieth anniversary with Zimbabwean painter Portia Zvavahera, from October 31, 2026 to February 28, 2027, and hosts Ali Cherri until January 3.