• Contemporary
• Free

Thomas Houseago and Théo Mercier exhibition at Reiffers Art Initiatives

REIFFERS ART INITIATIVES
From October 23 to December 12, 2026

Thomas Houseago spent several weeks working under the glass roof of Reiffers Art Initiatives, then left everything as it was. Théo Mercier occupies the ground floor. This year, the foundation's mentorship program is offering two studios to visit instead of an exhibition.

• Contemporary
• Free

Walid Raad Exhibition, Festival of (In)Gratitude at CENTQUATRE-PARIS

LE CENTQUATRE-PARIS
From October 23 to November 22, 2026

From October 23 to November 22, 2026, CENTQUATRE-PARIS entrusts its Stables to Walid Raad for "Festival of (In)Gratitude," with free admission. A world premiere: the Lebanese-American photographer and visual artist will personally lead more than thirty tours of his photographs, collages, sculptures, and videos, rooted in forty years of war in the Middle East.

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Living room

Art Basel Paris 2026 at the Grand Palais: our photos and our review

GRAND PALAIS
From October 23, 2026, closed on the 24th and 25th

From October 23 to 25, 2026, the fifth edition of Art Basel Paris will take place at the Grand Palais. Shared booths, a balcony dedicated to sixteen solo exhibitions, thirty-two galleries discovering the fair, and a new Premise sector open to works from before 1900 make it an event where discoveries compete with big names.

• Classic
• Living room

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.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

The "All Fires, Flowers" season at the Palais de Tokyo: our photos and our review

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

From October 21, 2026 to February 14, 2027, the Palais de Tokyo explores the links that unite us to places, memories and others with Tous les feux, les fleurs, a season where contemporary art draws sensitive territories, between intimate heritages, collective commitments and imaginaries in motion.

• Photo

Exhibition "I dreamed of another world" at the Frac Grand Large in Dunkirk

FRAC GRAND LARGE - HAUTS-DE-FRANCE
From October 10, 2026 to January 3, 2027

The Frac Grand Large - Hauts-de-France, in Dunkirk, presents I dreamed of another world from October 10, 2026 to January 3, 2027. More than a hundred works from its collection, from Lee Friedlander to Daniel Buren, treat light as a material.

• 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
• 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.

• 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.

• Photo
• Free

"A Feast for the Eyes!" Exhibition at the Rouen Normandy Photographic Centre

ROUEN NORMANDY PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER
From October 10, 2026 to January 30, 2027

The Rouen Normandy Photographic Centre presents Plein les yeux ! An animal history of the photographic book for children, until January 30, 2027. Fifteen authors, from Rodchenko to Doisneau, defend a genre long considered minor.

• Contemporary

Amélie Bertrand exhibition, Neon Club, at the Valence Museum

MUSEUM OF VALENCE, ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
From October 10, 2026 to March 21, 2027

The Valence Museum of Art and Archaeology presents Amélie Bertrand, Neon Club, from October 10, 2026 to March 21, 2027: around thirty paintings, almost all of them new, designed for the space with painted curtains and illuminated display cases.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.…

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.