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Exhibition: A History of French Cinema. Maghreb Heritage at the Palais de la Porte Dorée

Palais de la Porte Dorée
From October 30, 2026 to March 21, 2027

The National Museum of the History of Immigration dedicates its major autumn exhibition to artists of North African descent who have shaped French cinema since the 1960s. "A History of French Cinema: North African Heritage" is being held at the Palais de la Porte Dorée from October 30, 2026 to March 21, 2027, and opens with a free weekend.

• Digital
• With family

Cleopatra, the Destiny of Egypt exhibition, at BHV Marais

BHV MARAIS
Until January 3, 2027

A department store has given over its fifth floor to a virtual epic: wearing a headset, we follow the last queen of Egypt, until January 3, 2027 at BHV Marais. Thirty minutes of immersion, one hour visit.

• 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
• Discovery

Exhibition The Body at Work, 1850-1939, at the MUS in Suresnes

MUS, MUSEUM OF URBAN AND SOCIAL HISTORY
From October 14, 2026 to June 20, 2027

The Suresnes Museum of Urbanism (MUS) brings together over a hundred pieces, on loan from institutions including the Musée d'Orsay and the Petit Palais, until June 20, 2027, offering a journey through the world of work from the perspective of the tools themselves. The Ministry of Culture has awarded it its national interest label, which it reserves for around thirty projects per year.

• Classic
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Richard Wagner exhibition, the revolutions of the Ring, at the Opera Library-Museum

Palais Garnier - Opera Library and Museum
From October 27, 2026 to February 20, 2027

The Palais Garnier is dedicating a season to The Ring of the Nibelung from October 27, 2026 to February 20, 2027, while the Opéra Bastille is presenting a new production at the RING Festival in November. The Paris Opera and the National Library of France are together recounting a century and a half of stage productions.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

The exhibition “Night Sister” by Éléonore False at the Tanneries d’Amilly: a plunge into a dreamlike universe.

LES TANNERIES - CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
From October 17, 2026 to February 28, 2027

From October 17, 2026 to February 28, 2027, the contemporary art center Les Tanneries, in Amilly, presents Sœur de nuit, a solo exhibition by Éléonore False: a nocturnal journey of collages, textiles, glass and luminous sculptures, the second chapter of Sœur de jour presented at the CCC OD in Tours.

• 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.

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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.

• 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

Exhibition "The Lives of Photography" at the Le Château d'Eau gallery in Toulouse

THE WATER TOWER
From October 16, 2026 to February 21, 2027

The Le Château d’Eau gallery in Toulouse presents The Lives of Photography from October 16, 2026 to February 21, 2027. Together with the Paul-Dupuy and Georges-Labit museums, it brings together 19th-century daguerreotypes and contemporary photography in the same room.

• 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.

• 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.…

• Classic
• Discovery

Whistler Exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

VAN GOGH MUSEUM
From October 16, 2026 to January 10, 2027

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is dedicating an exhibition to James McNeill Whistler, the American in London who wanted painting to be music and not a story.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.