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Louvre Photo exhibition at the Louvre Museum

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, The Madmen Across the Street, at the Max Hetzler Gallery

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.

• Photo
• Free

Exhibition Paris1, the poetics of photography at Studio Harcourt

STUDIO HARCOURT
From November 2nd to 14th, 2026

Studio Harcourt opens its gallery to Mark Heier from November 2 to 14, 2026, with free access, with Paris1, a title that announces a reflection on photography itself.

• Contemporary
• Free

Eric Reynier's Explorations exhibition at the Galerie de l'Europe

GALLERY OF EUROPE
From October 20 to November 21, 2026

From October 20 to November 21, 2026, the Galerie de l’Europe presents paintings by Éric Reynier, entitled Explorations. The figures in this exhibition all originate from clay models, ephemeral creations whose traces are preserved only on the canvas. Free admission, rue de Seine.

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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

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.

• 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.

• Fashion

Chagall Couture exhibition at the Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice

MARC CHAGALL NATIONAL MUSEUM
From October 10, 2026 to January 18, 2027, then from February 6 to May 23, 2027

The Marc Chagall National Museum in Nice is exhibiting Chagall Couture from October 10, 2026 to May 23, 2027: seventy-six costumes and headdresses created by students from the Lycée des Coteaux de Cannes based on the painter's painted and engraved work.

• 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.

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.

• Discovery

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.

• Discovery
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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.

• 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.

• 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.

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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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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.