• Free
• Ethnic

Ndop exhibition, spinning blue to tell a world, at Maison Gacha

GACHA HOUSE
From October 21, 2026 to February 27, 2027

From October 21, 2026 to February 27, 2027, Maison Gacha is hosting a free exhibition dedicated to ndop, the indigo textile of western Cameroon. Ceremonial hangings, initiation costumes, and contemporary creations will be on display alongside workshops for families and adults.

• Free
• Discovery

Pegeen exhibition at the Durazzo gallery

DURAZZO
From October 19, 2026 to January 4, 2027

From October 19, 2026 to January 4, 2027, the Durazzo gallery is dedicating a free exhibition to Pegeen (1925-1967), daughter of collector Peggy Guggenheim. This is the first exhibition entirely devoted to her work in sixty years.

• Unavoidable
• With family

Exhibition "The Circus, a Factory of Modern Art" at the Montmartre Museum

MONTMARTRE MUSEUM
From October 16, 2026 to February 14, 2027

From October 16, 2026 to February 14, 2027, the Musée de Montmartre tells the story of how the circus, from 1873 to 1972, was the heart and soul of Montmartre. Just steps from the Bateau-Lavoir, modern artists found a repertoire of forms and light there.

• Free
• Discovery

José Castillo exhibition, Improbable Archipelago, at the Maison de l'Amérique latine

House of Latin America
From October 21, 2026 to January 15, 2027

From October 21, 2026 to January 15, 2027, the Maison de l'Amérique latine is dedicating a free exhibition to the Dominican artist José Castillo (1955-2018). Organized with the Embassy of the Dominican Republic, it brings together paintings, photographs, and collages curated by Vivian Braga dos Santos.

• Photo
• Free

Immersion exhibition by Steve McCurry at the Polka Galerie

POLKA GALLERY
From November 12, 2026 to January 16, 2027

Steve McCurry returns to the Polka Gallery with Immersion, the second installment of a format that combines prints and film, from November 12, 2026 to January 16, 2027. The journey crosses India, Pakistan and the United States, and admission remains free.

• With family
• Unusual

The Paris of Mice exhibition at the Grande Menuiserie Saint-Dominique: our photos and our review

GRANDE MENUISERIE SAINT-DOMINIQUE
Starting November 11, 2026

From November 11, 2026, the Grande Menuiserie Saint-Dominique, in the 7th arrondissement, hosts Le Paris des Souris, an exhibition produced by Planet Paris which traces two thousand years of the capital's history from a rodent's perspective: eleven rooms, 1,000 m² of sets built from scratch and a ten-year-old guide, Jean, a Parisian mouse.

• Drawing
• Classic

Exhibition "Drawing Egypt: Artists and Scholars in Bonaparte's Orient," at the Museum of Fine Arts in Orléans

ORLÉANS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
From November 7, 2026 to March 14, 2027

From November 7, 2026 to March 14, 2027, the Orléans Museum of Fine Arts is partnering with the National Library of France for an exhibition of national importance dedicated to drawings from the Egyptian expedition. It will then be presented at the Toulon Museum of Art.

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.

• Contemporary

Sheila Hicks exhibition, Beyond, at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille

LILLE PALACE OF FINE ARTS
From October 9, 2026 to March 8, 2027

Sheila Hicks, a pioneer of textile art, is given carte blanche at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille and becomes the first female artist to occupy its atrium.

• 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.

• Unavoidable
• Discovery

The "Eating Images" exhibition at the Mucem in Marseille

MUCEM, J4 LEVEL 2
From October 28, 2026 to April 12, 2027

The Mucem tells in four hundred and thirty-five pieces how, around the Mediterranean, images were eaten, from the host to the love cake, with Ingres, Meret Oppenheim and Michel Journiac.

• Classic
• Discovery

The exhibition "Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin!" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest

Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
From October 30, 2026 to February 28, 2027

From October 30, 2026 to February 28, 2027, the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest presents "Bonjour Monsieur Gauguin!". Focusing on Paul Gauguin and the circles of artists he encountered, from Pont-Aven to Tahiti, the exhibition brings together one hundred and fifty works, including eighty by the painter, a collection that Hungary had never seen before.

• 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.

• Unavoidable
• Contemporary

Munch - Picasso exhibition at the Picasso Museum Málaga

PICASSO MUSEUM MÁLAGA
From October 30, 2026 to February 28, 2027

The Picasso Museum Málaga brings together Edvard Munch and Pablo Picasso, two painters who never met and yet constantly addressed the same subject.

• Classic
• Drawing

Exhibition Rubens, Jordaens, van Dyck at the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

KUPFERSTICHKABINETT
From October 10, 2026 to January 31, 2027

The Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin is bringing out its Flemish treasures for the first time in fifty years: more than one hundred drawings by twenty-eight artists, with Rubens, Jordaens and Van Dyck in the spotlight.

• Contemporary
• Unusual

Dan Flavin Exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO
From November 12, 2026 to April 4, 2027

A pink neon tube against a wall, and the whole room switches to color.

• Discovery
• Classic

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant exhibition at Tate Britain

TATE BRITAIN
From November 12, 2026 to April 11, 2027

Tate Britain brings together more than three hundred works by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, a couple of artists and central figures of Bloomsbury, and recreates their Charleston studio at full scale.