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• Free

U2 Exhibition at the Irish Cultural Centre

IRISH CULTURAL CENTRE
Until December 18, 2026

The Irish Cultural Centre celebrates U2’s 50th anniversary with an exhibition of iconic photographs, until December 18, 2026. The exhibition traces the band’s Dublin roots and connects its early days to its global destiny, with free admission.

• Photo

Exhibition: See Tahiti at the Quai Branly Museum - Jacques Chirac

QUAI BRANLY - JACQUES CHIRAC MUSEUM
From September 29, 2026 to January 31, 2027

The Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac presents Voir Tahiti until January 31, 2027. Acquired in 2023 and unveiled for the first time, the negatives of Gustave Viaud and the photographs of Paul-Émile Miot are among the very first images of Tahiti and the Marquesas.

• Contemporary

Mohammad Alfaraj exhibition, "I'd Rather Be a Dragonfly Than a Lion," at the Louis Vuitton Foundation

LOUIS VUITTON FOUNDATION
From October 9, 2026 to January 18, 2027

The Louis Vuitton Foundation is dedicating its first French exhibition to Mohammad Alfaraj, "I would rather be a dragonfly than a lion," until January 18, 2027. The artist from the Al-Ahsa oasis is showing his animated fables, frame by frame, made of palm fronds, dates and pebbles.

• Fashion

The Artist's Fabric Exhibition at the Bourdelle Museum

BOURDELLE MUSEUM
From September 23, 2026 to January 24, 2027

The Bourdelle Museum presents The Fabric of the Artist from September 23, 2026 to January 24, 2027. The outfits of Gustav Klimt, Rosa Bonheur or Sonia Delaunay, little-known pieces, are in dialogue with paintings, sculptures, drawings and photographs, for a history of fashion told by the first great strategists of the image.

• Free
• With family

Cast off! 400 years of maritime history at the Château de Vincennes

Vincennes Castle
From September 19 to December 23, 2026

Until December 23, 2026, the Château de Vincennes presents Cast off the moorings! Four centuries under sail, with free admission: sixty rarely shown documents, brought together by the Historical Service of the Defense, tell the story of the four hundred years of the Navy founded by Richelieu in 1626.

• Unavoidable

Mary Cassatt exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay: our photos and our review

MUSÉE D’ORSAY
From October 6, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Mary Cassatt, the independent one.

• Classic

L'art romain du Louvre au Musée de la Romanité

MUSÉE DE LA ROMANITÉ 
DU 11 JUIN 2026 AU 10 JANVIER 2027

À Nîmes, le monde romain n'est pas un souvenir : c'est une géographie.

• Fashion

De Latour & Maïques Exhibition: Metamorphosis at the Cité de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais (City of Lace and Fashion in Calais)

CITY OF LACE AND FASHION
From September 19 to December 13, 2026

Until December 13, 2026, the Cité de la dentelle et de la mode (City of Lace and Fashion) in Calais is showcasing a display window dedicated to Vincent Richard de Latour and Claire Maïques, textile embellishment artisans. Lace, organza, marbled leather, and metallization combine in a delightfully disorienting exhibition.

• Contemporary
• Discovery

Exhibition "Restituer," Philippe Guesdon facing Dürer at the Louviers Museum

LOUVIERS MUSEUM
From September 19, 2026 to January 3, 2027

A contemporary painter repaints Dürer's engravings, facing the Louviers altarpiece which had copied them in the 16th century.

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• Romantic

The major Robert Doisneau exhibition in Lyon

LA SUCRIÈRE - LYON
Until February 28, 2027

To mark the Bicentenary of Photography, the famous photographer Robert Doisneau - or rather his studio - is being honored at La Sucrière in Lyon.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Lyon Biennale 2026: Art makes its way even into the city's secret passages

LYON BIENNIAL
From September 19 to December 13, 2026

A former locomotive factory, a museum exceptionally reopened, traboules to explore… For its 18th edition, the Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale takes us far beyond the exhibition halls. A journey through…

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• Free

Exhibition by Isabelle Le Minh, Traumachromes, at the Centre photographique d’Île-de-France in Pontault-Combault

ÎLE-DE-FRANCE PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER
From October 4 to December 20, 2026

The Centre photographique d’Île-de-France, in Pontault-Combault, is exhibiting Isabelle Le Minh until December 20, 2026. Her series Traumachromes, photographed in Rochester on Kodak film and then printed on silk, tells the story of the ruin of an empire in one operation.

• 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.

• Unavoidable

Rodin sous l’œil de Rilke à la Fondation Gianadda

FONDATION PIERRE GIANADDA
Du 26 juin au 22 novembre 2026

Qui connaît vraiment Rodin ? Personne ne le connaît, sans avoir lu Rilke.

• Classic
• Unavoidable

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.

• 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.…

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Unavoidable

Steve McQueen exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO
From October 9, 2026 to February 21, 2027

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao entrusts its Film and Video gallery to Steve McQueen, Oscar winner for 12 Years a Slave and one of the greatest artists of the moving image.