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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

Monet/Soriano exhibition, mapping of Mount Kolsås, at the Marmottan Monet Museum

MARMOTTAN MONET MUSEUM
From September 24, 2026 to January 31, 2027

The Marmottan Monet Museum is hosting a mural drawing by Peter Soriano from September 24, 2026 to January 31, 2027, designed specifically for its walls. The French-American artist retraced Monet's Norwegian journey before creating the drawing.

• 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.

• Contemporary
• Free

Thomas Houseago and Théo Mercier exhibition at Reiffers Initiatives: our photos

REIFFERS 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.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Classic
• Unavoidable

Signac exhibition, symphony of colors at the Kunsthal Rotterdam

KUNSTHAL ROTTERDAM
From October 24, 2026 to February 28, 2027

The Kunsthal in Rotterdam is dedicating an exhibition to Paul Signac, for whom divisionism was less a matter of optics than a matter of boats.

• 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.

• 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.

• Discovery
• Unusual

Arcana Borealis exhibition at the Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki

ATENEUM ART MUSEUM
From October 23, 2026 to February 28, 2027

The Ateneum in Helsinki brought together women from the North who, like Hilma af Klint, invented abstraction while believing they were painting under the dictation of spirits. There were about fifty of them.

• 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.

• Unavoidable
• Contemporary

Dalí exhibition at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid

THYSSEN-BORNEMISZA MUSEUM
From October 20, 2026 to January 24, 2027

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid brings Dalí face to face with Freud, whom he only met once. Six sections show what the painter took from psychoanalysis, and what he subverted from it.