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Exposition Cléopâtre, le destin de l'Égypte, au BHV Marais

BHV MARAIS
Jusqu'au 3 janvier 2027

Un grand magasin a cédé son cinquième étage à une épopée virtuelle : casque sur la tête, nous suivons la dernière reine d'Égypte, jusqu'au 3 janvier 2027 au BHV Marais. Trente minutes d'immersion, une heure de visite.

• 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.

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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.

• 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.

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• Contemporary

Lee Ufan takes over the Palais des Papes in Avignon

PALACE OF THE POPES
Until November 15, 2026

Matter. Space. Time. The Palais des Papes opens its doors to Lee Ufan, a major figure in contemporary Korean art, for a major exhibition. The exhibition, entitled "Relatum," transforms the iconic spaces of the Avignon monument into experimental sites for architectural sculptures.

• 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.

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Cult Animal Exhibition at the Musée des Confluences, Lyon

MUSEUM OF CONFLUENCES
From October 16, 2026 to August 15, 2027

The Musée des Confluences in Lyon presents Animal culte from October 16, 2026 to August 15, 2027: three hundred and thirty objects and specimens to ask ourselves whether we live with animals or at their expense.

• 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.

• 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…

• 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.…

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• 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.

• Unavoidable
• Classic

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.

• 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.

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Artemisia Gentileschi Exhibition at the Museum of the Innocents, Florence

Museum of the Innocents
From October 21, 2026 to April 4, 2027

The Museum of the Innocents in Florence is dedicating an exhibition to Artemisia Gentileschi's Florentine years, the most successful of her career, when she painted for the Medici.

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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.