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Exhibition: A History of French Cinema. Maghreb Heritage at the Palais de la Porte Dorée

Palais de la Porte Dorée
From October 30, 2026 to March 21, 2027

The National Museum of the History of Immigration dedicates its major autumn exhibition to artists of North African descent who have shaped French cinema since the 1960s. "A History of French Cinema: North African Heritage" is being held at the Palais de la Porte Dorée from October 30, 2026 to March 21, 2027, and opens with a free weekend.

• Digital
• With family

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

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.

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Richard Wagner exhibition, the revolutions of the Ring, at the Opera Library-Museum

Palais Garnier - Opera Library and Museum
From October 27, 2026 to February 20, 2027

The Palais Garnier is dedicating a season to The Ring of the Nibelung from October 27, 2026 to February 20, 2027, while the Opéra Bastille is presenting a new production at the RING Festival in November. The Paris Opera and the National Library of France are together recounting a century and a half of stage productions.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

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.

• Contemporary

Amélie Bertrand exhibition, Neon Club, at the Valence Museum

MUSEUM OF VALENCE, ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
From October 10, 2026 to March 21, 2027

The Valence Museum of Art and Archaeology presents Amélie Bertrand, Neon Club, from October 10, 2026 to March 21, 2027: around thirty paintings, almost all of them new, designed for the space with painted curtains and illuminated display cases.

• 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.…

• 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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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.

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• 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.

• 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.