Exhibitions
in paris
Exhibitions
in paris
A monthly Overview
EXHIBITIONS IN PARIS 2026
Here you will find detailed information about the most important exhibitions and events that take place in Paris every month. Just click on the desired month and find information about exhibitions, festivals and other activities. Enjoy browsing!
April
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June
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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January
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February
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March
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Who writes and tests the exhibitions for you?
We are Céline & Anne, and we are testing the exhibitions in Paris for you!
Céline is always busy picking out the highlights of the months, and we both go to the museums and visit the exhibitions for you! And of course, we love doing that 🙂
So have fun browsing and visiting!
Top 3 Exhibitions
April 2026
Musée Jacquemart Andre
Baroque Splendor: Paintings from the Hispanic Society of America
until 2 August 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition “Splendeurs du Baroque” presents outstanding Spanish Baroque art from the 16th and 17th centuries. Works by artists such as Velázquez, El Greco, and Zurbarán demonstrate intense expressiveness, spirituality, and passionate composition. These are complemented by Hispanic American works that combine Spanish traditions with local techniques, thus illuminating the diversity of the Baroque.
Grand Palais Paris
Matisse: 1941 – 1954
until 26 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition at the Grand Palais is dedicated to the later years of Henri Matisse’s work and shows how creative and experimental he remained well into old age. Alongside paintings and drawings, the focus is primarily on his intensely colored paper cutouts, with which he discovered new avenues of design. The show conveys a vivid portrait of an artist who, despite physical limitations, developed a radically new visual language.
Tickets on the official website
Ateliers des Lumieres
Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo
until 28 June 2026
What can you expect?
This immersive exhibition transports visitors to the world of the Renaissance, focusing on three of its most important artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Instead of displaying original works, the exhibition uses large-scale digital projections that bring paintings, drawings, and frescoes to life and place them in a new context. Music and light enhance the experience, creating an atmospheric approach to the era. The result is a modern, sensory interpretation of the Renaissance that not only explains art history but also brings it to life.
other exhibitions
in April
Ateliers des Lumieres
Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo
until 28 June 2026
What can you expect?
This immersive exhibition transports visitors to the world of the Renaissance, focusing on three of its most important artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Instead of displaying original works, the exhibition uses large-scale digital projections that bring paintings, drawings, and frescoes to life and place them in a new context. Music and light enhance the experience, creating an atmospheric approach to the era. The result is a modern, sensory interpretation of the Renaissance that not only explains art history but also brings it to life.
Archeological Crypt of the Île de la Cité
In the Seine
extended until 28. June 2026
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Chiaroscuro
until 31 August 2026
What can you expect?
The exhibition “Clair-obscur” explores the interplay of light and darkness in contemporary art. Works by various artists demonstrate how shadows, transitions, and uncertainties influence our perception and emotions. The result is an atmospheric tour that deliberately focuses on the hidden, the fragile, and the ambiguous.
In-situ works
Until 31 December 2027
Pierre Huyghe
until 22 May 2026
Laura Lamiel
until 21 September 2026
Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou is closed for the next five years. The entire building is being renovated. However, the Centre Pompidou will continue to organize exhibitions – but at other locations. For example, at the Grand Palais, La Monnaie de Paris, but also in other cities such as Lille, Auxerre, and, of course, at the Centre Pompidou in Metz.
City of Sciences and Industry
The Nice Boy – The Promises of the World
until 3 May 2026
Gardening
12 July 2026
Dance
until 3 May 2026
Dogs and Cats
until 30 August 2026
Retrospective No. 2: The Typewriter
until October 2026
Border
14. April until end date still unclear
Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior, two masters of couture
extended until 21 June 2026
Fondation Cartier
General exhibition of the collection
in the new location!
until 23 August 2026
Fondation Dubuffet
Impulse: Jean Dubuffet, the last years (1974–1985)
16 April to 24 October 2026
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Calder. Dreaming in Balance
15 April to 16 August 2026
What can you expect
Alexander Calder was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. The focus is on his famous mobiles and stabilises, which play with movement, balance, and space. Calder revolutionized sculpture by liberating it from its static form. His suspended constructions react to air currents and are constantly changing—seemingly weightless, yet precisely balanced. The exhibition impressively demonstrates how Calder combined technique, poetry, and lightness, thereby developing a unique, dreamlike visual language.
Here is our preview
Frank Gehry Architecture Trail (offered between two exhibitions)
4 March to 12 April 2026
Gagosian Gallery Paris
Francis Bacon
11 April to 30 May 2026
Where: rue de Castiglione, Paris
Ellen Gallagher: Fast Fish and Loose Fish
until 23 May 2026
Where: Rue de Ponthieu, Paris
Grande Galerie de l’Évolution
Deserts
until 19 April 2026
Grand Palais Paris
Matisse: 1941 – 1954
until 26 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition at the Grand Palais is dedicated to the later years of Henri Matisse’s work and shows how creative and experimental he remained well into old age. Alongside paintings and drawings, the focus is primarily on his intensely colored paper cutouts, with which he discovered new avenues of design. The show conveys a vivid portrait of an artist who, despite physical limitations, developed a radically new visual language.
Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well
until 21 June 2026
Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
until 5 April 2026
Transparency
The first exhibition at the Kinderpalast
until 29 August 2027
Tickets on the official website
Hotel de la Marine
Dynastic Jewels: Power, Prestige, and Passion, 1700–1950
until 6 April 2026
Les Invalides
AURA Invalides: Immersive show in the cathedral in the evening (NO museum visit included)
the show has been extended again!
extended until 26 September 2026
What can you expect?
The impressive show AURA INVALIDES combines orchestral music, video mapping, and lighting effects into a unique multimedia experience – and sheds new light on the architecture of the famous Parisian building.
If you want to visit the cathedral and the museum during the day, you have to buy another Ticket 🙂
Jeu de Paume
Martin Parr: Global Warning
until 24 May 2026
What can you expect?
For fifty years now, Martin Parr has been photographing the absurdities of today’s world on every continent, painting a searing picture of the planet’s disruptions: consumerism, the ravages of globalized tourism, car mania, and technology addiction.
Drawing on various series created since the late 1970s, the exhibition will revisit Martin Parr’s images in a time of widespread global disorder.
Jo Ractliffe. In these places
until 24 May 2026
Madeleine de Sinéty: A Life
until May 17, 2026
La Cinémathèque française
Marilyn Monroe
8 April to 26 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition is dedicated to the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood’s most famous icons. On display are photographs, film footage, costumes, and personal mementos that offer insights into her work, her style, and her public and private personality.
Buy tickets (various options with or without the exhibition!). Tickets not yet available online…
La Monnaie de Paris
CLING! The comic strip speaks plainly.
10 April to 6 September 2026
Louvre
Michelangelo and Rodin: Living Bodies
15 April to 20 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition juxtaposes Michelangelo and Auguste Rodin—two sculptors who depicted the human body in revolutionary ways.
The central question is how stone can appear alive. Michelangelo’s powerful, tension-filled figures enter into a dialogue with Rodin’s expressive, sometimes fragmented sculptures. Parallels become apparent, as does Rodin’s independent development toward a modern, emotional formal language.
The exhibition impressively demonstrates how both artists breathed life into stone.
Martin Schongauer: The Beautiful Immortal
8 April to 20 July 2026
Louvre tickets are only available through the official website.
Maison de Victor Hugo
Hugo, Decorateur
until 26 April 2026
MAM
Max Wechsler Donation
until 28 June 2026
Homage to Maurice Girardin: Collector, Gallerist, and Patron of the Arts
until 28 June 2026
Estonian Realities
3 April to 19 July 2026
Lee Miller
10 April to 2 August 2026
Lee Miller Tickets online soon
Brion Gysin: The Last Museum
10 April to 12 July 2026
Gysin Tickets online soon
Musée Bourdelle
Magdalena Abakanowicz, The Web of Existence
until 12 April 2026
Musée Carnavalet
1776–2026: 250 Years of Franco-American Friendship
Until 27 September 2026
Free admission
Parisian Faces
Exhibition within the permanent collections
until September 13, 2026
Free admission
Madame de Sévigné: Paris letters
15 April to 23 August 2026 (exhibition = 15 €)
Buy Tickets soon
Musée Cernuschi
A tribute to Park In-kyung
On the occasion of the artist’s 100th birthday
until 17 May 2026
Shin Sung Hy: Gluing – Sewing – Binding
17 April to 2 August 2026
Musée Cognacq-Jay
Focus on the Feminine: Fashion and Appearance in the 18th Century
until 20 September 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition explores the lives, clothing, and appearance of women in the 18th century. Portraits, fashion objects, accessories, and decorative arts illustrate how clothing and style expressed social standing, identity, and ideals of beauty. The exhibition invites visitors to explore the daily life, aesthetics, and social conventions of the era and offers a fascinating glimpse into femininity and fashion in 18th-century France.
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme
Chaim Kaliski. „Jim d’Etterbeek“
until 13 Dezember 2026
Noa Eshkol, 1924–2007. Dance and Compositions
16 April to 30 August 2026
Musée de l’Armée
Nicolas Daubanes. A contemporary artist
until 17 May 2026
A history of the Army Museum in 30 objects
On the occasion of its 120th anniversary
until 30 May 2026
Exploration: A Matter of State?
15 April to 16 August 2026
Musée des Arts et Métiers
Flops?!
until 17 May 2026
Musée de Montmartre
Adya & Otto van Rees: At the Heart of the Avant-Garde
until 13 September 2026
Buy ticket (unclear if exhibition included)
Musée de l’Orangerie
Henri Rousseau, The Ambition of Painting
until 20 July 2026
Alexandre Lenoir. Due to the circumstances
until 24 August 2026
Musée du l’homme
Mummies
until 25 May 2026
Older people
8 April 2026 to 3 January 2027
Musée des Arts décoratifs
A Day in the 18th Century: Chronicle of a Private House
until 5 July 2026
[FOCUS COLLECTIONS] The Language of Walls: Prints from China to Notre-Dame
until 28 June 2026
1925–2025. One Hundred Years of Art Deco
until 26 April 2026
Museum Guimet (Musée national des arts asiatiques)
K-Beauty: Korean Beauty: The Story of a Phenomenon
until 6 July 2026
Musée d’Orsay
Double Exhibition
Renoir and Love
until 19 July 2026
Renoir, the Draughtsman
until 5 July 2026
What to expect?
The Musée d’Orsay will present two parallel exhibitions on Pierre-Auguste Renoir. One focuses on his well-known paintings of love, leisure, and modern life in the 19th century. The second exhibition showcases drawings and sketches that offer insights into his creative process. Together, the two exhibitions reveal different facets of his artistic output.
More about the exhibition. Pre-Report.
Musée du Luxembourg
Leonora Carrington
until 19 July 2026
Musée Jacquemart Andre
Baroque Splendor: Paintings from the Hispanic Society of America
until 2 August 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition “Splendeurs du Baroque” presents outstanding Spanish Baroque art from the 16th and 17th centuries. Works by artists such as Velázquez, El Greco, and Zurbarán demonstrate intense expressiveness, spirituality, and passionate composition. These are complemented by Hispanic American works that combine Spanish traditions with local techniques, thus illuminating the diversity of the Baroque.
Marmottan Monet Museum
Giovanni Segantini: “I Want to See My Mountains”
29 April to 16 August 2026
Musée Quai Branly
Africa Fashion
until 12 July 2026
1913–1923: The Spirit of the Age
until 20 September 2026
Kwame Akoto: Almighty God Art Works
until 13 September 2026
Bernard Plossu, The Journey to the Sahel, 1975-1976
until 28 June 2026
Musée Zadkine
Zadkine Art Deco
until 12 April 2026
Opera Garnier
Creative Challenges – Costume Design at the Paris Opera
1 April to 30 September 2026
Palais de Tokyo
Studio, Wounds, and Struggles: Desire is the Repetition of Hope.
Cathy de Monchaux
3 April to 13 September 2026
Shadow Lacquer: Benoît Piéron
3 April to 13 September 2026
This Is Where We Are: Joseph Grigely
3 April to 13 September 2026
Cheryl Marie Wade, Queen Mother of the Knot Beings. Lucie Camous & Étienne Chosson
3 April to 13 September 2026
# The Ambassadors. Jesse Darling
3 April to 13 September 2026
Empty Turns. Pauline Curnier Garden
3 April to 13 September 2026
Palais Galliera
Weaving, embroidery, embellishment. The crafts of fashion.
until 18 October 2026
Pantheon Paris
Robert Badinter, justice at heart
extended until 25 May 2026
Petit Palais
Faces of Artists: From Gustave Courbet to Annette Messager
until 19 July 2026
Buy Tickets
What can you expect?
The exhibition “Visages d’artistes” (Artists’ Faces) explores how artists portray themselves and others. It features paintings, sculptures, and photographs from the 19th century to the present day, offering insights into friendship, admiration, and critical self-reflection. These historical works are complemented by contemporary pieces that open up new perspectives on identity and gender.
Károly Ferenczy: Hungarian Modernism
April 14, 2026 to September 6, 2026
Tickets coming soon
Philharmonie de Paris
Video Games & Music: The Music Where You’re the Hero
2 April to 8 November 2026
Picasso Museum
Henry Taylor
8 April to 6 September 2026
Teh Metamorphoses of Guernica
8 April to 6 September 2026
Guillermo Kuitca, Chapelle
Until 31 December 2027
The collection: meet Picasso again
Until 12 March 2027
Anais Rosso. The Hybrids
end unclear
Versailles, Palace
1725: Native American Allies at the Court of Louis XV
until 3 May 2026
Events in April:
Foire du Trône
The Foire du Trône takes place every year between March and May. But what exactly is it: a huge funfair awaits you in the Bois de Vincennes. You can combine your visit with a trip to the zoo!
When: 27 March to 25 May 2026
Tickets
Orsay Museum
Buy Orsay Tickets
Orangerie
Buy Orangerie Tickets
Paris Museums Pass
Buy Museums Pass
Paris Digital Pass with Eiffel Tower
Buy Digital Pass
My experience report
What to do with kids in Paris
In June 2025, I visited Paris with my children for the first time! We had big plans, not all of which came to fruition ;).
You can read about what we saw and experienced in this report!
I hope you can also get some ideas for your visit!
Have fun!
Your Céline
Top 3 Exhibitions
May 2026
Ateliers des Lumieres
Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo
until 27 June 2026
What can you expect?
This immersive exhibition transports visitors to the world of the Renaissance, focusing on three of its most important artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Instead of displaying original works, the exhibition uses large-scale digital projections that bring paintings, drawings, and frescoes to life and place them in a new context. Music and light enhance the experience, creating an atmospheric approach to the era. The result is a modern, sensory interpretation of the Renaissance that not only explains art history but also brings it to life.
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Calder. Dreaming in Balance
until 16 August 2026
What can you expect
Alexander Calder was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. The focus is on his famous mobiles and stabilises, which play with movement, balance, and space. Calder revolutionized sculpture by liberating it from its static form. His suspended constructions react to air currents and are constantly changing—seemingly weightless, yet precisely balanced. The exhibition impressively demonstrates how Calder combined technique, poetry, and lightness, thereby developing a unique, dreamlike visual language.
Musée d’Orsay
Double Exhibition
Renoir and Love
until 19 July 2026
Renoir, the Draughtsman
until 5 July 2026
What to expect?
The Musée d’Orsay will present two parallel exhibitions on Pierre-Auguste Renoir. One focuses on his well-known paintings of love, leisure, and modern life in the 19th century. The second exhibition showcases drawings and sketches that offer insights into his creative process. Together, the two exhibitions reveal different facets of his artistic output.
More about the exhibition. Pre-Report.
Extra-Tip: Louvre
Michelangelo and Rodin: Living Bodies
until 20 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition juxtaposes Michelangelo and Auguste Rodin—two sculptors who depicted the human body in revolutionary ways.
The central question is how stone can appear alive. Michelangelo’s powerful, tension-filled figures enter into a dialogue with Rodin’s expressive, sometimes fragmented sculptures. Parallels become apparent, as does Rodin’s independent development toward a modern, emotional formal language.
The exhibition impressively demonstrates how both artists breathed life into stone.
Louvre tickets are only available through the official website.
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
IN MAY
Ateliers des Lumieres
Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo
until 27 June 2026
What can you expect?
This immersive exhibition transports visitors to the world of the Renaissance, focusing on three of its most important artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Instead of displaying original works, the exhibition uses large-scale digital projections that bring paintings, drawings, and frescoes to life and place them in a new context. Music and light enhance the experience, creating an atmospheric approach to the era. The result is a modern, sensory interpretation of the Renaissance that not only explains art history but also brings it to life.
Archeological Crypt of the Île de la Cité
In the Seine
extended until 28. June 2026
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Chiaroscuro
until 31 August 2026
What can you expect?
The exhibition “Clair-obscur” explores the interplay of light and darkness in contemporary art. Works by various artists demonstrate how shadows, transitions, and uncertainties influence our perception and emotions. The result is an atmospheric tour that deliberately focuses on the hidden, the fragile, and the ambiguous.
In-situ works
Until 31 December 2027
Pierre Huyghe
until 22 May 2026
Laura Lamiel
until 21 September 2026
Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou is closed for the next five years. The entire building is being renovated. However, the Centre Pompidou will continue to organize exhibitions – but at other locations. For example, at the Grand Palais, La Monnaie de Paris, but also in other cities such as Lille, Auxerre, and, of course, at the Centre Pompidou in Metz.
Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine
Cultural Heritage in Resistance: From Timbuktu to Odessa
20 May 2026 to 3 January 2027
Super Hut! Mini-Maousse Competition 10
6 – 31 May 2026
City of Sciences and Industry
The Nice Boy – The Promises of the World
until 3 May 2026
Gardening
until 12 July 2026
Dance
until 3 May 2026
Border
End date still unclear
Dogs and Cats
until 30 August 2026
Retrospective No. 2: The Typewriter
until October 2026
Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior, two masters of couture
extended until 21 June 2026
Fondation Cartier
General exhibition of the collection
in the new location!
until 23 August 2026
Fondation Dubuffet
Impulse: Jean Dubuffet, the last years (1974–1985)
until 24 October 2026
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Calder. Dreaming in Balance
until 16 August 2026
What can you expect
Alexander Calder was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. The focus is on his famous mobiles and stabilises, which play with movement, balance, and space. Calder revolutionized sculpture by liberating it from its static form. His suspended constructions react to air currents and are constantly changing—seemingly weightless, yet precisely balanced. The exhibition impressively demonstrates how Calder combined technique, poetry, and lightness, thereby developing a unique, dreamlike visual language.
Gagosian Gallery Paris
Francis Bacon
until 30 May 2026
Where: rue de Castiglione, Paris
Ellen Gallagher: Fast Fish and Loose Fish
until 23 May 2026
Where: Rue de Ponthieu, Paris
Grand Palais Paris
Matisse: 1941 – 1954
until 26 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition at the Grand Palais is dedicated to the later years of Henri Matisse’s work and shows how creative and experimental he remained well into old age. Alongside paintings and drawings, the focus is primarily on his intensely colored paper cutouts, with which he discovered new avenues of design. The show conveys a vivid portrait of an artist who, despite physical limitations, developed a radically new visual language.
Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well
until 21 June 2026
Hilma af Klint
6 May to 30 August 2026
Transparency
The first exhibition at the Kinderpalast
until 29 August 2027
Tickets on the official website
Les Invalides
AURA Invalides: Immersive show in the cathedral in the evening (NO museum visit included)
the show has been extended again!
extended until 26 September 2026
What can you expect?
The impressive show AURA INVALIDES combines orchestral music, video mapping, and lighting effects into a unique multimedia experience – and sheds new light on the architecture of the famous Parisian building.
If you want to visit the cathedral and the museum during the day, you have to buy another Ticket 🙂
Jeu de Paume
Martin Parr: Global Warning
until 24 May 2026
What can you expect?
For fifty years now, Martin Parr has been photographing the absurdities of today’s world on every continent, painting a searing picture of the planet’s disruptions: consumerism, the ravages of globalized tourism, car mania, and technology addiction.
Drawing on various series created since the late 1970s, the exhibition will revisit Martin Parr’s images in a time of widespread global disorder.
Jo Ractliffe. In these places
until 24 May 2026
Madeleine de Sinéty: A Life
until May 17, 2026
La Cinémathèque française
Marilyn Monroe
until 26 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition is dedicated to the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood’s most famous icons. On display are photographs, film footage, costumes, and personal mementos that offer insights into her work, her style, and her public and private personality.
Buy tickets (various options with or without the exhibition!). Tickets not yet available online…
La Monnaie de Paris
CLING! The comic strip speaks plainly.
until 6 September 2026
Louvre
Michelangelo and Rodin: Living Bodies
until 20 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition juxtaposes Michelangelo and Auguste Rodin—two sculptors who depicted the human body in revolutionary ways.
The central question is how stone can appear alive. Michelangelo’s powerful, tension-filled figures enter into a dialogue with Rodin’s expressive, sometimes fragmented sculptures. Parallels become apparent, as does Rodin’s independent development toward a modern, emotional formal language.
The exhibition impressively demonstrates how both artists breathed life into stone.
Martin Schongauer: The Beautiful Immortal
until 20 July 2026
Louvre tickets are only available through the official website.
MAM
Lee Miller
until 2 August 2026
What can you expect?
The photographer Lee Miller created a multifaceted body of work. She became known both for her fashion photography in the 1930s and for her powerful reports from the Second World War. The exhibition features photographs, self-portraits, and documentary work that illustrate Miller’s unique perspective on society, war, and personal experience. It offers a comprehensive insight into the artistic output and life story of one of the most fascinating photographers of the 20th century.
Lee Miller Tickets online soon
Max Wechsler Donation
until 28 June 2026
Estonian Realities
until 19 July 2026
Homage to Maurice Girardin: Collector, Gallerist, and Patron of the Arts
until 28 June 2026
Brion Gysin: The Last Museum
until 12 July 2026
Gysin Tickets online soon
Musée Carnavalet
Madame de Sévigné: Paris letters
15 April to 23 August 2026 (exhibition = 15 €)
Buy Tickets soon
1776–2026: 250 Years of Franco-American Friendship
Until 27 September 2026
Free admission
Parisian Faces
Exhibition within the permanent collections
until September 13, 2026
Free admission
Musée Cernuschi
A tribute to Park In-kyung
On the occasion of the artist’s 100th birthday
until 17 May 2026
Shin Sung Hy: Gluing – Sewing – Binding
until 2 August 2026
Musée Cognacq-Jay
Focus on the Feminine: Fashion and Appearance in the 18th Century
until 20 September 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition explores the lives, clothing, and appearance of women in the 18th century. Portraits, fashion objects, accessories, and decorative arts illustrate how clothing and style expressed social standing, identity, and ideals of beauty. The exhibition invites visitors to explore the daily life, aesthetics, and social conventions of the era and offers a fascinating glimpse into femininity and fashion in 18th-century France.
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme
Chaim Kaliski. „Jim d’Etterbeek“
until 13 Dezember 2026
Noa Eshkol, 1924–2007. Dance and Compositions
until 30 August 2026
Musée de l’Armée
Nicolas Daubanes. A contemporary artist
until 17 May 2026
A history of the Army Museum in 30 objects
On the occasion of its 120th anniversary
until 30 May 2026
Exploration: A Matter of State?
until 16 August 2026
Musée des Arts et Métiers
Flops?!
until 17 May 2026
Musée de Montmartre
Adya & Otto van Rees: At the Heart of the Avant-Garde
until 13 September 2026
Buy ticket (unclear if exhibition included)
Musée de l’Orangerie
Henri Rousseau, The Ambition of Painting
until 20 July 2026
Alexandre Lenoir. Due to the circumstances
until 24 August 2026
Musée du l’homme
Mummies
until 25 May 2026
Older people
until 3 January 2027
Musée des Arts décoratifs
A Day in the 18th Century: Chronicle of a Private House
until 5 July 2026
[FOCUS COLLECTIONS] The Language of Walls: Prints from China to Notre-Dame
until 28 June 2026
Fashion in all its splendor: Haute Couture and tradition at the Thai court
13 May to 1 November 2026
Museum Guimet (Musée national des arts asiatiques)
K-Beauty: Korean Beauty: The Story of a Phenomenon
until 6 July 2026
Silla: Gold and the Sacred
20 May to 31 August 2026
Musée d’Orsay
Double Exhibition
Renoir and Love
until 19 July 2026
Renoir, the Draughtsman
until 5 July 2026
What to expect?
The Musée d’Orsay will present two parallel exhibitions on Pierre-Auguste Renoir. One focuses on his well-known paintings of love, leisure, and modern life in the 19th century. The second exhibition showcases drawings and sketches that offer insights into his creative process. Together, the two exhibitions reveal different facets of his artistic output.
More about the exhibition. Pre-Report.
Contemporary Exhibition:
Youssef Nabil: Dreaming Again
19 May to 13 September 2026
Musée du Luxembourg
Leonora Carrington
until 19 July 2026
Musée Jacquemart Andre
Baroque Splendor: Paintings from the Hispanic Society of America
until 2 August 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition “Splendeurs du Baroque” presents outstanding Spanish Baroque art from the 16th and 17th centuries. Works by artists such as Velázquez, El Greco, and Zurbarán demonstrate intense expressiveness, spirituality, and passionate composition. These are complemented by Hispanic American works that combine Spanish traditions with local techniques, thus illuminating the diversity of the Baroque.
Musée National de la Marine
The Navy and the Painters: Four Centuries of Art and Power
13 May to 2 August 2026
46ᵉ Salon de la Marine
13 May to 2 August 2026
Marmottan Monet Museum
Giovanni Segantini: “I Want to See My Mountains”
until 16 August 2026
Musée Quai Branly
Kwame Akoto: Almighty God Art Works
until 13 September 2026
Africa Fashion
until 12 July 2026
1913–1923: The Spirit of the Age
until 20 September 2026
Bernard Plossu, The Journey to the Sahel, 1975-1976
until 28 June 2026
Feathers of Paradise: The Journey of an Extraordinary Bird from New Guinea
12 May to 8 November 2026
Opera Garnier
Creative Challenges – Costume Design at the Paris Opera
until 30 September 2026
Palais de Tokyo
Studio, Wounds, and Struggles: Desire is the Repetition of Hope.
Cathy de Monchaux
until 13 September 2026
Shadow Lacquer: Benoît Piéron
until 13 September 2026
This Is Where We Are: Joseph Grigely
until 13 September 2026
Cheryl Marie Wade, Queen Mother of the Knot Beings. Lucie Camous & Étienne Chosson
until 13 September 2026
# The Ambassadors. Jesse Darling
until 13 September 2026
Empty Turns. Pauline Curnier Garden
until 13 September 2026
Palais Galliera
Weaving, embroidery, embellishment. The crafts of fashion.
until 18 October 2026
Pantheon Paris
Robert Badinter, justice at heart
extended until 25 May 2026
Petit Palais
Faces of Artists: From Gustave Courbet to Annette Messager
until 19 July 2026
Buy Tickets
What can you expect?
The exhibition “Visages d’artistes” (Artists’ Faces) explores how artists portray themselves and others. It features paintings, sculptures, and photographs from the 19th century to the present day, offering insights into friendship, admiration, and critical self-reflection. These historical works are complemented by contemporary pieces that open up new perspectives on identity and gender.
Károly Ferenczy: Hungarian Modernism
until 6 September 2026
Tickets coming soon
Philharmonie de Paris
Video Games & Music: The Music Where You’re the Hero
until November 2026
Picasso Museum
Henry Taylor
until 6 September 2026
Teh Metamorphoses of Guernica
until 6 September 2026
Guillermo Kuitca, Chapelle
Until 31 December 2027
The collection: meet Picasso again
Until 12 March 2027
Anais Rosso. The Hybrids
end unclear
Versailles, Palace
1725: Native American Allies at the Court of Louis XV
until 3 May 2026
Events in May:
Fete du Travail (Labor Day)
In France, this day is even more associated with many demonstrations than in Germany. But: There is also the nice custom of giving each other lilies of the valley, which are sold everywhere on the street
When: May 1st every year
Fête de la Victoire (Victory Day)
On this holiday, France commemorates the official end of World War II with military parades, church services and the laying of wreaths at the Arc de Triomphe
When: May 8th every year
Nuit des Musées
Paris Night of Museums
When: 23 May 2026
French Open
For tennis fans: The 2nd Grand Slam tournament will take place in the Stade Roland Garros.
When: 24 May to 7 June 2026
Taste of Paris
Delicates-festival at the Grand Palais Éphémère (Champ-de-Mars)
When: 21 – 25 May 2026
Foire du Trône
The Foire du Trône takes place every year between March and May. But what exactly is it: a huge funfair awaits you in the Bois de Vincennes. You can combine your visit with a trip to the zoo!
When: 27 March to 25 May 2026
Top 3 Exhibitions
June 2026
MAM
Lee Miller
until 2 August 2026
What can you expect?
The photographer Lee Miller created a multifaceted body of work. She became known both for her fashion photography in the 1930s and for her powerful reports from the Second World War. The exhibition features photographs, self-portraits, and documentary work that illustrate Miller’s unique perspective on society, war, and personal experience. It offers a comprehensive insight into the artistic output and life story of one of the most fascinating photographers of the 20th century.
Lee Miller Tickets online soon
Musée Cognacq-Jay
Focus on the Feminine: Fashion and Appearance in the 18th Century
until 20 September 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition explores the lives, clothing, and appearance of women in the 18th century. Portraits, fashion objects, accessories, and decorative arts illustrate how clothing and style expressed social standing, identity, and ideals of beauty. The exhibition invites visitors to explore the daily life, aesthetics, and social conventions of the era and offers a fascinating glimpse into femininity and fashion in 18th-century France.
Buy tickets (online soon)
La Cinémathèque française
Marilyn Monroe
until 26 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition is dedicated to the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood’s most famous icons. On display are photographs, film footage, costumes, and personal mementos that offer insights into her work, her style, and her public and private personality.
Buy tickets (various options with or without the exhibition!). Tickets not yet available online…
other exhibitions
in June
Ateliers des Lumieres
Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo
until 27 June 2026
What can you expect?
This immersive exhibition transports visitors to the world of the Renaissance, focusing on three of its most important artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo.
Instead of displaying original works, the exhibition uses large-scale digital projections that bring paintings, drawings, and frescoes to life and place them in a new context. Music and light enhance the experience, creating an atmospheric approach to the era. The result is a modern, sensory interpretation of the Renaissance that not only explains art history but also brings it to life.
Archeological Crypt of the Île de la Cité
In the Seine
extended until 28. June 2026
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Chiaroscuro
until 31 August 2026
What can you expect?
The exhibition “Clair-obscur” explores the interplay of light and darkness in contemporary art. Works by various artists demonstrate how shadows, transitions, and uncertainties influence our perception and emotions. The result is an atmospheric tour that deliberately focuses on the hidden, the fragile, and the ambiguous.
In-situ works
Until 31 December 2027
Laura Lamiel
until 21 September 2026
Fujiko Nakaya
4 June – End still open
Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou is closed for the next five years. The entire building is being renovated. However, the Centre Pompidou will continue to organize exhibitions – but at other locations. For example, at the Grand Palais, La Monnaie de Paris, but also in other cities such as Lille, Auxerre, and, of course, at the Centre Pompidou in Metz.
Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine
Cultural Heritage in Resistance: From Timbuktu to Odessa
until 3 January 2027
City of Sciences and Industry
Gardening
until 12 July 2026
Border
End date still unclear
Dogs and Cats
until 30 August 2026
Retrospective No. 2: The Typewriter
until October 2026
Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior, two masters of couture
extended until 21 June 2026
Fondation Cartier
General exhibition of the collection
in the new location!
until 23 August 2026
Fondation Dubuffet
Impulse: Jean Dubuffet, the last years (1974–1985)
until 24 October 2026
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Calder. Dreaming in Balance
until 16 August 2026
What can you expect
Alexander Calder was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. The focus is on his famous mobiles and stabilises, which play with movement, balance, and space. Calder revolutionized sculpture by liberating it from its static form. His suspended constructions react to air currents and are constantly changing—seemingly weightless, yet precisely balanced. The exhibition impressively demonstrates how Calder combined technique, poetry, and lightness, thereby developing a unique, dreamlike visual language.
Here is our preview
Grand Palais Paris
Matisse: 1941 – 1954
until 26 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition at the Grand Palais is dedicated to the later years of Henri Matisse’s work and shows how creative and experimental he remained well into old age. Alongside paintings and drawings, the focus is primarily on his intensely colored paper cutouts, with which he discovered new avenues of design. The show conveys a vivid portrait of an artist who, despite physical limitations, developed a radically new visual language.
Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well
until 21 June 2026
Hilma af Klint
until 30 August 2026
Leandro Erlich: Retrospective
2 June to 6 September 2026
Transparency
The first exhibition at the Kinderpalast
until 29 August 2027
Tickets on the official website
Les Invalides
AURA Invalides: Immersive show in the cathedral in the evening (NO museum visit included)
the show has been extended again!
extended until 26 September 2026
What can you expect?
The impressive show AURA INVALIDES combines orchestral music, video mapping, and lighting effects into a unique multimedia experience – and sheds new light on the architecture of the famous Parisian building.
If you want to visit the cathedral and the museum during the day, you have to buy another Ticket 🙂
Jeu de Paume
Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish
12 June to 27 September 2026
Madeleine de Sinéty: A Life
12 June to 27 September 2026
La Cinémathèque française
Marilyn Monroe
until 26 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition is dedicated to the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood’s most famous icons. On display are photographs, film footage, costumes, and personal mementos that offer insights into her work, her style, and her public and private personality.
Buy tickets (various options with or without the exhibition!). Tickets not yet available online…
La Monnaie de Paris
CLING! The comic strip speaks plainly.
until 6 September 2026
Louvre
Michelangelo and Rodin: Living Bodies
until 20 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition juxtaposes Michelangelo and Auguste Rodin—two sculptors who depicted the human body in revolutionary ways.
The central question is how stone can appear alive. Michelangelo’s powerful, tension-filled figures enter into a dialogue with Rodin’s expressive, sometimes fragmented sculptures. Parallels become apparent, as does Rodin’s independent development toward a modern, emotional formal language.
The exhibition impressively demonstrates how both artists breathed life into stone.
Martin Schongauer: The Beautiful Immortal
until 20 July 2026
Louvre tickets are only available through the official website.
Maison de Victor Hugo
Hugo and Architecture: From Stone to Monastery
11 June to 22 November 2026
MAM
Lee Miller
until 2 August 2026
What can you expect?
The photographer Lee Miller created a multifaceted body of work. She became known both for her fashion photography in the 1930s and for her powerful reports from the Second World War. The exhibition features photographs, self-portraits, and documentary work that illustrate Miller’s unique perspective on society, war, and personal experience. It offers a comprehensive insight into the artistic output and life story of one of the most fascinating photographers of the 20th century.
Lee Miller Tickets online soon
Max Wechsler Donation
until 28 June 2026
Estonian Realities
until 19 July 2026
Brion Gysin: The Last Museum
until 12 July 2026
Gysin Tickets online soon
Homage to Maurice Girardin: Collector, Gallerist, and Patron of the Arts
until 28 June 2026
Musée Carnavalet
Madame de Sévigné: Paris letters
until 23 August 2026 (exhibition = 15 €)
Buy Tickets soon
1776–2026: 250 Years of Franco-American Friendship
Until 27 September 2026
Free admission
Parisian Faces
Exhibition within the permanent collections
until September 13, 2026
Free admission
Musée Cernuschi
Shin Sung Hy: Gluing – Sewing – Binding
until 2 August 2026
Musée Cognacq-Jay
Focus on the Feminine: Fashion and Appearance in the 18th Century
until 20 September 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition explores the lives, clothing, and appearance of women in the 18th century. Portraits, fashion objects, accessories, and decorative arts illustrate how clothing and style expressed social standing, identity, and ideals of beauty. The exhibition invites visitors to explore the daily life, aesthetics, and social conventions of the era and offers a fascinating glimpse into femininity and fashion in 18th-century France.
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme
Chaim Kaliski. „Jim d’Etterbeek“
until 13 Dezember 2026
Noa Eshkol, 1924–2007. Dance and Compositions
until 30 August 2026
Musée de l’Armée
Exploration: A Matter of State?
until 16 August 2026
Musée de Montmartre
Adya & Otto van Rees: At the Heart of the Avant-Garde
until 13 September 2026
Buy ticket (unclear if exhibition included)
Musée de l’Orangerie
Henri Rousseau, The Ambition of Painting
until 20 July 2026
Alexandre Lenoir. Due to the circumstances
until 24 August 2026
Musée du l’homme
Older people
until 3 January 2027
Musée des Arts décoratifs
Fashion in all its splendor: Haute Couture and tradition at the Thai court
until 1 November 2026
A Day in the 18th Century: Chronicle of a Private House
until 5 July 2026
[FOCUS COLLECTIONS] The Language of Walls: Prints from China to Notre-Dame
until 28 June 2026
Museum Guimet (Musée national des arts asiatiques)
K-Beauty: Korean Beauty: The Story of a Phenomenon
until 6 July 2026
Silla: Gold and the Sacred
until 31 August 2026
Musée d’Orsay
Double Exhibition
Renoir and Love
until 19 July 2026
Renoir, the Draughtsman
until 5 July 2026
What to expect?
The Musée d’Orsay will present two parallel exhibitions on Pierre-Auguste Renoir. One focuses on his well-known paintings of love, leisure, and modern life in the 19th century. The second exhibition showcases drawings and sketches that offer insights into his creative process. Together, the two exhibitions reveal different facets of his artistic output.
More about the exhibition. Pre-Report.
Contemporary Exhibition:
Youssef Nabil: Dreaming Again
until 13 September 2026
Musée du Luxembourg
Leonora Carrington
until 19 July 2026
Musée Jacquemart Andre
Baroque Splendor: Paintings from the Hispanic Society of America
until 2 August 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition “Splendeurs du Baroque” presents outstanding Spanish Baroque art from the 16th and 17th centuries. Works by artists such as Velázquez, El Greco, and Zurbarán demonstrate intense expressiveness, spirituality, and passionate composition. These are complemented by Hispanic American works that combine Spanish traditions with local techniques, thus illuminating the diversity of the Baroque.
Musée National de la Marine
The Navy and the Painters: Four Centuries of Art and Power
until 2 August 2026
46ᵉ Salon de la Marine
until 2 August 2026
Marmottan Monet Museum
Giovanni Segantini: “I Want to See My Mountains”
until 16 August 2026
Musée Quai Branly
Kwame Akoto: Almighty God Art Works
until 13 September 2026
Africa Fashion
until 12 July 2026
1913–1923: The Spirit of the Age
until 20 September 2026
Bernard Plossu, The Journey to the Sahel, 1975-1976
until 28 June 2026
Feathers of Paradise: The Journey of an Extraordinary Bird from New Guinea
until 8 November 2026
Opera Garnier
Creative Challenges – Costume Design at the Paris Opera
until 30 September 2026
Palais de Tokyo
Lassana Sarre
5 June to 13 September 2026
Neïla Czermak Ichti
5 June to 13 September 2026
Studio, Wounds, and Struggles: Desire is the Repetition of Hope.
Cathy de Monchaux
until 13 September 2026
Shadow Lacquer: Benoît Piéron
until 13 September 2026
This Is Where We Are: Joseph Grigely
until 13 September 2026
Cheryl Marie Wade, Queen Mother of the Knot Beings. Lucie Camous & Étienne Chosson
until 13 September 2026
# The Ambassadors. Jesse Darling
until to 13 September 2026
Empty Turns. Pauline Curnier Garden
until 13 September 2026
Palais Galliera
Weaving, embroidery, embellishment. The crafts of fashion.
until 18 October 2026
Petit Palais
Faces of Artists: From Gustave Courbet to Annette Messager
until 19 July 2026
Buy Tickets
What can you expect?
The exhibition “Visages d’artistes” (Artists’ Faces) explores how artists portray themselves and others. It features paintings, sculptures, and photographs from the 19th century to the present day, offering insights into friendship, admiration, and critical self-reflection. These historical works are complemented by contemporary pieces that open up new perspectives on identity and gender.
Károly Ferenczy: Hungarian Modernism
until 6 September 2026
Tickets coming soon
Philharmonie de Paris
Video Games & Music: The Music Where You’re the Hero
until 8 November 2026
Picasso Museum
Henry Taylor
until 6 September 2026
Teh Metamorphoses of Guernica
until 6 September 2026
Guillermo Kuitca, Chapelle
Until 31 December 2027
The collection: meet Picasso again
Until 12 March 2027
Anais Rosso. The Hybrids
end unclear
Events in June:
We love Green Festival
The organizers promise a first-class pop-rock line-up, a relaxed atmosphere and all sorts of activities even for the little ones. Takes place in the Bois de Vincennes.
Bois de Vincennes
When: 5 – 7 June, 2026
Official Website: www.welovegreen.fr/
Fête de la Musique
Street music all over the city
When: 21 June 2026
Marche des fiertes (Gay Pride Paris)
LGBTIQ community parade and street party – focus on the Marais district
When: 20 – 27 June 2026
Grandes Eaux Nocturnes and Grandes Eaux Musicales
Light and music show at the fountains in the Park of Versailles
When: Saturdays between 6 June and 19 September 2026, 8.30 p.m. to 11 p.m. (extra payment needed)
Top 3 Exhibitions
July 2026
Musée d’Orsay
Double Exhibition
Renoir and Love
until 19 July 2026
Renoir, the Draughtsman
until 5 July 2026
What to expect?
The Musée d’Orsay will present two parallel exhibitions on Pierre-Auguste Renoir. One focuses on his well-known paintings of love, leisure, and modern life in the 19th century. The second exhibition showcases drawings and sketches that offer insights into his creative process. Together, the two exhibitions reveal different facets of his artistic output.
More about the exhibition. Pre-Report.
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Calder. Dreaming in Balance
until 16 August 2026
What can you expect
Alexander Calder was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. The focus is on his famous mobiles and stabilises, which play with movement, balance, and space. Calder revolutionized sculpture by liberating it from its static form. His suspended constructions react to air currents and are constantly changing—seemingly weightless, yet precisely balanced. The exhibition impressively demonstrates how Calder combined technique, poetry, and lightness, thereby developing a unique, dreamlike visual language.
Here is our preview
Les Invalides
AURA Invalides: Immersive show in the cathedral in the evening (NO museum visit included)
the show has been extended again!
extended until 26 September 2026
What can you expect?
The impressive show AURA INVALIDES combines orchestral music, video mapping, and lighting effects into a unique multimedia experience – and sheds new light on the architecture of the famous Parisian building.
If you want to visit the cathedral and the museum during the day, you have to buy another Ticket 🙂
other exhibitions
in July
Musée des Arts et Métiers
Hotel de la Marine
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Chiaroscuro
until 31 August 2026
What can you expect?
The exhibition “Clair-obscur” explores the interplay of light and darkness in contemporary art. Works by various artists demonstrate how shadows, transitions, and uncertainties influence our perception and emotions. The result is an atmospheric tour that deliberately focuses on the hidden, the fragile, and the ambiguous.
In-situ works
Until 31 December 2027
Laura Lamiel
until 21 September 2026
Fujiko Nakaya
4 June – End still open
Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou is closed for the next five years. The entire building is being renovated. However, the Centre Pompidou will continue to organize exhibitions – but at other locations. For example, at the Grand Palais, La Monnaie de Paris, but also in other cities such as Lille, Auxerre, and, of course, at the Centre Pompidou in Metz.
Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine
Cultural Heritage in Resistance: From Timbuktu to Odessa
until 3 January 2027
City of Sciences and Industry
Gardening
until 12 July 2026
Border
End date still unclear
Dogs and Cats
until 30 August 2026
Retrospective No. 2: The Typewriter
until October 2026
Fondation Cartier
General exhibition of the collection
in the new location!
until 23 August 2026
Fondation Dubuffet
Impulse: Jean Dubuffet, the last years (1974–1985)
until 24 October 2026
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Calder. Dreaming in Balance
until 16 August 2026
What can you expect
Alexander Calder was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. The focus is on his famous mobiles and stabilises, which play with movement, balance, and space. Calder revolutionized sculpture by liberating it from its static form. His suspended constructions react to air currents and are constantly changing—seemingly weightless, yet precisely balanced. The exhibition impressively demonstrates how Calder combined technique, poetry, and lightness, thereby developing a unique, dreamlike visual language.
Here is our preview
Grande Galerie de l’Évolution
On the Trail of the Dinosaurs
16 July 2026 to January 2028
Buy Tickets
(As soon as the exhibition opens)
Grand Palais Paris
Matisse: 1941 – 1954
until 26 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition at the Grand Palais is dedicated to the later years of Henri Matisse’s work and shows how creative and experimental he remained well into old age. Alongside paintings and drawings, the focus is primarily on his intensely colored paper cutouts, with which he discovered new avenues of design. The show conveys a vivid portrait of an artist who, despite physical limitations, developed a radically new visual language.
Hilma af Klint
until 30 August 2026
Leandro Erlich: Retrospective
until 6 September 2026
Transparency
The first exhibition at the Kinderpalast
until 29 August 2027
Tickets on the official website
Les Invalides
AURA Invalides: Immersive show in the cathedral in the evening (NO museum visit included)
the show has been extended again!
extended until 26 September 2026
What can you expect?
The impressive show AURA INVALIDES combines orchestral music, video mapping, and lighting effects into a unique multimedia experience – and sheds new light on the architecture of the famous Parisian building.
If you want to visit the cathedral and the museum during the day, you have to buy another Ticket 🙂
Jeu de Paume
Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish
until 27 September 2026
Madeleine de Sinéty: A Life
until 27 September 2026
La Cinémathèque française
Marilyn Monroe
until 26 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition is dedicated to the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood’s most famous icons. On display are photographs, film footage, costumes, and personal mementos that offer insights into her work, her style, and her public and private personality.
Buy tickets (various options with or without the exhibition!). Tickets not yet available online…
La Monnaie de Paris
CLING! The comic strip speaks plainly.
until 6 September 2026
Louvre
Michelangelo and Rodin: Living Bodies
until 20 July 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition juxtaposes Michelangelo and Auguste Rodin—two sculptors who depicted the human body in revolutionary ways.
The central question is how stone can appear alive. Michelangelo’s powerful, tension-filled figures enter into a dialogue with Rodin’s expressive, sometimes fragmented sculptures. Parallels become apparent, as does Rodin’s independent development toward a modern, emotional formal language.
The exhibition impressively demonstrates how both artists breathed life into stone.
Martin Schongauer: The Beautiful Immortal
until 20 July 2026
Louvre tickets are only available through the official website.
Maison de Victor Hugo
Hugo and Architecture: From Stone to Monastery
until 22 November 2026
MAM
Lee Miller
until 2 August 2026
What can you expect?
The photographer Lee Miller created a multifaceted body of work. She became known both for her fashion photography in the 1930s and for her powerful reports from the Second World War. The exhibition features photographs, self-portraits, and documentary work that illustrate Miller’s unique perspective on society, war, and personal experience. It offers a comprehensive insight into the artistic output and life story of one of the most fascinating photographers of the 20th century.
Lee Miller Tickets online soon
Estonian Realities
until 19 July 2026
Brion Gysin: The Last Museum
until 12 July 2026
Gysin Tickets online soon
Musée Carnavalet
Madame de Sévigné: Paris letters
until 23 August 2026 (exhibition = 15 €)
Buy Tickets soon
1776–2026: 250 Years of Franco-American Friendship
Until 27 September 2026
Free admission
Parisian Faces
Exhibition within the permanent collections
until 13 September 2026
Free admission
Musée Cernuschi
Shin Sung Hy: Gluing – Sewing – Binding
until 2 August 2026
Musée Cognacq-Jay
Focus on the Feminine: Fashion and Appearance in the 18th Century
until 20 September 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition explores the lives, clothing, and appearance of women in the 18th century. Portraits, fashion objects, accessories, and decorative arts illustrate how clothing and style expressed social standing, identity, and ideals of beauty. The exhibition invites visitors to explore the daily life, aesthetics, and social conventions of the era and offers a fascinating glimpse into femininity and fashion in 18th-century France.
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme
Chaim Kaliski. „Jim d’Etterbeek“
until 13 Dezember 2026
Noa Eshkol, 1924–2007. Dance and Compositions
until 30 August 2026
Musée de l’Armée
Exploration: A Matter of State?
until 16 August 2026
Musée de Montmartre
Adya & Otto van Rees: At the Heart of the Avant-Garde
until 13 September 2026
Buy ticket (unclear if exhibition included)
Musée de l’Orangerie
Henri Rousseau, The Ambition of Painting
until 20 July 2026
Alexandre Lenoir. Due to the circumstances
until 24 August 2026
Musée du l’homme
Older people
until 3 January 2027
Musée des Arts décoratifs
Fashion in all its splendor: Haute Couture and tradition at the Thai court
until 1 November 2026
A Day in the 18th Century: Chronicle of a Private House
until 5 July 2026
Museum Guimet (Musée national des arts asiatiques)
K-Beauty: Korean Beauty: The Story of a Phenomenon
until 6 July 2026
Silla: Gold and the Sacred
until 31 August 2026
Musée d’Orsay
Double Exhibition
Renoir and Love
until 19 July 2026
Renoir, the Draughtsman
until 5 July 2026
What to expect?
The Musée d’Orsay will present two parallel exhibitions on Pierre-Auguste Renoir. One focuses on his well-known paintings of love, leisure, and modern life in the 19th century. The second exhibition showcases drawings and sketches that offer insights into his creative process. Together, the two exhibitions reveal different facets of his artistic output.
More about the exhibition. Pre-Report.
Contemporary Exhibition:
Youssef Nabil: Dreaming Again
until 13 September 2026
Musée du Luxembourg
Leonora Carrington
until 19 July 2026
Musée Jacquemart Andre
Baroque Splendor: Paintings from the Hispanic Society of America
until 2 August 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition “Splendeurs du Baroque” presents outstanding Spanish Baroque art from the 16th and 17th centuries. Works by artists such as Velázquez, El Greco, and Zurbarán demonstrate intense expressiveness, spirituality, and passionate composition. These are complemented by Hispanic American works that combine Spanish traditions with local techniques, thus illuminating the diversity of the Baroque.
Musée National de la Marine
The Navy and the Painters: Four Centuries of Art and Power
until 2 August 2026
46ᵉ Salon de la Marine
until 2 August 2026
Marmottan Monet Museum
Giovanni Segantini: “I Want to See My Mountains”
until 16 August 2026
Musée Quai Branly
Kwame Akoto: Almighty God Art Works
until 13 September 2026
Africa Fashion
until 12 July 2026
1913–1923: The Spirit of the Age
until 20 September 2026
Bernard Plossu, The Journey to the Sahel, 1975-1976
until 28 June 2026
Feathers of Paradise: The Journey of an Extraordinary Bird from New Guinea
until 8 November 2026
Opera Garnier
Creative Challenges – Costume Design at the Paris Opera
until 30 September 2026
Palais de Tokyo
Lassana Sarre
5 June to 13 September 2026
Neïla Czermak Ichti
5 June to 13 September 2026
Studio, Wounds, and Struggles: Desire is the Repetition of Hope.
Cathy de Monchaux
until 13 September 2026
Shadow Lacquer: Benoît Piéron
until 13 September 2026
This Is Where We Are: Joseph Grigely
until 13 September 2026
Cheryl Marie Wade, Queen Mother of the Knot Beings. Lucie Camous & Étienne Chosson
until 13 September 2026
# The Ambassadors. Jesse Darling
until to 13 September 2026
Empty Turns. Pauline Curnier Garden
until 13 September 2026
Palais Galliera
Weaving, embroidery, embellishment. The crafts of fashion.
until 18 October 2026
Petit Palais
Faces of Artists: From Gustave Courbet to Annette Messager
until 19 July 2026
Buy Tickets
What can you expect?
The exhibition “Visages d’artistes” (Artists’ Faces) explores how artists portray themselves and others. It features paintings, sculptures, and photographs from the 19th century to the present day, offering insights into friendship, admiration, and critical self-reflection. These historical works are complemented by contemporary pieces that open up new perspectives on identity and gender.
Károly Ferenczy: Hungarian Modernism
until 6 September 2026
Tickets coming soon
Philharmonie de Paris
Video Games & Music: The Music Where You’re the Hero
until 8 November 2026
Picasso Museum
Henry Taylor
until 6 September 2026
Teh Metamorphoses of Guernica
until 6 September 2026
Guillermo Kuitca, Chapelle
Until 31 December 2027
The collection: meet Picasso again
Until 12 March 2027
Anais Rosso. The Hybrids
end unclear
Events in July:
Fête des Tuileries (Tuileries Fair)
A classic fair with booths, Ferris wheel and other rides
When: Late June to late August 2026
French national day
The most important holiday in France! In the days before, the low-flying aircraft thunder over Paris to practice for the big parade on the Champs-Élysées. In the evening, there is music and fireworks at the Eiffel Tower. The “Bal de Pompiers” (French fire brigade balls open to the public) take place on the eve and evening of July 14th.
When: July 14th every year
Été du canal (Summer by the canal)
Workshops, sports activities, balls, restaurants, and concerts on the Quai de la Seine
When: 27 June to 9 August 2026
Paris Plagues
City beach with sun loungers, parasols, palm trees, beach bars and lots of outdoor activities. On the banks of the Seine and Bassin de la Villette.
When: July to September 2026
Last stage of the Tour de France
Ends this year in Nice
When: Sunday, 26 July 2026
Grandes Eaux Nocturnes and Grandes Eaux Musicales
Light and music show at the fountains in the Park of Versailles
When: Saturdays between 6 June and 19 September 2026, 8.30 p.m. to 11 p.m. (extra payment needed)
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