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!
January
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June
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July
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August
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October
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November
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December
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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
January 2026
Grand Palais Paris
Drawings Without Borders: Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou Collection
until 15 March 2026
by Centre Pompidou
What to expect?
With over 35,000 drawings, the Centre Pompidou’s Prints and Drawings Collection is among the most important in the world. For the first time—following the closure of the Centre Pompidou—the Grand Palais is exhibiting nearly 300 works by 120 artists, including Dubuffet, Basquiat, Delaunay, Kentridge, and many others, highlighting the constantly reinventing art of drawing.
Tickets only available via the official website
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Gerhard Richter
until 2 March 2026
What can you expect?
This is a comprehensive retrospective of the German artist Gerhard Richter. With around 270 works – from early photorealist paintings to abstract series, drawings, photographs, and sculptures – the exhibition offers a unique overview of more than six decades of his work. The works are organized thematically and chronologically into ten gallery spaces, including iconic works such as Uncle Rudi, the RAF series 18. Oktober 1977, and the large-format Cage Paintings. The show demonstrates how Richter, with his changing styles, repeatedly raises central questions about memory, perception, and pictorial reality. One of the most important exhibitions of the coming season – and a must-see for anyone interested in contemporary art.
We have been there! More about the exhibition
Jeu de Paume
Martin Parr: Global Warning
30 January to 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.
other exhibitions
in january
Ateliers des Lumieres
Prehistoric Planet: DINOSAURS IN PARIS
until 8 March 2026
Archeological Crypt of the Île de la Cité
In the Seine
until 4 January 2026
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Minimal
until 18 January 2026
What to expect?
The exhibition “Minimal” explores the global development of an art movement that, since the early 1960s, has fundamentally questioned the relationship between work and viewer. Minimalism is characterized by reduction to the essential, a clear, sober aesthetic, and a focus on immediate spatial experience. It features works by Dan Flavin, Hans Haacke, Richard Serra, Sol Lewitt, Günther Uecker, and many more.
In-situ works
Until 31 December 2027
Lygia Pape. Spatial Weaving
until 26 January 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
Mute – Fabienne Verdier
until 16 February 2026
Paris 1925: Art Deco and its Architects
until 29 March 2026
Chromoscope
until 16 February 2026
The Neighborhoods of Tomorrow
The Future is Being Written Today
until 30 March 2026
City of Sciences and Industry
Gardening
End date unclear
Dance
until 28 June 2026
Dogs and Cats
until 30 August 2026
Dali Museum
Dalí x Rubinstein – Crossed Illusions
until 30 January 2026
Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior, two masters of couture
until 24 May 2026
Fondation Cartier
General exhibition of the collection
in the new location!
until 23 August 2026
Fondation Dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet & Niki de Saint Phalle, Chassés croisés
until 13 February 2026
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Gerhard Richter
until 2 March 2026
What can you expect?
This is a comprehensive retrospective of the German artist Gerhard Richter. With around 270 works – from early photorealist paintings to abstract series, drawings, photographs, and sculptures – the exhibition offers a unique overview of more than six decades of his work. The works are organized thematically and chronologically into ten gallery spaces, including iconic works such as Uncle Rudi, the RAF series 18. Oktober 1977, and the large-format Cage Paintings. The show demonstrates how Richter, with his changing styles, repeatedly raises central questions about memory, perception, and pictorial reality. One of the most important exhibitions of the coming season – and a must-see for anyone interested in contemporary art.
We have been there! More about the exhibition
Gagosian Gallery Paris
The house on Utopia Parkway
Joseph Cornell’s Studio – recreated by Wes Anderson
until 14 March 2026
Titus Kaphar: The Fire This Time
29 January to 7 March 2026
Rue de Ponthieu, Paris
Grande Galerie de l’Évolution
Deserts
until 19 April 2026
Grand Palais Paris
Drawings Without Borders: Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou Collection
until 15 March 2026
by Centre Pompidou
What to expect?
With over 35,000 drawings, the Centre Pompidou’s Prints and Drawings Collection is among the most important in the world. For the first time—following the closure of the Centre Pompidou—the Grand Palais is exhibiting nearly 300 works by 120 artists, including Dubuffet, Basquiat, Delaunay, Kentridge, and many others, highlighting the constantly reinventing art of drawing.
Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
until 5 April 2026
Transparency
The first exhibition at the Kinderpalast
until 29 August 2027
Eva Jospin and Claire Tabouret
until 15 March 2026
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!
Until 30 May 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
30 January to 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
30 January to 24 May 2026
Luc Delahaye: The Sound of the World
until 4 January 2026
Madeleine de Sinéty: A Life
until May 17, 2026
La Cinémathèque française
My name is Orson Welles
until 11 Januar 2026
La Monnaie de Paris
HUMAN SPECIES / FIDES », gethan&myles&la-chorba
until 8 March 2026
buy Tickets
M.C. Escher in Paris
until 1 March 2026
For the first time, Paris is hosting a major retrospective dedicated to Maurits Cornelis Escher, one of the most fascinating and popular artists on the international scene.
Tickets on the official website.
Louvre
Jacques-Louis David
until 26 January 2026
For the exhibition, you must purchase special tickets on the official website.
Carracci Drawings: The Creation of the Farnese Gallery
until 2 February 2026
Buy Louvre tickets without the exhibition
Maison de Balzac
The fiery paths of creation – Alechinsky, Balzac, Picasso, Rodin and others
until 15 March 2026
Maison de Victor Hugo
Hugo, Decorateur
until 26 April 2026
MAM
Otobong Nkanga: I dreamt of you in colours*
until 22 February 2026
George Condo
until 8 February 2026
Max Wechsler Donation
until 28 June 2026
Homage to Maurice Girardin: Collector, Gallerist, and Patron of the Arts
until 28 June 2026
Musée Bourdelle
Magdalena Abakanowicz, The Web of Existence
until 12 April 2026
Musée Carnavalet
The Population of Paris, 1926–1936: Reflected by the Censuses
until 8 February 2026
Parisian Faces
Exhibition within the permanent collections
until September 13, 2026
Free admission
Musée Cernuschi
China. Traces of the Past
Discovery of Antiquity and Revival of the Arts. 1786–1955
until 15 March 2026
Musée Cognacq-Jay
Agnès Thurnauer: Correspondences
until 8 February 2026
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme
Denise Bellon Un regard vagabond
until 8 March 2026
Chaim Kaliski. „Jim d’Etterbeek“
22 January to 13 Dezember 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
Female MPs 1945: Women’s Struggle at the Ballot Box
until 8 March 2026
Musée des Arts et Métiers
Flops?!
until 17 May 2026
Musée du l’homme
Mummies
until 25 May 2026
Musée du Luxembourg
Pierre Soulages: Paintings on Paper
until 11 January 2026
Musée des Arts décoratifs
1925–2025: One Hundred Years of Art Deco
until 22 February 2026
Paul Poiret. Fashion is a celebration
until 11 January 2026
Guénaëlle de Carbonnières. In the Depths of Images
until 1 February 2026
Musée de Montmatre
School of Paris, Marek Roefler Collection
until 15 February 2026
Museum Guimet (Musée national des arts asiatiques)
Manga. Quite an art!
until 9 March 2026
POLARAKI – Thousend Polaroids from Araki Nobuyoshi
until 12 January 2026
Musée Jacquemart Andre
Georges de la Tour: Between Shadow and Light
until 25 January 2026
Musée d’Orsay
John Singer Sargent: Let Paris Shine
until 11 January 2026
What can you expect?
Sargent is one of the most famous American artists and one of the greatest painters of the 19th and early 20th centuries. This exhibition explores his formative years in Paris between 1874 and the mid-1880s, a period in which he developed from a young student into one of the leading portrait artists of the Belle Époque. With works like “Madame X,” Sargent succeeded not only in demonstrating his technical skill but also in dividing audiences with provocation and style. More than 90 paintings and watercolors from his youth, many of which are being seen in France for the first time, reflect his ambitious path and his desire to impress the Parisian art world. The exhibition not only provides insight into his career but also highlights his significance as an artist whose work stands between tradition and innovation.
Buy Sargent Tickets
Paul Troubetzkoy: The Sculptor Prince
until 11 January 2026
Gabrielle Hébert: Chronicle of a Mad Love at the Villa Medici
until 15 February 2026
Bridget Riley: Starting Point
until 25 January 2026
Buy other Orsay Exhibition Tickets
Musée d’Orangerie
Berthe Weill. Avant-garde gallery owner
until 26 January 2026
Michel Paysant. See Monet
until 26 January 2026
Marmottan Monet Museum
The Realm of Sleep
until 1 March 2026
Monet / Sécheret: Waterscapes
until 15 March 2026
Musée National de la Marine
Magellan – a voyage that changed the world
until 1 March 2026
Artists set sail: A residency program on board
21 January to 9 March 2026
Musée Quai Branly
Musika Automatika: Winning project of the Klangresidenz 2024
until 26 February 2026
Amazonia
until 18 January 2026
Hoda Afshar: Performer l’invisible
until 25 January 2026
The Traveling Thread – narrated by Sheila Hicks
until 8 March 2026
Dragons
until 1 March 2026
Musée Rodin
Rodin. Dessins libres
until 1 March 2026
Musée Zadkine
Zadkine Art Deco
to 12 April 2026
Opera Garnier
The Palais Garnier: 150 Years of a Legendary Theater
In collaboration with the National Library of France
until 15 February 2026
at the Library-Museum of the Paris Opera
Palais de Tokyo
Melvin Edwards
until 15 February 2026
Echo Delay Reverb
American Art, Francophone Thoughts
until 15 February 2026
Caroline Kent: Within the Veil, a Grammar
until 15 February 2026
Palais Galliera
Weaving, embroidery, embellishment. The crafts of fashion.
until 18 October 2026
Pantheon Paris
Robert Badinter, justice at heart
until 8 March 2026
Shadow is light. Memories of places.
Until March 8, 2026
Petit Palais
Jean-Baptiste Greuze: L’enfance en lumière
until 25 Janaury 2026
Bilal Hamdad
until 8 February 2026
Pekka Halonen: An Anthem to Finland
until 22 February 2026
Philharmonie de Paris
Kandinsky: The Music of Colors
until 1 February 2026
Philharmonie de Paris, 19th
Picasso Museum
Philip Guston. The Irony of History
until 1 March 2026
Raymond Pettibon. Underground
until 1 March 2026
Guillermo Kuitca, Chapelle
Until 31 December 2027
The collection: meet Picasso again
Until 12 March 2027
Versailles, Palace
The Grand Dauphin (1661–1711), son of a king, father of a king, and never a king
until 15 February 2026
Exhibition rooms in the north wing of the palace
1725: Native American Allies at the Court of Louis XV
until 3 May 2026
Events in January:
Epiphany (Three Kings)
On this day, a “Galette des Rois” (pastry with marzipan) is traditionally eaten. You can buy them in every boulangerie throughout January. Whoever finds the hidden figure in their piece of cake is king and can decide how the rest of the day goes.
When: January 6th every year
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 Exhibition
February 2026
Marmottan Monet Museum
The Realm of Sleep
until 1 March 2026
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Gerhard Richter
until 2 March 2026
What can you expect?
This is a comprehensive retrospective of the German artist Gerhard Richter. With around 270 works – from early photorealist paintings to abstract series, drawings, photographs, and sculptures – the exhibition offers a unique overview of more than six decades of his work. The works are organized thematically and chronologically into ten gallery spaces, including iconic works such as Uncle Rudi, the RAF series 18. Oktober 1977, and the large-format Cage Paintings. The show demonstrates how Richter, with his changing styles, repeatedly raises central questions about memory, perception, and pictorial reality. One of the most important exhibitions of the coming season – and a must-see for anyone interested in contemporary art.
We have been there! More about the exhibition
Les Invalides
AURA Invalides: Immersive show in the cathedral in the evening (NO museum visit included)
the show has been extended again!
Until 30 May 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 February
Ateliers des Lumieres
Prehistoric Planet: DINOSAURS IN PARIS
until 8 March 2026
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
In-situ works
Until 31 December 2027
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
Mute – Fabienne Verdier
extended until 8 March 2026
Paris 1925: Art Deco and its Architects
until 29 March 2026
Chromoscope
until 16 February 2026
The Neighborhoods of Tomorrow
The Future is Being Written Today
until 30 March 2026
City of Sciences and Industry
Gardening
End date unclear
Dance
until 28 June 2026
Dogs and Cats
until 30 August 2026
Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior, two masters of couture
until 24 May 2026
Fondation Cartier
General exhibition of the collection
in the new location!
until 23 August 2026
Fondation Dubuffet
Jean Dubuffet & Niki de Saint Phalle, Chassés croisés
until 13 February 2026
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Gerhard Richter
until 2 March 2026
What can you expect?
This is a comprehensive retrospective of the German artist Gerhard Richter. With around 270 works – from early photorealist paintings to abstract series, drawings, photographs, and sculptures – the exhibition offers a unique overview of more than six decades of his work. The works are organized thematically and chronologically into ten gallery spaces, including iconic works such as Uncle Rudi, the RAF series 18. Oktober 1977, and the large-format Cage Paintings. The show demonstrates how Richter, with his changing styles, repeatedly raises central questions about memory, perception, and pictorial reality. One of the most important exhibitions of the coming season – and a must-see for anyone interested in contemporary art.
We have been there! More about the exhibition
Gagosian Gallery Paris
The house on Utopia Parkway
Joseph Cornell’s Studio – recreated by Wes Anderson
until 14 March 2026
Titus Kaphar: The Fire This Time
until 7 March 2026
Rue de Ponthieu, Paris
Grande Galerie de l’Évolution
Deserts
until 19 April 2026
Grand Palais Paris
Drawings Without Borders: Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou Collection
until 15 March 2026
by Centre Pompidou
What to expect?
With over 35,000 drawings, the Centre Pompidou’s Prints and Drawings Collection is among the most important in the world. For the first time—following the closure of the Centre Pompidou—the Grand Palais is exhibiting nearly 300 works by 120 artists, including Dubuffet, Basquiat, Delaunay, Kentridge, and many others, highlighting the constantly reinventing art of drawing.
Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
until 5 April 2026
Transparency
The first exhibition at the Kinderpalast
until 29 August 2027
Eva Jospin and Claire Tabouret
until 15 March 2026
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 30 June 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 Monnaie de Paris
M.C. Escher in Paris
until 1 March 2026
For the first time, Paris is hosting a major retrospective dedicated to Maurits Cornelis Escher, one of the most fascinating and popular artists on the international scene.
Tickets on the official website.
HUMAN SPECIES / FIDES », gethan&myles&la-chorba
until 8 March 2026
buy Tickets
Louvre
Carracci Drawings: The Creation of the Farnese Gallery
until 2 February 2026
Maison de Balzac
The fiery paths of creation – Alechinsky, Balzac, Picasso, Rodin and others
until 15 March 2026
Maison de Victor Hugo
Hugo, Decorateur
until 26 April 2026
MAM
Otobong Nkanga: I dreamt of you in colours*
until 22 February 2026
George Condo
until 8 February 2026
Max Wechsler Donation
until 28 June 2026
Homage to Maurice Girardin: Collector, Gallerist, and Patron of the Arts
until 28 June 2026
Musée Bourdelle
Magdalena Abakanowicz, The Web of Existence
until 12 April 2026
Musée Carnavalet
The Population of Paris, 1926–1936: Reflected by the Censuses
until 8 February 2026
Parisian Faces
Exhibition within the permanent collections
until September 13, 2026
Free admission
Musée Cernuschi
China. Traces of the Past
Discovery of Antiquity and Revival of the Arts. 1786–1955
until 15 March 2026
Musée Cognacq-Jay
Agnès Thurnauer: Correspondences
until 8 February 2026
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme
Denise Bellon Un regard vagabond
until 8 March 2026
Chaim Kaliski. „Jim d’Etterbeek“
until 13 Dezember 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
Female MPs 1945: Women’s Struggle at the Ballot Box
until 8 March 2026
Musée des Arts et Métiers
Flops?!
until 17 May 2026
Musée du l’homme
Mummies
until 25 May 2026
Musée des Arts décoratifs
1925–2025: One Hundred Years of Art Deco
until 22 February 2026
Guénaëlle de Carbonnières. In the Depths of Images
until 1 February 2026
A Day in the 18th Century: Chronicle of a Private House
18 February to 5 July 2026
Musée de Montmatre
School of Paris, Marek Roefler Collection
until 15 February 2026
Museum Guimet (Musée national des arts asiatiques)
Manga. Quite an art!
until 9 March 2026
Musée d’Orsay
Gabrielle Hébert: Chronicle of a Mad Love at the Villa Medici
until 15 February 2026
Musée du Luxembourg
Leonora Carrington
18 February to 19 July 2026
Marmottan Monet Museum
The Realm of Sleep
until 1 March 2026
Monet / Sécheret: Waterscapes
until 15 March 2026
Musée National de la Marine
Magellan – a voyage that changed the world
until 1 March 2026
Artists set sail: A residency program on board
until 9 March 2026
Musée Quai Branly
Dragons
until 1 March 2026
Musika Automatika: Winning project of the Klangresidenz 2024
until 26 February 2026
The Traveling Thread – narrated by Sheila Hicks
until 8 March 2026
Musée Rodin
Rodin. Dessins libres
until 1 March 2026
Musée Zadkine
Zadkine Art Deco
to 12 April 2026
Opera Garnier
The Palais Garnier: 150 Years of a Legendary Theater
In collaboration with the National Library of France
until 15 February 2026
at the Library-Museum of the Paris Opera
Palais de Tokyo
Melvin Edwards
until 15 February 2026
Echo Delay Reverb
American Art, Francophone Thoughts
until 15 February 2026
Caroline Kent: Within the Veil, a Grammar
until 15 February 2026
Palais Galliera
Weaving, embroidery, embellishment. The crafts of fashion.
until 18 October 2026
Pantheon Paris
Robert Badinter, justice at heart
until 8 March 2026
Shadow is light. Memories of places.
Until March 8, 2026
Petit Palais
Bilal Hamdad
until 8 February 2026
Pekka Halonen: An Anthem to Finland
until 22 February 2026
Philharmonie de Paris
Kandinsky: The Music of Colors
until 1 February 2026
Philharmonie de Paris, 19th
Picasso Museum
Philip Guston. The Irony of History
until 1 March 2026
Raymond Pettibon. Underground
until 1 March 2026
Guillermo Kuitca, Chapelle
Until 31 December 2027
The collection: meet Picasso again
Until 12 March 2027
Versailles, Palace
The Grand Dauphin (1661–1711), son of a king, father of a king, and never a king
until 15 February 2026
Exhibition rooms in the north wing of the palace
1725: Native American Allies at the Court of Louis XV
until 3 May 2026
Top 3 Exhibitions
March 2026
Musée de l’Orangerie
Henri Rousseau, The Ambition of Painting
25 March to 20 July 2026
Musée d’Orsay – Double Exhibition?
Renoir, the Draughtsman
17 March to 5 July 2026
Renoir and Love
17 March to 19 July 2026
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Chiaroscuro
4 March to 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.
other exhibitions
in March
Ateliers des Lumieres
Prehistoric Planet: DINOSAURS IN PARIS
until 8 March 2026
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Chiaroscuro
4 March to 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
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
Paris 1925: Art Deco and its Architects
until 29 March 2026
Mute – Fabienne Verdier
extended until 8 March 2026
The Neighborhoods of Tomorrow
The Future is Being Written Today
until 30 March 2026
City of Sciences and Industry
Gardening
End date unclear
Dance
until 28 June 2026
Dogs and Cats
until 30 August 2026
Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior, two masters of couture
until 24 May 2026
Fondation Cartier
General exhibition of the collection
in the new location!
until 23 August 2026
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Gerhard Richter
until 2 March 2026
What can you expect?
This is a comprehensive retrospective of the German artist Gerhard Richter. With around 270 works – from early photorealist paintings to abstract series, drawings, photographs, and sculptures – the exhibition offers a unique overview of more than six decades of his work. The works are organized thematically and chronologically into ten gallery spaces, including iconic works such as Uncle Rudi, the RAF series 18. Oktober 1977, and the large-format Cage Paintings. The show demonstrates how Richter, with his changing styles, repeatedly raises central questions about memory, perception, and pictorial reality. One of the most important exhibitions of the coming season – and a must-see for anyone interested in contemporary art.
We have been there! More about the exhibition
Gagosian Gallery Paris
The house on Utopia Parkway
Joseph Cornell’s Studio – recreated by Wes Anderson
until 14 March 2026
Titus Kaphar: The Fire This Time
until 7 March 2026
Rue de Ponthieu, Paris
Grande Galerie de l’Évolution
Deserts
until 19 April 2026
Grand Palais Paris
Drawings Without Borders: Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou Collection
until 15 March 2026
by Centre Pompidou
What to expect?
With over 35,000 drawings, the Centre Pompidou’s Prints and Drawings Collection is among the most important in the world. For the first time—following the closure of the Centre Pompidou—the Grand Palais is exhibiting nearly 300 works by 120 artists, including Dubuffet, Basquiat, Delaunay, Kentridge, and many others, highlighting the constantly reinventing art of drawing.
Mickalene Thomas: All About Love
until 5 April 2026
Transparency
The first exhibition at the Kinderpalast
until 29 August 2027
Eva Jospin and Claire Tabouret
until 15 March 2026
Matisse: 1941 – 1954
24 March to 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
18 March to 21 June 2026
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 30 June 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 Monnaie de Paris
M.C. Escher in Paris
until 1 March 2026
For the first time, Paris is hosting a major retrospective dedicated to Maurits Cornelis Escher, one of the most fascinating and popular artists on the international scene.
Tickets on the official website.
HUMAN SPECIES / FIDES », gethan&myles&la-chorba
until 8 March 2026
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Maison de Balzac
The fiery paths of creation – Alechinsky, Balzac, Picasso, Rodin and others
until 15 March 2026
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
Musée Bourdelle
Magdalena Abakanowicz, The Web of Existence
until 12 April 2026
Musée Carnavalet
Parisian Faces
Exhibition within the permanent collections
until September 13, 2026
Free admission
Musée Cernuschi
China. Traces of the Past
Discovery of Antiquity and Revival of the Arts. 1786–1955
until 15 March 2026
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme
Chaim Kaliski. „Jim d’Etterbeek“
until 13 Dezember 2026
Denise Bellon Un regard vagabond
until 8 March 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
Female MPs 1945: Women’s Struggle at the Ballot Box
until 8 March 2026
Musée des Arts et Métiers
Flops?!
until 17 May 2026
Musée de l’Orangerie
Henri Rousseau, The Ambition of Painting
25 March to 20 July 2026
Alexandre Lenoir. Due to the circumstances
25 March to 24 August 2026
Musée du l’homme
Mummies
until 25 May 2026
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
18 March to 28 June 2026
Museum Guimet (Musée national des arts asiatiques)
Manga. Quite an art!
until 9 March 2026
K-Beauty: Korean Beauty: The Story of a Phenomenon
18 March to 6 July 2026
Musée d’Orsay
Renoir, the Draughtsman
17 March to 5 July 2026
Renoir and Love
17 March to 19 July 2026
Musée du Luxembourg
Leonora Carrington
until 19 July 2026
Musée Jacquemart Andre
Baroque Splendor: Paintings from the Hispanic Society of America
26 March to 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.
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(No guarantee yet whether our tickets will work)
Marmottan Monet Museum
The Realm of Sleep
until 1 March 2026
Monet / Sécheret: Waterscapes
until 15 March 2026
Musée National de la Marine
Magellan – a voyage that changed the world
until 1 March 2026
Artists set sail: A residency program on board
until 9 March 2026
Musée Quai Branly
Dragons
until 1 March 2026
The Traveling Thread – narrated by Sheila Hicks
until 8 March 2026
1913–1923: The Spirit of the Age
17 March to 20 September 2026
Africa Fashion
31 March to 12 July 2026
Kwame Akoto: Almighty God Art Works
31 March to 13 September 2026
Musée Rodin
Rodin. Dessins libres
until 1 March 2026
Musée Zadkine
Zadkine Art Deco
to 12 April 2026
Palais Galliera
Weaving, embroidery, embellishment. The crafts of fashion.
until 18 October 2026
Pantheon Paris
Robert Badinter, justice at heart
until 8 March 2026
Shadow is light. Memories of places.
Until March 8, 2026
Petit Palais
Faces of Artists: From Gustave Courbet to Annette Messager
18 March to 19 July 2026
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.
Picasso Museum
Philip Guston. The Irony of History
until 1 March 2026
Raymond Pettibon. Underground
until 1 March 2026
Guillermo Kuitca, Chapelle
Until 31 December 2027
The collection: meet Picasso again
Until 12 March 2027
Versailles, Palace
1725: Native American Allies at the Court of Louis XV
until 3 May 2026
Events in March:
Foire du Trône
The Foire du Trône takes place every year between March and May. What exactly is it? A huge fair awaits you in the Bois de Vincennes. You can combine your visit with a trip to the zoo!
When: End of March to end of May 2026
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.
Buy Tickets
(No guarantee yet whether our tickets will work)
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
Petit Palais
Faces of Artists: From Gustave Courbet to Annette Messager
until 19 July 2026
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.
other exhibitions
in April
Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
Chiaroscuro
4 March to 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
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
Paris 1925: Art Deco and its Architects
until 29 March 2026
Mute – Fabienne Verdier
extended until 8 March 2026
The Neighborhoods of Tomorrow
The Future is Being Written Today
until 30 March 2026
City of Sciences and Industry
Gardening
End date unclear
Dance
until 28 June 2026
Dogs and Cats
until 30 August 2026
Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior, two masters of couture
until 24 May 2026
Fondation Cartier
General exhibition of the collection
in the new location!
until 23 August 2026
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 30 June 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 Monnaie de Paris
CLING! The comic strip speaks plainly.
10 April to 6 September 2026
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
Musée Bourdelle
Magdalena Abakanowicz, The Web of Existence
until 12 April 2026
Musée Carnavalet
Parisian Faces
Exhibition within the permanent collections
until September 13, 2026
Free admission
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme
Chaim Kaliski. „Jim d’Etterbeek“
until 13 Dezember 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
Musée des Arts et Métiers
Flops?!
until 17 May 2026
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
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
Museum Guimet (Musée national des arts asiatiques)
K-Beauty: Korean Beauty: The Story of a Phenomenon
until 6 July 2026
Musée d’Orsay
Renoir, the Draughtsman
until 5 July 2026
Renoir and Love
until 19 July 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.
Buy Tickets
(No guarantee yet whether our tickets will work)
Marmottan Monet Museum
Giovanni Segantini: “I Want to See My Mountains”
29 April to 16 August 2026
Musée Quai Branly
1913–1923: The Spirit of the Age
until 20 September 2026
Africa Fashion
until 12 July 2026
Kwame Akoto: Almighty God Art Works
until 13 September 2026
Musée Zadkine
Zadkine Art Deco
until 12 April 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
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
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
Guillermo Kuitca, Chapelle
Until 31 December 2027
The collection: meet Picasso again
Until 12 March 2027
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: End of March to end of May 2026
Text and image rights: © Céline Mülich 2021 – 2026
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Screenshots of the respective exhibition announcements of the respective museums.
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