Exhibitions in Paris in January 2027

Contemporary art

Hélène Fauquet - Vivresse

Lafayette Anticipations · 4th

Opens in 4 weeks

On the top floor of the Foundation, Lafayette Anticipations presents Vivresse, the first institutional exhibition in France dedicated to the artist Hélène Fauquet.

Contemporary art

L'Espace entre nous

Le BAL · 18th

On the occasion of the Bicentenary of the birth of photography, LE BAL is dedicating an exhibition for the first time to a collection: that of the Wilson Centre for Photography, assembled by Michael and Jane Wilson.…

Painting

Portraits de famille

Musée national Jean Jacques Henner · 17th

Jean-Jacques Henner's family occupies an essential place in his work. After the death of his father, Georges Guillaume Henner, his loved ones showed him unwavering support and accompanied him throughout his career.

Photo

Lévitation. Mathieu Forget

Sur les grilles de la Tour Saint-Jacques · 4th

Opens in 7 weeks

For over a decade, Mathieu Forget has pursued the same quest: to capture that precise moment when the body leaves the ground. Dancer, photographer, and artistic director, he is both behind and in front of the lens. Each…

Painting

Exposition « Paris - Rome » à Espace Musées

Espace Musées, aéroport Roissy–Charles-de-Gaulle, terminal 2E, portes M

Exhibition highlighting the history of the Paris–Rome twinning through the collections of the Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris.

Immersive

Exposition : Agatha Christie et le voyage

Médiathèque Marguerite Yourcenar · 15th

Opens in 2 months

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Agatha Christie's death, we are offering an exhibition through the lens of travel, in collaboration with the specialised libraries of the City of Paris.

Design & fashion

Cric

Bibliothèque Germaine Tillion · 16th

Opens in 6 weeks

An exhibition paying tribute to Philippe Corentin, a children's author and illustrator from 03.11.2026 to 09.01.2027

Painting

Ivan Aguéli

Institut suédois · 3rd

Opens in 4 weeks

The Institut suédois dedicates its autumn exhibition to Andreas Eriksson (born 1975), a major figure in the contemporary art scene. His meditative work, with earthy and vegetal tones, is juxtaposed with that of Ivan…

Contemporary art

Foucault, une aventure intellectuelle au Collège de France

Collège de France · 5th

Opens in 5 days

From 30 September 2026 to 15 January 2026, the exhibition “Foucault, une aventure intellectuelle au Collège de France” explores the journey of Michel Foucault (1926-1984) within the institution where he taught from 1970…

Photo

Exposition / À l'abri

Médiathèque Edmond Rostand · 17th

Opens in 6 weeks

The Médiathèque Edmond Rostand partners with In Progress for a collective photo exhibition on the theme of shelter.

History

Nicolas Flamel. Alchimiste de papier

Musée du Cluny · 5th

Opens in 18 days

Visionary alchemist, immortal, magician, holder of universal secrets… Nicolas Flamel is one of those figures who fuel fantasies! But what about the historical reality of this 14th-century Parisian bourgeois?

Photo

Photographies japonaises de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Scènes, signes, sensations

Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand – Galerie 1 · 13th

Opens in 4 days

Organised as part of the celebrations for the bicentenary of the birth of photography, this exhibition traces, through 300 works — including 250 photographic prints, predominantly in black and white, and around fifty…

History

La carte de France de Cassini. Une encyclopédie du territoire

Le Musée des Archives nationales – L’Hôtel de Soubise · 3rd

Opens in 19 days

A cartographic masterpiece of the 18th century, the Cassini map of France is the first geometrically surveyed map of France on the scale of an entire country. An emblematic historical document, composed of 181 sheets,…

Contemporary art

Exposition Paris à l’arraché. Jacques Villeglé et l’art urbain au Musée Carnavalet

Opens in 19 days

On the occasion of the centenary of Jacques Villeglé's birth (27 March 1926, Quimper – 6 June 2022, Paris), the Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris presents the exhibition "Paris à l’arraché. Jacques Villeglé et l’art…

Photo

Georges Perec

Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand – Galerie 2 · 13th

Opens in 18 days

The BnF dedicates a major exhibition of nearly 300 pieces to the writer Georges Perec (1936-1982), a major figure in 20th-century French literature and an emblematic member of Oulipo. Author notably of Les Choses, La…

Contemporary art

Eclats d'amour

Musée postal · 15th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Drawing from the museum's collections, particularly ancient correspondences, Laurent Pernot has conceived an exhibition dedicated to “love in times of war”. By bringing forth fragments of intimate words traversing…

Science & nature

Ce qui reste. Lionel Sabatté

Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature · 3rd

Opens in 20 days

Lionel Sabatté takes over the entire Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature with a monographic exhibition bringing together paintings, drawings, sculptures, and tapestries, including a majority of never-before-seen works.

Contemporary art

Louise Bourgeois. Extrême tension

BnF Richelieu – Galerie Mansart - galerie Pigott · 2nd

Opens in 4 weeks

This exhibition dedicated to the graphic work of Louise Bourgeois brings together for the first time the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Centre Pompidou. It is also the first exhibition…

Photo

An Act of Attention

Institut suédois · 3rd

Opens in 7 weeks

Seven photographers from the emerging French and Swedish scenes will have participated in a workshop with Sophie Ristelhueber, winner of the Hasselblad Prize 2025, before being brought together in this exhibition space.…

Photo

L’Université Paris Cité dévoile l’exposition « La couleur de nos métiers » à travers l’objectif du photographe Pascal Maitre

Université Paris Cité · 6th

From 14 September 2026, the Grand Hall and the gates of the Odéon site (Paris 6e) will host the photographic exhibition "La couleur de nos métiers", by renowned photojournalist Pascal Maitre.

Painting

Fresque La Table d'Agathe Chamignon

Bibliothèque Assia Djebar · 20th

Opens in 6 weeks

Starting in November, come and discover the culinary fresco created by Agathe Chamignon on the windows of the Assia Djebar library.

Immersive

Exposition « La grotte de Seokguram : le Secret millénaire de l’art bouddhique »

Centre Culturel Coréen · 8th

Opens in 7 days

On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and France, the Korean Cultural Centre, the city of Gyeongju, and the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage of Korea present an…

Immersive

Exposition immersive « Seokguram, un monde infini »

Centre Culturel Coréen · 8th

Opens in 8 weeks

Built in the 8th century, the Seokguram Grotto continues to bear witness to the richness of Korean heritage today. This immersive exhibition was designed to offer the public in France a sensory discovery of this…

Painting

Georges Kars

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme · 4th

Opens in 20 days

A major painter of the École de Paris, largely unknown today, the Czech Georges Kars reclaims his full place at the mahJ in this first major retrospective in over forty years.

Photo

Une histoire du cinéma français. Héritages maghrébins

Palais de la Porte Dorée · 12th

Opens in 5 weeks

For over sixty years, French cinema has been transformed by the impetus of filmmakers, actors and actresses from Maghrebi immigration. Their works have introduced new narratives, new faces and new forms, redefining the…

Photo

Exposition : Une histoire du cinéma français - Héritages maghrébins

Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration · 12th

Opens in 5 weeks

For over sixty years, French cinema has been transformed by the impetus of filmmakers and actors from Maghrebi immigration. Their works have introduced new narratives, new faces, and new forms, redefining the…

Painting

Delacroix

Musée national Eugène Delacroix · 6th

Today 09:30 – 17:30

The Delacroix museum presents a new display exploring Eugène Delacroix's animal world, following the acquisition of two recently restored horse studies. Exhibited for the first time at the museum, the two studies of…

Contemporary art

Alicia Penalba. La sculpture entre terre et ciel

Musée Zadkine · 6th

Opens in 8 weeks

Three years after the exhibition Chana Orloff. Sculpter l’époque, the Zadkine Museum once again invites visitors to (re)discover the work of an important 20th-century sculptor. Alicia Penalba (1913-1982), an…

Photo

Toutes les expositions gratuites de la Ville

Paris · 4th

The City of Paris adorns the streets and bridges with exhibitions, proving that art is everywhere, but most importantly: it's free!

Contemporary art

Exposition Le Cube Garges : D’autres voix · langage · code · traduction

Le Cube Garges

Opens in 1 day

On 30 November 2022, the release of GPT-3.5 made visible a turning point that was already underway. In just a few months, artificial intelligences (AI), and conversational agents in particular, became accessible to the…

Science & nature

Semons nos resistances

MAIF Social Club · 3rd

Opens in 3 weeks

At a time when crises are multiplying, dominant narratives are locking down our horizons, and the Earth's vital resources are being depleted, it is urgent to come together to build fairer and more sustainable ways of…

Other exhibition

Art Brut Ressourcé La

Halle Saint Pierre · 18th

Today 11:00 – 18:00

In September 2026, La Halle Saint-Pierre (Paris) invites the Art Brut & contemporary art centre La « S » Grand Atelier (Vielsalm, B) to interact with the concept of Art Brut ressourcé (Michel Thévoz, ed. Knock Outsider,…

History

Lady Liberté. De la sueur

Musée des arts et métiers · 3rd

Today 10:00 – 21:00

The Statue of Liberty, or Lady Liberty, is not only an icon of New York and the United States: it is also a masterpiece of French ingenuity! Born in late 19th-century Paris, in the workshops of Gaget and Auguste…

Contemporary art

Iranica : la voix du peuple iranien en images

FIAP Jean Monnet · 14th

Vanecha Roudbaraki exhibits "Iranica" Acrylic on canvas, 180cm X 450cm, 2026. This work was created between March and April 2026, in connection with the Sun and Lion movement, a symbol of the Iranian people massacred in…

Painting

sm(art) by Simorgh

IdoCar · 16th

Simorgh's 'gentle monsters' take over this series dedicated to the smart, presented by IdoCar. The urban icon transforms into a living space. Each work becomes a visual narrative rolling in a smart, between childish…

Science & nature

Remportez des entrées pour l'expo « Sur les traces des dinosaures » à la Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Grande galerie de l'évolution - Jardin des Plantes · 5th

Ready for a 140-million-year journey in the footsteps of Cretaceous dinosaurs? Follow the daily life of palaeontologists on an excavation site, and learn more about the formidable discoveries of the famous…

Science & nature

« Sur les traces des dinosaures » à la Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Grande galerie de l'évolution - Jardin des Plantes · 5th

Ready for a 140-million-year journey in the footsteps of Cretaceous dinosaurs? Follow the daily life of palaeontologists on an excavation site, and learn more about the formidable discoveries of the famous…

Photo

Exposition photos « faire communauté » au Village Notre-Dame de Bon Secours

Association Notre-Dame de Bon Secours · 14th

Opens in 15 days

Since 1876, in the heart of the 14th arrondissement, hundreds of women and men have lived and helped each other in the Village Notre-Dame de Bon Secours. To mark the 150th anniversary of this unique place, a permanent…

History

Pandémie de Covid-19 : ouverture du premier lieu de mémoire de France

Siège de l'Université Paris Cité · 6th

From this Wednesday, 16 September, Université Paris Cité opens to the public the very first space in France dedicated to the memory of Covid-19. Located in the heart of the Latin Quarter, this unique venue offers an…