Exhibitions in Paris in October 2026

History

Exposition "Comte: la vie rue Monsieur-le-Prince" à la Maison d'Auguste Comte

Maison d'Auguste Comte · 6th

An exhibition focused on the everyday life of Auguste Comte in his apartment on rue Monsieur-le-Prince (Paris 6th), spanning his rituals of life and work and his varied social connections.

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Au fil de l'eau exposition photo

Galerie Arzazou · 14th

Opens in 1 day

Photography exhibition titled ‘Au fil de l'eau’, on show at Galerie Arzazou, an art gallery in Paris's 14th arrondissement.

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1976-2026. Regards croisés

Bibliothèque Germaine Tillion · 16th

To mark its fiftieth anniversary, the Bibliothèque Germaine-Tillion is offering visitors an exhibition designed with the Fonds d'art contemporain - Paris collections, featuring four dialogues between works from 1976 and…

Contemporary art

expo trànsitos

Centre Paris Anim' Annie Fratellini (ex Villiot Rapée) · 12th

An exhibition that invites reflection on migration, memory, displacement and the human stories that often remain invisible.

Contemporary art

Seremos Fuego!

Galerie Asiemut · 10th

9 September: opening of the exhibition of illustrations by Apollin Jimenez-Bresson at Galerie ASIEMUT, running until 30 October.

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Grey Pride

Centre Lgbtqia+ Paris IDF · 3rd

Description: The association GreyPRIDE presents a committed exhibition, an extension of the collective book « Autrement vieillir : vulnérabilités et résistances LGBT+ ». Three artists - Linn Underhill, Faustine Jacquot…

Contemporary art

finissage expo trànsitos

Centre Paris Anim' Annie Fratellini (ex Villiot Rapée) · 12th

Opens in 6 days

An exhibition that invites reflection on migration, memory, displacement and those human stories that often remain invisible.

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Exposition la chapelle en mouvement

Centre Paris Anim' Jean-Michel Martial · 18th

Exhibition by Michael Dieder, association les enfants de la chapelle, presented at the Centre Paris Anim' Jean-Michel Martial from 19 September to 30 October. Come and rediscover the La Chapelle district as you may…

Contemporary art

Discrète broderie médicale

Bibliothèque Goutte d'Or · 18th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

This exhibition is presented by Martina Chuquet as part of Pink October: the subject is breast cancer, a disease that currently affects one in seven women. These drawings were created from photographs taken by the…

Science & nature

Exposition | Les P'tits naturalistes

Bibliothèque L'Heure joyeuse · 5th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

WHAT TO DELIGHT LITTLE AND BIG NATURALISTS ALIKE! With the Éveil Nature collection, children discover and take their first steps in science from the earliest age! With this in mind, the publisher des éditions du…

Immersive

Les Bacchantes par Olivia de Bona

Fluctuart, Centre d’art urbain · 7th

Today 12:00 – midnight

Fluctuart presents an open-air exhibition by artist Olivia de Bona, installed on the quayside terrace, around the theme of the Bacchantes.

Other exhibition

Vacances de la Toussaint 2026

Musée des Plans-Reliefs · 7th

Make the most of the holidays to discover, as a family, the astonishing collection of models "hidden" at the heart of the Invalides!

Contemporary art

Over the top

Fondation Pernod Ricard · 8th

Wandering through the city, the contours of objects, the spirals of language and sometimes those of obsession, the works of Jonathan Martin, Rosa Moreno and Clémence de La Tour du Pin negotiate with what conditions…

Other exhibition

Parcours Bijoux : Exposition « Métal Pièce Rouge »

Galerie des Ateliers de Paris · 12th

The exhibition « Métal Pièce Rouge » brings together the work of students and graduates from ENSAD Limoges and the Haute École des Arts du Rhin, on the occasion of Parcours Bijoux.

Other exhibition

Le Chantier invisible : dans les coulisses des films de Jean-Jacques Annaud

Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé · 13th

The Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé opens the doors of the film sets of a master of the seventh art through an unprecedented immersion into the behind-the-scenes of his greatest masterpieces.

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Exposition "Écorces" à l'Arboretum de Paris

Arboretum de Paris · 12th

Frédéric Combeau’s exhibition "Écorces" celebrates the trees of the Arboretum de Paris, revealing the diversity and beauty of these plant "skins".

Contemporary art

Exposition ImmersION : dialogue entre liberté créative et rigueur scientifique

L'Aguillage · 13th

A dialogue between scientists and artists, the ImmersION exhibition can be discovered from 26 June to 31 October 2026 at L'Aiguillage. It stems from a project led by Lilay Gros-Desormeaux, a PhD student at the Materials…

History

Imprimer, éditer, illustrer : la modernité typographique et graphique au Vietnam (1860-1945)

Bulac · 13th

Vietnamese printing underwent major upheavals between the late 19th and the early decades of the 20th century. Deeply influenced by the techniques and practices of the Chinese world, it also incorporated customs from…

Science & nature

Exposition Jean-Henri Fabre

Bibliothèque Hergé · 19th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

An exhibition centered on the entomologist, featuring photographs from the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.

Contemporary art

Exposition personnelle « Pluie fossile » de Julien Discrit à la Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou

Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou · 3rd

For the autumn season of 2026, Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou presents Pluie fossile, Julien Discrit's third solo exhibition within its walls. It continues the cycle the artist began in 2024 with ForEverReverB, the…

Painting

Exposition Anna Maria Sibylla Merian

Bibliothèque Colette Vivier · 17th

Anna Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German artist and naturalist, is distinguished by her drawings of plants and insects. Through her very detailed observations and reproductions, she carried out considerable…

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Exposition des photographies de Karl Blossfeldt

Bibliothèque Colette Vivier · 17th

German photographer Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932) spent more than 30 years making photographs of plants, creating an extraordinary inventory of plant forms and structures. His work can be compared to that of a herbarium,…

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Exposition "Témoins des réalités climatiques : la migration comme adaptation"

Bibliothèque Arthur Rimbaud · 4th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Produced by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with the support of the City of Paris, part of the exhibition "Witnesses of Climate Realities: Migration as Adaptation" will be presented at the…

Contemporary art

Exposition "Drôles d'insectes" de Kei

Bibliothèque Maurice Genevoix · 18th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

When nature becomes a work of art; Credits: KEI Throughout the month of October, the Bibliothèque Maurice Genevoix is hosting naturalistic illustrations by the artist Kei. Fascinated by the living world, she casts a…

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Cinq ans du Prix ellipse

Galerie · 3rd

Ellipse art projects celebrates five years of contemporary creation between Africa and France

History

Spectacle : Bestioles

MAIF Social Club · 3rd

Opens in 4 days

Bestioles is a participatory format for children aged 4 and over and their accompanying adults. In a shared play space, an artist tells his story. Using small everyday things, he invites you to invent your own bestioles…

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Exposition Escapades contemporaines

Espace Chapon · 3rd

Exhibition of contemporary art as part of the La Semaine des galeries parisiennes programme.

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Exposition : France, Suède et Empire ottoman : alliances artistiques

Institut suédois · 3rd

Today 12:00 – 19:00

In the early 18th century, France, Sweden and the Ottoman Empire forged a network of alliances in which diplomacy paved the way for the imagination. Through paintings, drawings, engravings and watercolours, the…

Painting

Exposition Ai Natori : UNDERCURRENT à la Galerie Sato

Galerie Sato · 3rd

Ai Natori's first solo exhibition at Galerie Sato: paintings and, for the first time, ceramics, in which blue, faces and hair become currents, waves and landscapes.

Contemporary art

Exposition : Monika Emmanuelle Kazi au Centre culturel suisse

Centre culturel suisse Paris · 3rd

The Centre culturel suisse Paris is showcasing Monika Emmanuelle Kazi, an artist whose work explores the links between memory, identity and cultural heritage through various contemporary expressions.

History

Visite guidées

Musée des Plans-Reliefs · 7th

Make the most of a guide-lecturer's presence to discover the collection unique in the world of plans-reliefs in 15 minutes during the holidays.

History

Exposition " L'antitsiganisme, d'hier à aujourd'hui."

Quartier Jeunes 13 (QJ 13) · 13th

Exhibition created by the Collectif National des Droits de l’Homme Romeurope and hosted as part of the Semaine de Lutte contre les Discriminations (Week Against Discrimination).

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Exposition photographique

FIAP Paris · 14th

FIAP Paris presents "Contrastes", a photographic exhibition by Gaëlle Christmann and Richard Fournillon, featuring two intersecting perspectives united by a common language: street photography. Through a visual dialogue…

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Fénéstrou

FIAP Paris · 14th

“Fénéstrou”: a photographic exhibition in which each image becomes a window opening onto the other and onto the world.

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"Ce que le béton retient", une exposition de Thomas Busuttil

Port Solférino · 7th

From 15 September to 5 November, Thomas Busuttil and the City of Paris invite Parisians to take a look into the world of skateboarding and its appropriation of public space, through an exhibition presented on the Quai…

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Exposition "Mosaïque d'atelier"

Maison de la vie associative et citoyenne · 14th

To mark its twentieth anniversary, the Groupe d'Entraide Mutuelle (GEM) Connexion Plus is showing the creations of its members.

Painting

Exposition Pablo Flaiszman à la galerie Christian Collin

Galerie Christian Collin · 2nd

The Galerie Christian Collin presents a Retrospective 2006-2026 of the Argentine painter-printmaker Pablo Flaiszman.

History

Exposition Portraits de France

Maison de la Vie Associative et Citoyenne du 12e arrondissement · 12th

The exhibition offers a mirror of the diversity that makes up France, and of the personalities from diverse and varied horizons who have marked its history and forged its values: those who come from the overseas…

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Exposition Pascal Pichon : "Ce qui demeure".

galerie les montparnos · 6th

Seven years after the exhibition devoted to the painter Pascal Pichon, "Le Pays où l'on n'arrive jamais", the Les Montparnos gallery is delighted to invite you to a new gathering around his poetic work.

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Día de Muertos

Paris · 4th

Opens in 5 days

Through her photo exhibition, Marta Nascimento takes us to Mexico, where she captured the intensity of the Day of the Dead, somewhere between quiet reflection and joyful public celebration. A sensitive immersion into…

Painting

Exposition « Fantasmes colorés » — Annette Weber à Paris

Atelier Arnaud Marie · 1st

Exhibition of abstract paintings “Fantasmes colorés” by German artist Annette Weber in Paris, from 1 September to 7 November 2026.

Painting

Exposition « Penser la paix » et parution du numéro éponyme de la revue AREA

Galerie Area Paris · 10th

Marking the publication of AREA magazine issue nos. 38-39, devoted to art and peace, Galerie Area is delighted to present its new exhibition, Penser la paix, under the patronage of the LIN Xiang Xiong Art Gallery. We…

Science & nature

Exposition "Cornebidouille" de L'école des loisirs

Médiathèque Marguerite Yourcenar · 15th

Come and discover the incredible world of the famous witch Cornebidouille, created by Magali Bonniol and Pierre Bertrand!

Trade fairs & shows

Grand marché vintage japonais

Rue Bailly · 3rd

Opens in 5 days

Vintage market organised by Japanese brocante dealer Koji and his team, who set up in the galerie Joseph at 7 Rue Bailly in Paris, from 29 October to 09 November 2026.

Immersive

Exposition 10 000 ans de voyage gustatif

Centre Culturel de Chine · 7th

Jointly organized by the China Cultural Center in Paris and the National Museum of China, this exhibition invites you to travel through 10,000 years of Chinese gastronomy.

History

Exposition : Lady Liberty, derrière l’icône, le génie d’Eiffel

Tour Eiffel · 7th

An exhibition on the first-floor terrace of the Eiffel Tower Marking 140 years of the Statue of Liberty

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EXPOSITION | "Grands Lacs – L’horizon commun des mers intérieures", Robert Burley

Centre culturel canadien à Paris · 8th

Through an unprecedented body of work dedicated to the Great Lakes basin, Canadian photographer Robert Burley explores this immense territory, which serves simultaneously as a border, a living space, a place of…

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Une exposition où s’entremêlent héritages, mémoires et migrations

Frac Île-de-France Les Réserves

'Des gestes de nos mondes' brings together works from the Frac Île-de-France collection and works by artists based in Tunisia or originating from the southern shore of the Mediterranean.

Contemporary art

Ré-Amarrage

Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles · 4th

Opens in 6 days

Eight artists who carried out residencies in France in 2026 are invited to re-moor at the Centre with sketched projects, realised thanks to these residencies.

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Five Views

Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris · 15th

Today 11:00 – 19:00

The Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris is hosting "Five Views", an exhibition bringing together five rising figures in contemporary Japanese photography.