Exhibitions in Nantes

Street art

Billet combiné The Art of the Brick + House of Banksy

Hall 3 - Parc des Expositions de la Beaujoire de Nantes

Discover two must-see exhibitions in Nantes with a single combined ticket. Admire the masterpieces made of bricks in The Art of the Brick and dive into the rebellious world of House of Banksy. What awaits you 🏢 Enjoy a…

Street art

House of Banksy - Une expo non autorisée

Hall 3 - Parc des Expositions de la Beaujoire de Nantes

Discover House of Banksy - An Unauthorized Exhibition! This highly anticipated pop-up exhibition pays tribute to the rebellious spirit, caustic humor, and creative poetry of the world's most mysterious street artist.…

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LE PAVILLON présente À voir #6, une sélection d'œuvres de la Collection Artdelivery

Le Pavillon - Maison de Quartier de la Bottière

À voir #6, a selection of works from the Artdelivery Collection of the École des Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire, curated by residents of the Bottière-Pin Sec neighbourhood.

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The Art of the Brick : Exposition d'art en LEGO® à Nantes

Hall 3 - Parc des Expositions de la Beaujoire de Nantes

The Art of the Brick est l'exposition LEGO® qui a été visitée par 10 millions de personnes à travers le monde.

Immersive

Everest : Territoire Inconnu - Une expérience immersive à Nantes

Eclipso Nantes

Relive the historic 1953 expedition that saw the very first ascent of Mount Everest. From Kathmandu to the summit, follow in the footsteps of Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, and the Sherpas without whom nothing would…

Painting

Exposition Jean-Pierre Béroard

Atelier Galerie

Come and discover the watercolour paintings by the artist painter Jean-Pierre Béroard. Come and discover the watercolour paintings by the artist painter Jean-Pierre Béroard.

Immersive

Space Explorers : The ISS Experience - Nantes

Eclipso Nantes

Space Explorers : The ISS Experience is an immersive virtual reality experience with complete freedom of movement, inspired by NASA missions.

Contemporary art

L'Art of the Brick à Nantes

L'Art of the Brick à Nantes

Come and discover the "The Art of the Brick" exhibition in Nantes. Admire more than 90 sculptures made from over a million LEGO® bricks. Discover artist Nathan Sawaya's unique works, as well as his reinterpretations of…

Contemporary art

Alex Ayed : Totano + Lito Kattou : Soothsayers

Frac - Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire

FRAC des Pays de la Loire in Carquefou presents a dual exhibition bringing together artists Alex Ayed and Lito Kattou.

Street art

La Maison de Banksy à Nantes

La Maison de Banksy à Nantes

Discover "The House of Banksy" – an unauthorised exhibition making its debut in Nantes. Admire over 150 works, including graffiti, sculptures, prints, and multimedia installations, which highlight Banksy's creative…

Science & nature

AccroCamp Nantes

AccroCamp Nantes

Try urban tree climbing surrounded by nature at Parc Beaulieu on Île de Nantes. Just steps from the city centre, AccroCamp offers 6 aerial courses from 6 to 15 m high. Navigate fun elements such as zip lines, Tarzan…

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Décryptages - Enfance(s), grandir quelque part - EXPOSITION

Cosmopolis

For this 2026 edition of Décryptages, Cosmopolis guides us along the pathways of the world of children.

Immersive

ECLIPSO Nantes

Eclipso Nantes

Explore ECLIPSO, a virtual reality (VR) experience that brings history to life. With Titanic - Echoes from the Pass, travel 3,800 m beneath the Atlantic to learn more about the ship. Take a virtual tour of the wreck,…

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Illusion Nantes

Illusion Nantes

Dive into a world where visual realities upend your expectations. Take part in exhibits that use perception techniques to create unusual effects. Each space offers opportunities to take photos and interact with these…

Contemporary art

La maison de tous / La peau de tous

T.U Nantes

Luigi Ranieri, an artist in motion, a nomadic foreigner and resident of different countries, without a preferred medium or fixed language, develops a visual arts practice that unfolds according to situations and…

History

Exposition « Une histoire oubliée. Gens du voyage 1939-1946 »

Centre socioculturel de la Bugallière

An exhibition dedicated to the memory and awareness of the internment of nomads during the Second World War.

Contemporary art

Garden of Commons, Nefeli Papadimouli

Le Radôme – toit de la base sous-marine

Nefeli Papadimouli's second exhibition will take place in Le Radôme, this space perched on the roof of the submarine base, a stone's throw from Gilles Clément's garden.

Design & fashion

"C'est quoi ce chantier ?!" exposition de maquettes d'ados

Café des Marchandises

Opens in 8 days

Exposition de projets créés par des collégien·nes de 11-14 ans pour réinventer le boulevard Léon Bureau et le pont Anne de Bretagne

Other exhibition

Exposition ICEBERG- Réhabilitation

Galerie de l'Ordre des architectes, 17 rue la Noue Bras de Fer

Opens in 7 days

ICEBERG features public procurement competitions for which the association was asked to provide a competition juror. The competition boards of both the winners and the unsuccessful candidates are exhibited in a…

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Michel Batt & Hervé Guillermit

Château de La Gobinière

The street is a theatre of funny, absurd and unusual scenes that often pass us by. Fortunately, Michel Batt and Hervé Guillermit capture these scenes and reveal them to us in a striking, funny and moving series of…

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Exposition La Lumière allumée

Médiathèque Gao-Xingjian

Inspired by the book by Richard Marnier and Aude Maurel, the exhibition invites you to discover houses of all colors!

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Exposition virtuelle

Micro-Folie

Opens in 15 days

En octobre, découvrez différentes expositions virtuelles à la Micro-Folie. En octobre, découvrez différentes expositions virtuelles à la Micro-Folie.

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Blue Summer

37ème Pose - Atelier/Galerie

Opens in 2 days

37ème pose welcomes 3 photographers, Philippe Brioude, Karim More and Laura Moreil, around the theme of cyanotype photography, a process dating back to 1842! You will see blue photos, but not only that, as the cyanotype…

Science & nature

Exposition Biomes bicéphales

Atelier Alain Le Bras

Opens in 1 day

BIOMES BICÉPHALES is an exhibition presented by Elise Bergonzi and Eugénie Faurie, who have imagined a parallel universe: a two-headed identity, born at the crossroads of their two appro

History

Exposition Histoire du Tour de Chantenay

Mairie de Chantenay

by Métallo Sport Chantenay Nantes Athlétisme and the Public History Master's students at Nantes Université, with the support of the City of Nantes. To mark the 100th edition of the Tour de Chantenay on 25 October 2026,…

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« Rehearsal » par Santiago Tamayo Soler – restitution de la résidence croisée avec le Centre Clark

Grand Huit - Collectif Bonus

Opens in 15 days

Dans le cadre d’une résidence croisée entre Bonus et le Centre d’art Clark, Santiago Tamayo Soler présente la restitution de ses recherches, entre archives et univers numériques.

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Exposition de Jean-François Mollière & Patrick Miara, Collecte Subjective

Galerie Gaïa

Opens in 1 day

As part of the Bicentenary of Photography, the Quinzaine Photographique Nantaise (QPN) sought to explore the concept of the "collection", not as a mere accumulation of images,...

Other exhibition

Exposition virtuelle spéciale Halloween

Micro-Folie

Opens in 3 weeks

Frissonnez devant cette sélection d'œuvres d'art spéciale Halloween : monstres, sorcières et autres créatures sont de sortie !

History

Exposition de l’œuvre «Cimetière en cheveux»

Musée d'Histoire de Nantes - Château des Ducs de Bretagne

Recently restored, Milliat's picture, Cimetière en cheveux, is on exhibition at the Nantes History Museum.

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Exposition « Boxing Queens », Delphine Blast

Passage Sainte-Croix

The exhibition Boxing Queens highlights the empowerment of young women in Tanzania through the practice of boxing.

Contemporary art

Exposition « Chroniques Charognardes »à La Monstrueuse Galerie

La Monstrueuse Galerie

Chroniques Charognardes. And among the remains, those that persist... Hyenas, vultures, ravens. Wrecks, concrete, scrap metal. Fibres, bone, flesh. Piles of matter and relentless line work. Drawing and sculpture…

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Exposition Le Bouffay des arts

Commune libre du Bouffay

This is a journey through the Bouffay district to discover a diverse range of visual arts.

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Double exposition du photographe Loïc Gatteau

Aux Petits Joueurs - Bistrot

Double photo exhibition by video artist and photographer Loïc Gatteau featuring "Sophie et Moi", focusing on gender transition, and "Visages Matura: Entre deux âges", focusing on the passage into adulthood.

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Exposition « Collection »

l'Atelier de Nantes

This year, the Quinzaine Photographique Nantaise is celebrating the bicentenary of photography as well as the 30th edition of the festival. To intersect these two anniversaries, QPN has chosen to focus its theme on the…

Contemporary art

The Art of the Brick - Exposition d’art en Lego

Hall 3 - Parc des Expositions de la Beaujoire de Nantes

Discover the spectacular and playful universe of artist Nathan Sawaya, who transforms famous LEGO® bricks into true contemporary works of art. One million bricks transformed into 90 works of art. This collection…

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Exposition « Naître à Nantes »

Place Royale

Naître à Nantes - the municipality, women, and the early years of childhood from the 18th to the 20th century.

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La Nuit je mens

École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire

To mark the 40th anniversary of the artothèque, the École des beaux-arts is inviting the Musée d’arts and the Centre Claude Cahun for a photographic exhibition tracing the evolution of the coll

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Là où subsiste encore ton écho

École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire

To mark the 40th anniversary of the artothèque, the École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes is exhibiting a selection of early works by its former and recent graduates.

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Aux arbres, les sentinelles de Pierre Kurczewski

Galerie RDV

In 2025, Pierre Kurczewski published a boxed book set consisting of 9 booklets, each accompanied by a text. It is images taken from two of these series that are presented

History

Expression(s) Décoloniale(s) #4 - Exposition

Musée d'Histoire de Nantes - Château des Ducs de Bretagne

The Musée d'Histoire de Nantes - Château des Ducs de Bretagne presents the fourth installment of Expression(s) Décoloniale(s), an exhibition dedicated to history and civilizations.

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Tibet, encore et toujours

Cosmopolis

Opens in 10 days

Cosmopolis accueille du 17 octobre au 8 novembre 2026 un projet proposé par l’association Tibet, les enfants de l’espoir. L’exposition Tibet, encore et toujours présente des éléments historiques sur le Tibet depuis les…

Painting

Exposition d'Edouard Prulhière : Variable(s) pictural

Ateliers MilleFeuilles

Having studied in France at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and at Hunter College in New York, where he lived for 16 years, Édouard Prulhière has spent the last thirty years developing a protean form of painting. His…

Other exhibition

Exposition La Lumière allumée

Médiahèque Bourg

Opens in 20 days

Inspirée de l'album de Richard Marnier et Aude Maurel, l'exposition vous fait découvrir des maisons de toutes les couleurs !

Immersive

Exposition | Steve Reich, le minimalisme et son héritage

Conservatoire de Nantes

Opens in 5 days

Prepare for your "Nuit sans fin" by diving into the minimalist movement with Steve Reich, pioneer of the genre.

Contemporary art

Abderrahmane Cheref : Vestige échoué, œuf noir témoin des profondeurs

Les Petites Ecuries, Caserne Mellinet

Through impressions on clay, burnt wood or cast metal, Abderrahmane Cheref experiments with gestures that evoke the fossilisation of matter. Mermaid's purses punctuate the installation—those black keratin egg cases…

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Le livre d’artiste concours et exposition

Musée de l'Imprimerie

Until 16 November 2026, the Musée-Atelier de l’Imprimerie in Nantes is presenting En miroir, an exhibition dedicated to the contemporary artist's book.

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Sauvage Artificiel

Manufacture des Tabacs

Opens in 6 weeks

Exposition Sauvage Artificiel les 20, 21, 22 novembre 2026 - salle de la Manufacture à Nantes

Design & fashion

Histoires d’écoles - Les paysages scolaires à Nantes - Exposition

Maison de l'architecture des Pays de la Loire

The exhibition highlights the heritage, architectural qualities and landscape design of public elementary schools in the city of Nantes.

Design & fashion

Exposition « Réparer l'invisible », Justin Palermo

Passage Sainte-Croix

To open its new cultural season themed around Repairing, the Passage Sainte-Croix welcomes visual artist Justin Palermo.

Contemporary art

« Moëra », une exposition d'Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion

Zoo Galerie

From 11 September to 28 November 2026, Émilie Brout & Maxime Marion will present "Moëra" at the Zoo art centre.