Exhibitions in Paris
Below, you'll find an incredibly handy list featuring the latest and most captivating exhibitions currently on display in Paris. Whether you're an art enthusiast, a tourist, or a local resident, we've gathered all the essential information for you, making it effortless for you to immerse yourself in the rich artistic diversity that Paris has to offer.
Dive into the realm of art and culture with our thoughtfully curated list.
Enjoy exploring and savoring the stunning exhibitions in this enchanting city!
Last updated on May 3rd, 2025.
Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection
Exhibition: Corps et âmes
Until: August 25th, 2025 (69 days remaining.)Description:
The Bourse de Commerce is drawing some one hundred works from the Pinault Collection to present the exhibition “Corps et âmes”, an exploration of representations of the body in contemporary art. From Auguste Rodin to Duane Hanson, Georg Baselitz to Ana Mendieta, David Hammons to Marlene Dumas, and Arthur Jafa to Ali Cherri, some forty artists have used painting, sculpture, photography, video, and drawing to explore the connections between body and soul.
Centre Pompidou
Exhibition: Paris Noir
Until: June 30th, 2025 (13 days remaining.)Description:
The "Paris Noir" exhibition highlights the influence of Black artists in France from the 1950s to 2000. View works from 150 artists from Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean, many of which are being displayed in France for the first time.
Château de Fontainebleau
Exhibition: Grandeur Nature II: The Spirit of the Forest
Until: September 21st, 2025 (96 days remaining.)Description:
"Grandeur Nature" is now a biennial event. From May to September 2025, visit the Château de Fontainebleau to see contemporary art inspired by "The Spirit of the Forest".
Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
Exhibition: Gardening the City
Until: September 21st, 2025 (96 days remaining.)Description:
See how nature can change city life with a hands-on model of a plant-based ecosystem. Explore shared gardens, green facades, rooftop gardens, urban farms, and redeveloped spaces.
Cité des sciences et de l'industrie
Exhibition: Dance
Until: June 28th, 2026 (376 days remaining.)Description:
Danser invites children aged 4 and over and accompanying adults of all ages to engage their bodies, both as actors and spectators.
Exhibition: Dogs and Cats
Until: June 28th, 2026 (376 days remaining.)Description:
Discover how dogs and cats see the world and understand their actions. This exhibition, backed by the Fondation Adrienne et Pierre Sommer, provides valuable information in a light-hearted manner.
Exhibition: Space mission
Until: December 31st, 2025 (197 days remaining.)Description:
Step into the shoes of a spaceman and experience a daydream for the duration of your visit. Structured in five sections, the exhibition invites you to explore, travel, transit, stay and question. It offers an overview of the research, technologies and thinking behind space missions. The discovery of the reality and complexity of this field allows us to glimpse the opportunities offered by space, but also its limits.
Exhibition: Machine Arrière: The Radio-Transistor
Until: October 31st, 2025 (136 days remaining.)Description:
Learn about the evolution of radio over the past six decades and its impact on listening habits. Interact with exhibits featuring texts, graphics, and historical scenes, including moments from May 1968.
Exhibition: Silence
Until: August 31st, 2025 (75 days remaining.)Description:
Put on headphones and follow the guiding voice through the place. Hear testimonies, stories, dialogues, and music as you explore and learn about different types of silences.
Disneyland Paris
Exhibition: Disney Music Festival
Until: September 7th, 2025 (82 days remaining.)Description:
At Disneyland® Paris, watch live concerts, dance shows, and street performances with Disney and Pixar characters. Listen to music with Miguel from Coco and follow Moana's adventures.
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Exhibition: David Hockney: 25
Until: August 31st, 2025 (75 days remaining.)Description:
View over 400 works by David Hockney at the Fondation, including paintings, drawings, digital art, and video installations. The exhibition includes pieces from global collections and the artist's studio.
Grande Galerie de l'Évolution
Exhibition: Deserts
Until: November 30th, 2025 (166 days remaining.)Description:
The Deserts exhibition showcases the extreme environments of deserts and polar regions. Learn about the unique survival strategies of organisms in these harsh conditions.
Hôtel de la Marine
Exhibition: Color Speaks All Languages: Selected Works from the Al Thani Collection
Until: October 5th, 2025 (110 days remaining.)Description:
Starting in autumn 2024, the Al Thani Collection at Hôtel de la Marine will show nearly 80 works focused on color from different civilizations. See artifacts from five continents, spanning from the Neolithic era to today, organized by six fundamental colors: black, white, red, yellow, blue, and green.
Jardin d'Acclimatation
Exhibition: Musical Summer
Until: July 14th, 2025 (27 days remaining.)Description:
Various musical groups will perform at Jardin d'Acclimatation in June and July. Attend live music on selected dates.
L'Atelier des Lumières
Exhibition: The Little Prince: an Immersive Odyssey
Until: July 6th, 2025 (19 days remaining.)Description:
Visit the Atelier des Lumières to see The Little Prince exhibition. This unique display brings Antoine de Saint Exupéry's story to life for all ages.
La Cinémathèque française
Exhibition: Wes Anderson
Until: July 27th, 2025 (40 days remaining.)Description:
Watch Wes Anderson's films from the 90s to his recent Oscar-winning movie. Each film presents unique sets and costumes.
La Monnaie de Paris
Exhibition: Georges Mathieu
Until: September 7th, 2025 (82 days remaining.)Description:
The Georges Mathieu retrospective presents his abstract paintings and modern media works like posters and TV credits. You will also see his designs for the Monnaie de Paris, including the 10 franc coin.
Exhibition: Graffiti X Georges Mathieu
Until: September 7th, 2025 (82 days remaining.)Description:
The exhibition at La Monnaie de Paris features works by Georges Mathieu and graffiti artists from multiple generations. See how urban art intersects with Mathieu's techniques in the galleries.
Louvre Museum
Exhibition: The Met at the Louvre: Near Eastern Antiquities in Dialogue
Until: September 28th, 2025 (103 days remaining.)Description:
In collaboration with the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), 10 significant ancient artworks from Central Asia to Syria will be on display in the Oriental Antiquities galleries.
Exhibition: A Chinese Passion: Monsieur Thiers' Collection
Until: August 25th, 2025 (69 days remaining.)Description:
At the Louvre, see over 600 Chinese art pieces, including scrolls, engravings, porcelain, jade, and lacquer. Many items come from the 18th and 19th centuries, with notable collections like those of Adolphe Thiers and Adèle de Rothschild.
Exhibition: Mamluks: 1250-1517
Until: July 28th, 2025 (41 days remaining.)Description:
The Musée du Louvre is hosting an exhibition on the Mamluk Sultanate. Learn about their military history and influence in Egypt, the Levant, Anatolia, and Arabia.
Exhibition: Louvre Couture
Until: July 21st, 2025 (34 days remaining.)Description:
At the Louvre, you can see how fashion designers draw inspiration from historical and artistic collections. Fashion studies trace the connections between these designers and the museum's exhibits.
Exhibition: The Experience of Nature: Art in Prague at the Court of Rudolf II
Until: June 30th, 2025 (13 days remaining.)Description:
Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire was a key supporter of the arts and sciences, deeply interested in nature. He invited scientists and artists to Prague, fostering a collaborative and experimental environment.
Montparnasse Tower
Exhibition: Panoramart
Until: October 31st, 2025 (136 days remaining.)Description:
Visit Panoramart at the Observatoire de Paris Montparnasse. On the 56th floor, see the city through colorful, interactive art displays by French artist Aurélien Jeanney.
Musée de l’Armée
Exhibition: A Fighting Exile: Artists and France 1939-1945
Until: June 22nd, 2025 (5 days remaining.)Description:
This exhibition showcases how artists and intellectuals in exile during World War II used their creativity to support French values of freedom. You will see a variety of artworks and historical pieces from this period.
Musée de l’Homme
Exhibition: WAX
Until: September 7th, 2025 (82 days remaining.)Description:
Discover the history and vibrant designs of wax fabric at this extensive exhibition. See a variety of patterns and colors that have made this textile popular worldwide.
Musée de l’Orangerie
Exhibition: Out of Focus: Another Vision of Art, from 1945 to Nowadays
Until: August 18th, 2025 (62 days remaining.)Description:
You will see Monet’s Water Lilies, which display wide stretches of blurry water. Some believe this effect was due to his eye disease, but it is now seen as an intentional choice.
Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac
Exhibition: The Collections Have Their Own Soundtrack
Until: September 17th, 2025 (92 days remaining.)Description:
The musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac now features a new sound trail in its permanent collections. Hear instrumental sounds, spoken voices, and natural soundscapes as you explore the arts and civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.
Exhibition: Dakar-Djibouti [1931-1933]: Counter investigations
![Poster image for the exhibition titled Dakar-Djibouti [1931-1933]: Counter investigations](/img/exhibitions/musee-du-quai-branly-jacques-chirac-entry-ticket-exhibition-dakar-djibouti-1931-1933-counter-investigations.jpg "Dakar-Djibouti [1931-1933]: Counter investigations")
Until: September 14th, 2025 (89 days remaining.)Description:
The 'Dakar-Djibouti Mission' collected thousands of objects and natural specimens from 14 African countries. The findings include photographs, manuscripts, human remains, recordings, and field notes.
Exhibition: Au Fil de L'or
Until: July 6th, 2025 (19 days remaining.)Description:
Travel from the Maghreb to Japan to learn about the origins of gold and its connection to textile arts. See how these two elements have intertwined through history and cultures.
Exhibition: Objects in Question
Until: June 22nd, 2025 (5 days remaining.)Description:
The exhibition examines the link between surrealism, ethnology, and archaeology in France between the World Wars. You can learn about how objects from that time were handled.
Musée d’Orsay
Exhibition: Christian Krohg: The People of the North
Until: July 27th, 2025 (40 days remaining.)Description:
At the Musée d'Orsay, you can view paintings by Christian Krohg. His artwork focuses on daily life in Scandinavia, including work, poverty, and women's social issues.
Exhibition: Art Is in the Street
Until: July 6th, 2025 (19 days remaining.)Description:
The "L'art est dans la rue" exhibition in Paris showcases nearly 300 illustrated posters from the late 19th century. See works by artists like Bonnard, Chéret, and Toulouse-Lautrec, alongside paintings, photographs, costumes, sculptures, and decorative arts reflecting the era's social and cultural changes.
Musée Jacquemart-André
Exhibition: Artemisia: Heroine of Art
Until: August 3rd, 2025 (47 days remaining.)Description:
Discover 40 paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi, including her famous works and recently attributed pieces. See rare paintings not often displayed outside their usual locations.
Musée Marmottan Monet
Exhibition: Eugène Boudin
Until: August 31st, 2025 (75 days remaining.)Description:
Visit the "Eugène Boudin, the father of Impressionism" exhibition at the Musée Marmottan Monet. See 80 works featuring Boudin's Normandy landscapes, seascapes from the Midi and Venice, and pieces from Brittany, Bordeaux, the North, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Musée national Picasso-Paris
Exhibition: Guillermo Kuitca: Chapel
Until: November 29th, 2026 (530 days remaining.)Description:
Argentine artist Guillermo Kuitca has an installation in the chapel of the Hôtel Salé at the Musée National Picasso-Paris. The walls feature criss-cross lines, creating what Kuitca calls "cubistoid painting."
Exhibition: The Collection: Revoir Picasso
Until: March 12th, 2026 (268 days remaining.)Description:
On March 12, the Musée National Picasso-Paris will reopen its three-story collection to the public, following a year of celebrations and a standout exhibition honoring artist Sophie Calle.
Musée Rodin
Exhibition: The Atelier Rodin
Until: August 31st, 2025 (75 days remaining.)Description:
The Atelier Rodin reopens in 2025 with new interactive sculpture activities. A sensory space for toddlers makes it a fun place for families to learn and create together.
Opéra Garnier
Exhibition: Mats Ek: Memories of Creations
Until: August 31st, 2025 (75 days remaining.)Description:
Celebrate Mats Ek's 80th birthday at Palais Garnier with costumes and accessories from his ballets like Carmen and Giselle. View dresses, tunics, mechanical dolls, and bathtubs inspired by Ek's creativity.
Petit Palais
Exhibition: Jewellery Designs
Until: July 20th, 2025 (33 days remaining.)Description:
The Petit Palais displays jewelry design drawings from the late 19th to mid-20th century. See works by Pierre-Georges Deraisme, Charles Jacqueau, Boucheron, and Cartier.