Major Parisian exhibitions
Paris’ leading museums show exhibitions, some of which come from many different parts of the world. Here is a selection of highlights for the 2017-2018 cultural season and a preview of the line-up for 2018-2019.
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Current exhibitions in Paris:
- Mohammed Bourouissa - Urban Riders at the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris until 22 April 2018
- Daho likes it pop at the Philharmonie de Paris until 29 April 2018
- Sheila Hicks at the Centre Pompidou until 30 April 2018
- David Goldblatt at the Centre Pompidou until 7 May 2018
- Dutch artists in Paris, 1789-1914: Van Gogh, Van Dongen, Mondrian at Petit Palais until 13 May 2018
- Raoul Hausmann, Vision in Action at the Jeu de Paume until 20 May 2018
- Susan Meiselas, Mediations at the Jeu de Paume until 20 May 2018
- Jean Fautrier, texture and light at the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris until 20 May 2018
- Young Tintoretto at Musée du Luxembourg until 1 July 2018
- Jewelery by artists, from Picasso to Jeff Koons at the Musée des Arts décoratifs until 1 July 2018
- Corot, the painter and his models at the Musée Marmottan Monet until 8 July 2018
- Artists and Robots, from Tinguely to Murakami at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais until 9 July 2018
- Margiela / Galliera, 1989-2009 at Palais Galliera until 15 July 2018
- Foujita, painting during the "Années Folles" at Musée Maillol until 15 July 2018
- Wild souls. Symbolism in the Baltic States at the Musée d'Orsay until 15 July 2018
- Ghosts and Hells - the underworld in Asian art at the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac until 15 July 2018
- Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: Russian avant-garde in Vitebsk (1918-1922) at the Centre Pompidou until 16 July 2018
- Rodin and dance at Musée Rodin until 22 July 2018
- Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) at the Musée du Louvre until 23 July 2018
- Mary Cassatt, an American in Paris at Jacquemart-André museum until 23 July 2018
- About Guernica at the Musée Picasso until 29 July 2018
- Kupka, pionneer of abstraction at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais until 30 July 2018
- Epic of Suez Canal - from the pharaohs to the 21st century at Institut du Monde Arabe until 5 August 2018
- Al Musiqa at the Philharmonie de Paris until 19 August 2018
- The Water Lilies. The American Abstract Art and the last Monet at Musée de l'Orangerie until 20 August 2018
- $ubodh Gupta - Retrospective at Monnaie de Paris until 26 August 2018
- Van Dongen and the Bateau-Lavoir at the Musée de Montmartre until August 26, 2018
- Scents of China - Incense culture in the age of emperors at Musée Cernuschi until 26 August 2018
- In Tune with the World at Fondation Louis Vuitton until 27 August 2018
- Stéphane Thidet at the Conciergerie until 31 August 2018
- Martin Margiela - the Hermès years at the Musée des Arts décoratifs until 2 September 2018
- Klimt: voyage at the heart of the Vienna Secession at L'Atelier des Lumières until the end of 2018
- Paintings from afar - the collection of Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac until 6 January 2019
- Néandertal at Musée de l'Homme until 7 January 2019
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Upcoming exhibitions in Paris:
- 'U.A.M.' A Modern Adventure 1929-1958 at the Centre Pompidou from 30 May until 27 August 2018
- Zao Wou-Ki - an area of silent testimony at the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris from 1 June 2018 until 6 January 2019
- Bouchra Khalili at the Jeu de Paume from 5 June until 23 September 2018
- Gordon Matta-Clark, Anarchitect at the Jeu de Paume from 5 June until 23 September 2018
- Jean II Cotelle, 1646-1708 at the Grand Trianon of Château de Versailles from 12 June until 16 September 2018
- In colour: polychrome sculpture in France 1850-1910 at Musée d'Orsay from June 12 until September 23, 2018
- Picasso and Dance at the Opéra Garnier from 13 June until 16 September 2018
- Sabine Weiss at Centre Pompidou from 20 June until 15 October 2018
- The studio of Alberto Giacometti by Jean Genet at the Institut Giacometti from 21 June 2018
- Impressionists in London - French artists in exile at Petit Palais from 21 June until 14 October 2018
- Childhood season at Palais de Tokyo, 22 June - 9 September 2018
- Franz West at the Centre Pompidou from 12 September until 10 December 2018
- Alberto Giacometti at Musée Maillol from 14 September 2018 until 20 January 2019
- Picasso's Blue and Pink periods at the Musée d'Orsay from 18 September 2018 until 6 January 2019
- Venice in the time of Vivaldi and Tiepolo at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais from September 24, 2018 until January 21, 2019
- Jakuchû Itô at Petit Palais from September until October 2018
- Alfonse Mucha at the Musée du Luxembourg from September 2018 until January 2019
- The first gothic sculpture in the Paris region at Musée de Cluny in the fall 2018
- Cut-outs by Rodin at Musée Rodin in the fall 2018
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) at Fondation Louis Vuitton from 3 October 2018 until 14 January 2019
- Egon Schiele (1890-1918) at Fondation Louis Vuitton from 3 October 2018 until 14 January 2019
- Tadao Andô at the Centre Pompidou from 10 October until 31 December 2018
- Dorothea Lange at the Jeu de Paume from 16 October 2018 until 21 January 2019
- Ana Mendieta at the Jeu de Paume from 16 October 2018 until 21 January 2019
- Meiji at musée Guimet from 17 October 2018 until 14 January 2019
- The Baron of Campana and his collection at the Musée du Louvre from 17 October 2018 until 26 January 2019
- Cubism at the Centre Pompidou from 17 October 2018 until 25 February 2019
- Treasures of Kyōto: three centuries of creation in Rinpa at Musée Cernuschi from 26 October 2018 until 27 January 2019
- Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), painter of intimacy at Musée de la vie romantique, October 2018 through February 2019
- Transmission / transgression: Master and pupils in the Bourdelle atelier at Musée Bourdelle, October through March 2019
- Joan Miró, the color of my dreams at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais from October 2018 until January 2019
- 22nd Paris Photo Fair at the Grand Palais, 8-11 November 2018
- Eiffel and Paris at Musée d'Orsay in November 2018
- 150 years of Japonism at Musée des arts décoratifs from 15 November 2018 until 3 March 2019
- Michael Jackson: on the Wall at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais from 21 November 2018 until 20 February 2019
- Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921), master of enigma at Petit Palais from 11 December 2018 until 17 March 2019
- Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757-1826), builder of fantasy at Petit Palais from 11 December 2018 until 17 March 2019
- The kingdom of Napata - archaeological digs in Sudan at the Musée du Louvre in 2018
- Tutankhamun at La Villette from 1 March until 30 September 2019
- Our 1960s at Musée des arts décoratifs in the spring 2019
- From Géricault to Matisse at Musée d'Orsay in the spring 2019
- The Hittite Empire at the Musée du Louvre in the spring 2019
- Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre in the fall 2019
- Tolkien at Bibliothèque nationale de France François Mitterrand in 2019
- Italian sculpture from Donatello to Michelangelo at the Musée du Louvre in the spring 2020
- Berthe Morisot, Woman Impressionist at Musée d'Orsay from 17 June until 22 September 2019
- Degas at the Opéra at Musée d'Orsay in the fall 2019
- The Ivan Morozov collection (Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, Picasso...) at Fondation Louis Vuitton in the fall 2020
- Arts in Toulouse in the 14th century at Musée de Cluny in the fall 2020
- Gaudí and Art Nouveau at Musée d'Orsay in 2021
