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 the upcoming years.

Current exhibitions in Paris:

Michael Jackson: on the Wall at Grand Palais until 14 February 2019
From Palmyra to Mosul at the Institut du monde arabe until 17 February 2019
The Baron of Campana and his collection at the Musée du Louvre until 18 February 2019
Persona Grata at MAC/VAL until 24 February 2019
Southern geometries, from Mexico to Patagonia at Fondation Cartier until 24 February 2019
Cut-outs by Rodin at Musée Rodin until 24 February 2019
'Formes limites' - Ceramics and contemporary sculpture at Beaux-Arts until 24 February 2019
Magical unicorns at Musée de Cluny until 25 February 2019
Cubism at the Centre Pompidou until 25 February 2019
Japan-Japanisms - Inspired objects 1867-2018 at Musée des arts décoratifs until 3 March 2019
Fernand Khnopff (1858-1921), master of enigma at Petit Palais until 17 March 2019
Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757-1826), builder of fantasy at Petit Palais until 17 March 2019
Nara - Treasures of Japanese Buddhism at Musée Guimet until 18 March 2019
Picasso-Rutault at Musée Picasso until 20 March 2019
Alberto Giacometti / Peter Lindbergh - Seize the invisible at Institut Giacometti until 24 March 2019
David Perlov at Musée d'Art et d'histoire du judaïsme until 31 March 2019
Mircea Cantor - Vânătorul de imagini at Musée de la chasse et de la nature until 31 March 2019
Forces de la nature - 3 Norwegian artists (Kari Dyrdal, Torbjørn Kvasbø and Marit Tingleff) at Musée national de céramique in Sèvres until 1 April 2019
Japanese bamboo art at Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac until 7 April 2019
Leonardo Da Vinci and Italian Renaissance at Beaux-Arts until 19 April 2019
Doisneau and music at Cité de la musique until 28 April 2019
Tutto Ponti, Gio Ponti archi-designer at the Musée des Arts décoratifs until 5 May 2019
Vasarely at Centre Pompidou until 6 May 2019
Red hair! From Jean-Jacques Henner to Sonia Rykiel at Musée national Jean-Jacques Henner until 20 May 2019
Sérusier's "The talisman", a prophecy of colour at musée d'Orsay until 2 June 2019
Luigi Ghirri - 'Cartes et territoires' at the Jeu de Paume until 2 June 2019
Sebastião Salgado - Declarations at Musée de l'Homme until 30 June 2019
Poison - 30 living species at Palais de la Découverte until 11 August 2019

Fondation Louis Vuitton, vue panoramique 3, Paris © Iwan Baan Eberle for Fondation Louis Vuitton - 2014

© Daniel Thierry - OTCP - Architecte Ieoh Ming Pei

Upcoming exhibitions in Paris:

Calder - Picasso at Musée Picasso from 19 February until 25 August 2019
Thester Gates, Angelica Mesiti & Julien Creuzet at Palais de Tokyo from 20 February until 12 May 2019
Asian Infinities - Photographs by Jean-Baptiste Huynh at Musée Guimet from 20 February until 20 May 2019
The Courtauld collection, a look at Impressionnism at Fondation Louis Vuitton from 20 February until 17 June 2019
Passer-by by Atelier E.B at Lafayette Anticipations from 21 February until 28 April 2019
Van Gogh - The Starry night at L'Atelier des Lumières from 22 February until 31 December 2019
Eugène Lami, painter and decorator to the Orléans family in the Prints and Drawings Gallery of Chantilly castle from 23 February until 19 May 2019
Ellsworth Kelly: Windows at Centre Pompidou from 27 February until 27 May 2019
Franz Marc / August Macke - The Adventure of the blue rider at musée de l'Orangerie from 27 February until 17 June 2019
Love, Ren Hang at Maison européenne de la Photographie from 6 March until 26 May 2019
Coco Capitán, busy living at Maison européenne de la Photographie from 6 March until 26 May 2019
From dream to reality: Eastern world of painters at musée Marmottan-Monet from 7 March until 21 July 2019
Oceania at Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac from 12 march until 7 July 2019
Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), painter of intimacy at Musée de la vie romantique from 12 March until 21 July 2019
Bonnard, Vuillard, Maurice Denis ... Nabis decor at the Musée du Luxembourg from 13 March until 30 June 2019
Hammershøi, master of Danish painting at Jacquemart André museum from 14 March until 22 July 2019
Thomas Schütte - Three acts at Monnaie de Paris from 15 March until 16 June 2019
Thomas Houseago - Almost Human at Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris from 15 March until 14 July 2019
Revolution generation - French drawings from the Fabre museum, 1770-1815 at Musée Cognacq-Jay from 16 March until 14 July 2019
Red. Soviet arts at Grand Palais from 20 March until 1 July 2019
The Bührle collection. Manet, Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh etc. at Musée Maillol from 20 March until 21 July 2019
Tutankhamun: treasure of a pharaoh at La Villette from 23 March until 15 September 2019
Black models: from Gericault to Matisse at Musée d'Orsay from 26 March until 21 July 2019
The Moon, from reality to imaginary travels at Grand Palais from 3 April until 22 July 2019
Fellini / Picasso at Cinémathèque française from 3 April until 28 July 2019
Oceans at Grande Galerie de l'Évolution from 3 April 2019 until 5 January 2020
Alberto Giacometti / Teresa Hubbard & Alexander Birchler - 'Flora' at Institut Giacometti from 5 April until 9 June 2019
Picasso and war at Musée de l'Armée from 5 April until 28 July 2019
Electro dreams - from Kraftwerk to Daft Punk at Philharmonie de Paris from 9 April until 11 August 2019
The world in spheres at Bibliothèque nationale de France François Mitterrand from 16 April until 21 July 2019
Théo Mercier - Every stone should cry at Musée de la chasse et de la nature from 30 April until 30 June 2019
Forgotten empires: heirs to the Hittite Empire at the Musée du Louvre from 2 May until 12 August 2019
Prehistory - A modern invention at Centre Pompidou from 8 May until 16 September 2019
Romantic Germany 1780-1850 - Drawings from the Weimar collection at Petit Palais from 22 May until 1 September 2019
Romantic Paris 1815-1848 at Petit Palais from 22 May until 15 September 2019
Félix Fénéon (1861-1944) at Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac from 28 May until 29 September 2019
Bernard Frize at Centre Pompidou from 29 May until 26 August 2019
'The Nude Mona Lisa' at the Jeu de Paume in the Domaine de Chantilly from 1 June until 6 October 2019
De Gaulle - Eisenhower at Musée de l'Armée from 3 June until 1 October 2019
Dora Maar at Centre Pompidou from 5 June until 29 July 2019
Henry Wessel, a dark thread at Maison européenne de la Photographie from 5 June until 1 September 2019
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) at Musée d'Orsay from 18 June until 22 September 2019
Marc Pataut at the Jeu de Paume from 18 June until 22 September 2019
Sally Mann at the Jeu de Paume from 18 June until 22 September 2019
Buddha, the golden legend at Musée Guimet from 19 June until 7 OCtober 2019
Back on fashion at Musée Bourdelle from 1 July until 30 November 2019
Alberto Giacometti - 'Histoire de Corps' at Institut Giacometti from 11 July until 27 October 2019
Carte blanche to Hassan Hajjaj at Maison européenne de la Photographie from 11 September until 24 November 2019
Francis Bacon at Centre Pompidou from 11 September 2019 until 20 January 2020
Golden age in English painting: Gainsborough, Reynolds, Turner ... at the Musée du Luxembourg from 11 September 2019 until 31 January 2020
Mondrian. Between figuration and abstraction at musée Marmottan-Monet from 12 September 2019 until 26 January 2020
Degas at the opera at musée d'Orsay from 24 September 2019 until 19 January 2020
The Dreamer in the forest at Musée Zadkine from 26 September 2019 until 23 February 2020
Henri II warrior king at Château de Vincennes from 27 September 2019 until 5 Janvier 2020
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec at Grand Palais from 9 October 2019 until 27 January 2020
'Les Canons de l'élégance' at Musée de l'Armée from 10 October 2019 until 26 January 2020
'Le Supermarché des images' at the Jeu de Paume from 15 October 2019 until 12 January 2020
Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) at Petit Palais from 15 October 2019 until 26 January 2020
Marie-Antoinette 'métamorphoses d'une image' at the Conciergerie from 16 October 2019 until 26 January 2020
Félix Fénéon (1861-1944) at musée de l'Orangerie from 16 October 2019 until 28 January 2020
Alimentation at Musée de l'Homme from 16 October 2019
J.R.R. Tolkien at Bibliothèque nationale de France François Mitterrand from 21 October 2019 until 4 February 2020
Hans Hartung retrospective at Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris from October 2019 until February 2020
Chosen pieces from the Lafayette Anticipations collection at Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris from October 2019 until February 2020
Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre from 24 October 2019 until 24 February 2020
El Greco at Grand Palais from 27 October 2019 until 10 February 2020
Embroidery in the Middle Ages at Musée de Cluny in the fall 2019
23rd Paris Photo Fair at the Grand Palais from 6 until 10 November 2019
'La chaussure, la marche, la démarche' shoes exhibition at Musée des arts décoratifs from 7 November 2019 until 23 February 2020
Boltanski: retrospective at Centre Pompidou from 13 November 2019 until 16 March 2020
Luca Giordano, triumph of Napolitan baroque at Petit Palais from 14 November 2019 until 23 February 2020
Joris-Karl Huysmans Art Critic. From Degas to Grünewald at musée d'Orsay from 3 December 2019 until 2 March 2020
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg at Maison européenne de la Photographie from 4 December 2019 until early 2020
Pierre Soulages at the Musée du Louvre from 11 December 2019 until 9 March 2020
Van Cleef and Arpels at Grande Galerie de l'Évolution in the spring 2020
Koudelka at Bibliothèque nationale de France from 4 April until 4 July 2020
Italian sculpture from Donatello to Michelangelo (1460-1520) at the Musée du Louvre from May until August 2020
Revolutions in France from 1966 to 1970 at La Villette in 2020
The Ivan Morozov collection (Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Renoir, Monet, Picasso...) at Fondation Louis Vuitton in the fall 2020
Taharqa, Pharaoh of two lands at the Musée du Louvre from 15 October 2020 until 31 January 2021
Penone at Bibliothèque nationale de France from 17 October 2020 until 30 January 2021
Arts in Toulouse in the 14th century at Musée de Cluny in the fall 2020
Paris-Athens 1800-1900: rediscovery of Greece in the 19th century at the Musée du Louvre in the spring 2021
Gaudí and Art Nouveau at Musée d'Orsay in 2021
Civilizations and cultures on the Silk Road at the Musée du Louvre from October 2021 until January 2022
A history of still lifes from the Antiquity at the Musée du Louvre in the spring 2022
Treasures of the Order of the Holy Spirit at the Musée du Louvre in the fall 2022