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:
- 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
- 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
- 'U.A.M.' A Modern Adventure 1929-1958 at the Centre Pompidou until 27 August 2018
- Ryoji Ikeda - Continuum at Centre Pompidou 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
- Game of Thrones, the touring exhibition at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles until 2 September 2018
- Van Dongen and the Bateau-Lavoir at the Musée de Montmartre until September 9, 2018
- Junya Ishigami, Freeing architecture at Fondation Cartier until September 9, 2018
- Childhood season at Palais de Tokyo until 9 September 2018
- In colour: polychrome sculpture in France 1850-1910 at Musée d'Orsay until 9 September 2018
- The studio of Alberto Giacometti by Jean Genet at the Institut Giacometti until 16 September 2018
- Picasso and Dance at the Opéra Garnier until 16 September 2018
- Jean II Cotelle, 1646-1708 at the Grand Trianon of Château de Versailles until 16 September 2018
- Bouchra Khalili at the Jeu de Paume until 23 September 2018
- Gordon Matta-Clark, Anarchitect at the Jeu de Paume until 23 September 2018
- Impressionists in London - French artists in exile at Petit Palais until 14 October 2018
- Sabine Weiss at Centre Pompidou until 15 October 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
- Zao Wou-Ki - an area of silent testimony at the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris until 6 January 2019
- Néandertal at Musée de l'Homme until 7 January 2019
- Magical unicorns at Musée de Cluny until 25 February 2019
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Upcoming exhibitions in Paris:
- Franz West at the Centre Pompidou from 12 September until 10 December 2018
- Alfonse Mucha at the Musée du Luxembourg from 12 September 2018 until 27 January 2019
- Ron Amir at Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris from 14 September until 2 December 2018
- Alberto Giacometti at Musée Maillol from 14 September 2018 until 20 January 2019
- Jakuchû Itô (1716-1800) at Petit Palais from 15 September until 14 October 2018
- Picasso. Blue and Pink at the Musée d'Orsay from 18 September 2018 until 6 January 2019
- Caravaggio in Rome, friends and foes at Jacquemart André museum from 21 September 2018 until 28 January 2019
- Venice, the arts and Europe in the 18th century at Grand Palais from 26 September 2018 until 21 January 2019
- Yves Saint Laurent: Dreams of the Orient at Musée Yves Saint Laurent from October 2, 2018 until January 27, 2019
- 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
- Masters and pupils: Rodin, Bourdelle, Giacometti, Richier ... at Musée Bourdelle from 3 October 2018 until 3 February 2019
- Miró at Grand Palais from 3 October 2018 until 4 February 2019
- Tadao Andô at the Centre Pompidou from 10 October until 31 December 2018
- Birth of Gothic sculpture. Saint-Denis, Paris & Chartres. 1135-1150 at Musée de Cluny from 10 October until 31 December 2018
- Once upon a time Sergio Leone at Cinémathèque française from 10 October 2018 until 27 January 2019
- South geometries, from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego at Fondation Cartier from October 14, 2018 until February 24, 2019
- Dorothea Lange at the Jeu de Paume from 16 October 2018 until 20 January 2019
- Ana Mendieta at the Jeu de Paume from 16 October 2018 until 20 January 2019
- Hiroshi Sugimoto at Versailles Palace from 16 October 2018 until 20 January 2019
- Meiji at Musée Guimet from 17 October 2018 until 14 January 2019
- The cruel stories of Paula Rego at musée de l'Orangerie 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
- Musicals - joie de vivre at the movies at Philharmonie de Paris from 19 October 2018 until 27 January 2019
- Tutto Ponti, Gio Ponti archi-designer at the Musée des Arts décoratifs from October 19, 2018 until February 10, 2019
- Treasures of Kyōto: three centuries of creation in Rinpa at Musée Cernuschi from 26 October 2018 until 27 January 2019
- Carte blanche to JR at Maison européenne de la Photographie from November 2018 until February 2019
- Martine Franck at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson from 6 November 2018
- Cut-outs by Rodin at Musée Rodin from 6 November 2018 until 24 February 2019
- 22nd Paris Photo Fair at the Grand Palais, 8-11 November 2018
- Japan-Japanisms 1867-2018 at Musée des arts décoratifs from 15 November 2018 until 3 March 2019
- Eiffel and Paris at Musée d'Orsay from 20 November 2018 until 24 February 2019
- Michael Jackson: on the Wall at Grand Palais from 23 November 2018 until 14 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
- Sérusier's "The talisman", a prophecy of colour at musée d'Orsay from 29 January until 28 April 2019
- Vasarely at Centre Pompidou from 6 February until 6 May 2019
- Marc Chagall at L'Atelier des Lumières from 7 February 2019
- Tutankhamun: treasure of a pharaoh at La Villette from 20 March until 30 September 2019
- Franz Marc and August Macke (1909-1914) at musée de l'Orangerie from 6 March until 17 June 2019
- Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), painter of intimacy at Musée de la vie romantique from 12 March until 21 July 2019
- Vilhem Hammershøi and his world at Jacquemart André museum from 14 March until 22 July 2019
- Our 1960s at Musée des arts décoratifs in the spring 2019
- Black models: from Géricault to Matisse at Musée d'Orsay from 26 March until 14 July 2019
- Fellini / Picasso at Cinémathèque française from 3 April until 28 July 2019
- Electro dreams - from Kraftwerk to Daft Punk at Philharmonie de Paris from 9 April until 11 August 2019
- The Hittite Empire at the Musée du Louvre in the spring 2019
- Prehistory at Centre Pompidou from 8 May until 16 September 2019
- Bernard Frize at Centre Pompidou from 29 May until 26 August 2019
- Dora Maar at Centre Pompidou from 5 June until 29 July 2019
- Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) at Musée d'Orsay from 18 June until 22 September 2019
- Francis Bacon at Centre Pompidou from 11 September 2019 until 20 January 2020
- Degas at the opera at musée d'Orsay from 24 September 2019 until 19 January 2020
- Félix Fénéon (1861-1944) at musée de l'Orangerie from 16 October 2019 until 27 January 2020
- Tolkien at Bibliothèque nationale de France François Mitterrand from October in 2019 until January 2020
- Leonardo da Vinci at the Musée du Louvre from October 2019
- Embroidery in the Middle Ages at Musée de Cluny in the fall 2019
- Boltanski at Centre Pompidou from 13 November 2019 until 16 March 2020
- Joris-Karl Huysmans Art Critic. From Degas to Grünewald at musée d'Orsay from 3 December 2019 until 2 March 2020
- Italian sculpture from Donatello to Michelangelo at the Musée du Louvre in the spring 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
- Gaudí and Art Nouveau at Musée d'Orsay in 2021
- Arts in Toulouse in the 14th century at Musée de Cluny in the fall 2021
