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.

Petit Palais, Paris © OTCP - Marc Bertrand

Atelier des Lumières - Simulation Klimt 2, Paris © Culturespaces Nuit de Chine

Current exhibitions in Paris:

Tadao Andô at the Centre Pompidou until 31 December 2018
Madagascar arts at Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac until 1 January 2019
Ron Amir at Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris until 6 January 2019
Klimt: voyage at the heart of the Vienna Secession at L'Atelier des Lumières until 6 January 2019
Picasso. Blue and Pink at the Musée d'Orsay until 6 January 2019
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
Picasso masterpieces at Musée Picasso until 13 January 2019
'Nos chambres: Annette Messager / Alberto Giacometti' at Fondation Giacometti until 13 January 2019
Chiaroscuro printmaking: Cranach, Raphael, Rubens ... at Musée du Louvre until 14 January 2019
A Polish avant-garde: Katarzyna Kobro and Władysław Strzemińskiat the Centre Pompidou until 14 January 2019
The cruel stories of Paula Rego at musée de l'Orangerie until 14 January 2019
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) at Fondation Louis Vuitton until 14 January 2019
Egon Schiele (1890-1918) at Fondation Louis Vuitton until 14 January 2019
Meiji at Musée Guimet until 14 January 2019
Alberto Giacometti, from tradition to avant-garde at Musée Maillol until 20 January 2019
Artists in Montmartre: legendary places and studios at Musée de Montmartre until 20 January 2019
In the East, an endless war, 1918-1923 at Musée de l'Armée until 20 January 2019
Hiroshi Sugimoto at Versailles Palace until 20 January 2019
Persona Grata simultaneously at Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration until 20 January 2019 and at MAC/VAL until 24 February 2019
Magnificent Venice! Europe and the arts in the 18th century at Grand Palais until 21 January 2019
Birth of Gothic sculpture. Saint-Denis, Paris & Chartres. 1135-1150 at Musée de Cluny until 21 January 2019
Alfonse Mucha at the Musée du Luxembourg until 27 January 2019
Yves Saint Laurent: Dreams of the Orient at Musée Yves Saint Laurent until 27 January 2019
Once upon a time Sergio Leone at Cinémathèque française until 27 January 2019
Dorothea Lange at the Jeu de Paume until 27 January 2019
Ana Mendieta at the Jeu de Paume until 27 January 2019
Musicals - joie de vivre at the movies at Philharmonie de Paris until 27 January 2019
Treasures of Kyōto: three centuries of creation in Rinpa at Musée Cernuschi until 27 January 2019
The luxury factory. The Parisian merchant-haberdashers in the 18th century at Musée Cognacq-Jay until 27 January 2019
Caravaggio in Rome, friends and foes at Jacquemart André museum until 28 January 2019
The Nadars: a photographic legend at Bibliothèque nationale de France until 3 February 2019
Masters and pupils: Rodin, Bourdelle, Giacometti, Richier ... at Musée Bourdelle until 3 February 2019
Grayson Perry - Vanity, Identity, Sexuality at Monnaie de Paris until 3 February 2019
Miró at Grand Palais until 4 February 2019
Private collections, from Impressionnists to the Fauves at musée Marmottan-Monet until 10 February 2019
David Perlov at Musée d'Art et d'histoire du judaïsme until 10 February 2019
Sigmund Freud at Musée d'Art et d'histoire du judaïsme until 10 February 2019
From Palmyra to Mosul at the Institut du monde arabe until 10 February 2019
Tutto Ponti, Gio Ponti archi-designer at the Musée des Arts décoratifs until February 10, 2019
JR - Momentum at Maison européenne de la Photographie until 10 February 2019
Martine Franck at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson until 10 February 2019
Michael Jackson: on the Wall at Grand Palais until 14 February 2019
The Baron of Campana and his collection at the Musée du Louvre until 18 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
Magical unicorns at Musée de Cluny until 25 February 2019
Cubism at the Centre Pompidou until 25 February 2019
Japan-Japanisms 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
Picasso-Rutault at Musée Picasso until 20 March 2019
Japanese bamboo art at Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac until 7 April 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:

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 13 February 2019
Calder - Picasso at Musée Picasso from 19 February until 25 August 2019
The Courtauld collection, a look at Impressionnism at Fondation Louis Vuitton from 20 February until 17 June 2019
Ellsworth Kelly: Windows at Centre Pompidou from 27 February until 27 May 2019
Franz Marc and August Macke (1909-1914) at musée de l'Orangerie from 6 March until 17 June 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
Emil Georg Bührle's collection at Musée Maillol from 13 March until 21 July 2019
Vilhem Hammershøi and his world at Jacquemart André museum from 14 March until 22 July 2019
Ren Hang (1987-2017) at Maison européenne de la Photographie from March 2019
Coco Capitán at Maison européenne de la Photographie from March 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
Our 1960s at Musée des arts décoratifs in the spring 2019
Red. Soviet arts at Grand Palais from 20 March until 1 July 2019
Tutankhamun: treasure of a pharaoh at La Villette from 23 March until 15 September 2019
Posing Modernity: the Black model from Manet to Matisse and beyond at Musée d'Orsay from 26 March until 14 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 4 April 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
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 May until August 2019
Romantic Paris 1815-1848 at Petit Palais from May until 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
Dora Maar at Centre Pompidou from 5 June until 29 July 2019
Henry Wessel (1942-2018) at Maison européenne de la Photographie from June 2019
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) at Musée d'Orsay from 18 June until 22 September 2019
Back on fashion at Musée Bourdelle from July until November 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
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 de Toulouse-Lautrec at Grand Palais from 9 October 2019 until 27 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 in 2019 until 4 February 2020
Luca Giordano (1634-1705), triumph of Napolitan baroque at Petit Palais from October 2019 until January 2020
Vincenzo Gemito (1852-1929) at Petit Palais from October 2019 until January 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
Golden age in English painting at the Musée du Luxembourg in the fall 2019
Boltanski: retrospective at Centre Pompidou from 13 November 2019 until 16 March 2020
23rd Paris Photo Fair at the Grand Palais in November 2019
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 end of 2019
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