Exhibitions in Paris in September 2026

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Le monde selon Penn

Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection · 1st

Today 11:00 – 21:00

From the 1940s to the early 2000s, “Le monde selon Penn” traces Irving Penn's journey in Galerie 2 through an exceptional collection of photographs from the Pinault Collection.

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Penn & Fashion

Maison Européenne de la Photographie · 4th

Opens in 5 days

From 30 September 2026 to 17 January 2027, the MEP presents the PENN & FASHION exhibition. It pays tribute to Irving Penn, one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. The author of a body of work…

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« Je passe ma vie à peindre ». Un parcours Claude Monet en galerie impressionniste

Musée d'Orsay · 7th

Opens in 5 days

On the occasion of the centenary of his death, Claude Monet is honoured in the Impressionist gallery (rooms 29 to 35) through a dedicated journey.

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Eva Gonzalès. Parcours d'une artiste libre

Petit Palais - Musée des beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris · 8th

The Petit Palais presents an unprecedented monographic exhibition dedicated to the painter Eva Gonzalès (1847-1883), before moving to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in February 2027. A contemporary of Mary Cassatt and…

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L'étoffe de l'artiste. De Rosa Bonheur à Sonia Delaunay

Musée Bourdelle · 15th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Following the rediscovery of Antoine Bourdelle's clothes in 2020, the Bourdelle Museum explores, in a new exhibition, the representations and staging strategies of artists through their clothing, from the late 19th…

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Kerry James Marshall. The Histories

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris · 16th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

From 18 September 2026 to 24 January 2027, the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris presents the first exhibition in France dedicated to American artist Kerry James Marshall (born in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA).

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Contrepoint contemporain. Vija Celmins

Musée de l’Orangerie · 1st

Opens in 5 days

The contemporary counterpoint honours Vija Celmins, the artist who, since the late 1960s, has developed a very precise body of work focused on surfaces: ocean, desert, sky or snow, which she calls "impossible images",…

Science & nature

Expo

Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie · 19th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

They have kept us company for millennia, there are nearly 23 million of them in French homes, they sometimes lead us by the nose… Dogs and cats are making their mark on the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie. You will…

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Look ! 40 ans de mode au musée

Musée des Arts décoratifs · 1st

Opens in 5 days

The Musée des Arts décoratifs celebrates the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Musée des Arts de la Mode within its walls through 40 iconic silhouettes.

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Musée de la musique - Collection permanente

Philharmonie de Paris · 19th

To accompany the 30th anniversary of the Cité de la musique and the 10th anniversary of the Philharmonie in 2025, the Museum unveils the new presentation of its collection. More inclusive, the museography promotes the…

Science & nature

Exposition Mission spatiale à la Cité des sciences

Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie · 19th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

The Cité des sciences et de l’industrie launches its permanent exhibition dedicated to space exploration. Step into the shoes of an astronaut and live a waking dream during your visit. An adventure during which you will…

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Défis de création

Palais Garnier · 2nd

A stage costume is created by stylists and decorators who use traditional and experimental techniques.

Design & fashion

Tisser, broder, sublimer. Les savoir-faire de la mode

Palais Galliera · 16th

Today 10:00 – 21:00

From December 2025, the Palais Galliera presents a series of exhibitions on Parisian fashion.

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Offre d'automne : billets enfants à 10 €

Sea Life Paris Val d'Europe

Enjoy a family outing at a reduced price. Until 22 October, buy a child's ticket for €10, instead of the usual €18.

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Offre d'automne : billet enfant à 10 €

Sea Life Paris Val d'Europe

Enjoy a family outing at a reduced price. Until 22 October, buy a child ticket for €10, instead of the usual €18.

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Pass Provins + Spectacle Les Aigles des Remparts

Provins - Cite Medievale Provins

Access from 10 am: César Tower, Museum, Underground Tunnels, Tithe Barn and Saint Ayoul Priory. Not valid on 13-14 June, 23 August and 19-20 September. Free for children under 4 years old. Family Rate: 2 adults + 2…

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Marie-Antoinette de l’avant-garde à l’avant-scène

Château de Fontainebleau

At the Château de Fontainebleau, discover eleven stage costumes created by Christian Lacroix for the opera Le Postillon de Longjumeau.

Design & fashion

Victor Hugo & l'architecture

Maison de Victor Hugo · 4th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

This exhibition shows how architecture influenced Victor Hugo's writing and art. Discover his relationship with architecture through his literary and graphic works.

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Deleon Bigwoods : chroniques d'un village jamaïcain

La Bellevilloise · 20th

Between 1991 and 2025, I photographed the daily life of Deleon Bigwoods, a small village in the Westmoreland hills, Jamaica. Every evening, a bar-grocery store became the beating heart of the community around its sound…

Science & nature

Fête des jardins au square Olga Bancic

Square Olga Bancic · 11th

Opens in 2 days

As part of the Fête des jardins, a photographic exhibition on insects and arachnids at the Jardin d'Olga.

Contemporary art

Salon de l'extra-terrestre : un événement de création contemporaine

Forma, centre d'exposition · 3rd

In this first Salon de l’extra-terrestre, around twenty artists present their works and demystify the extraterrestrial and the illusions it carries.

Contemporary art

exposition collective "Nourritures terrestres"

Coin de ciel · 14th

9 artists gathered around the pleasures of the table and the products of the Earth at the Coin de ciel gallery (Paris 14th arrondissement)

Contemporary art

Memento Floris

Galerie Anthologie · 7th

A sensory exhibition where painting, music, and perfume explore memory and the passage of time through flowers.

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Festival de photographie « Comme des images »

Cité médiévale de Provins

Conceived as an artistic journey at the heart of the city, the festival takes over several emblematic locations in Provins — cultural spaces, galleries, the media library, and heritage sites — to offer the public a…

Contemporary art

Simulacres aux Magasins Généraux

Magasins Généraux

Les Magasin Généraux present the collective exhibition “Simulacres” from 25 June to 27 September 2026.

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Exposition peinture : Vana Terzian

Galerie M · 19th

Vana Terzian, an Armenian-Lebanese artist based in Paris for ten years, explores the poetry of everyday life through drawing and painting.

Design & fashion

Conférence : Rétrofutur ou comment les inventions du passé inspirent le futur avec l'Atelier 21

Médiathèque Jean-Pierre Melville · 13th

Opens in 5 days

Did you know that the first car to exceed 100km/h in 1899 was… electric? Innovation doesn't always start tomorrow!

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Vernissage de l'exposition "Irony in Paris" de l'illustratrice Cosmo

Artazart · 10th

Today 10:30 – 19:30

Paris is a complex, ambivalent city, full of paradoxes. For Artazart, Le Havre-based illustrator Cosmo Danchin-Hamard takes on the capital, placing women at the heart of her sensual and delicate compositions, to which…

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Quinzaine de l'accessibilité et de l'inclusion : Projection et rencontre "Regard Crip" de Hélène Mastrandréas

Hôtel de Ville · 4th

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The "Regard Crip" screening and discussion presents the film Crip Camp and a discussion on the challenges of employing disabled people in cinema.

Science & nature

Deux métiers

Ecole Du Breuil · 12th

Perspectives on Parisian green space gardeners and arborists-pruners, a travelling photo exhibition currently visible on the railings of the Ecole Du Breuil

History

La fin de la Shoah. Survivre

Mémorial de la Shoah de Drancy

This exhibition addresses the discovery of the camps by the Allied armies (American, British, French, and Soviet), the repatriation of deportees and attempts at reconstruction, as well as the gradual awareness of the…

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Paris 20e Nature : Le Peuple Invisible du 20e

Jardin de la Cité Aubry · 20th

Outdoor photo & sound exhibition on the railings of the Jardin de la Cité Aubry. Come and meet the wild animals that share our streets in the 20th arrondissement!

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Zadkine et la mythologie

Musée Zadkine · 6th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Follow our guide-lecturer with your family through a fun journey punctuated by small and great stories, from the house to the workshops and the garden, populated with sculptures by Ossip Zadkine inspired by mythology!

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Visite guidée des collections

Musée Zadkine · 6th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

Our guide will take you on a journey to discover Zadkine's work and the hidden stories behind his creations, inspired by nature, music… and the major artistic movements of the twentieth century.

Science & nature

La Maison de l'animal : toute la programmation

Maison de l'animal en ville - Jane Goodall · 12th

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La Maison de l’animal welcomes you from 31 August to 5 September 2026, on the theme of « animals and culture ».

Design & fashion

Paris Design Week

Bureau du Design de la Mode et des Métiers d'Art · 12th

The Ateliers de Paris gallery presents the exhibition “Multiples, thinking the object in series”, bringing together some fifteen designers around the question of the design and production of series objects.

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Đoàn Tụ - Mémoires Vietnamiennes

Galerie Bao · 11th

The third part of the project initiated by the Lune rougissante collective, Đoàn tụ. Mémoires vietnamiennes brings together several generations of artists from the Vietnamese diaspora in France. Their works question the…

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L'être et le néon

Carré de Baudouin · 20th

Today 14:00 – 18:00

L'être et le néon - a photographic exhibition by Julie Glassberg | Curated by: Marta Russoli.

Contemporary art

Un murmure

Le Cube Garges

Opens in 1 day

Murmur Stellar transports young and old into a universe where a simple whisper can transform, in an instant, into a nebula, a planet or a comet. An interactive installation where every voice, every breath, becomes…

Design & fashion

Exposition Sylvie Bulcourt à la piscine Thérèse et Jeanne Brûlé

Piscine Thérèse et Jeanne Brulé · 14th

From September 1st to October 3rd, artist Sylvie Bulcourt exhibits her works in the main hall of the Thérèse et Jeanne Brûlé swimming pool (14th arrondissement).

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Exposition "La vallée des Moomins" à la bibliothèque Aimé Césaire

Bibliothèque Aimé Césaire · 14th

We welcome the enchanted world of the Moomins through an exhibition of illustrations by author Tove Jansson.

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Quinzaine de l'accessibilité et de l'inclusion : exposition "ce corps qui échappe" de Hélène Mastrandréas

Mairie de Paris Centre · 3rd

The exhibition « Ce corps qui échappe » presents a photographic series that depicts invisible disability.

Design & fashion

Exposition « Daniel Brush, l’art de la ligne et de la lumière »

L’École des Arts Joailliers · 9th

L’École des Arts Joailliers presents, from 8 June to 4 October 2026 in Paris, an exhibition dedicated to the American artist Daniel Brush (1947-2022). “Daniel Brush, l’art de la ligne et de la lumière” unveils more than…

Contemporary art

Tout est en ordre

Institut suédois · 3rd

Today 12:00 – 19:00

Blending art and fashion, this exhibition explores one of the foundations of Swedish culture: a shared sense of order, restraint and neutrality, often referred to as “good taste”. The exhibition seeks neither to…

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Nuits Balnéaires

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson · 3rd

Today 11:00 – 19:00

In recent years, Nuits Balnéaires has developed a hybrid practice. The Ivorian artist operates at the crossroads of fine arts, fashion, and research. His influences blend cinema, literature, theatre, performance, and…

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Cycle « C'était Paris en 1970 »

Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris (BHVP) · 4th

Today 10:00 – 18:00

The Bibliothèque historique invites you to a new exhibition and a series of lectures centred on its photographic collection "C'était Paris en 1970".

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Exposition d'art contemporain de Poumi Lescaut à la Mairie du 6ème

Mairie du 6ᵉ arrondissement · 6th

Today 08:30 – 17:00

You are invited to live an experience by entering my inner poetic worlds. Painting, like any artistic language, is an emanation from within: giving body to what cannot be said in words, revealing buried memories,…

Contemporary art

Fuga

Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles · 4th

As part of the second edition of the Archipel#Chaos-Monde Biennale, CWB|Paris presents its autumn exhibition.

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Entre-deux

La Roche · 14th

An exhibition bringing together nine artists in residence at La Roche who explore figures and forms of “impermanence” through photography, ceramics, wood, paper, and painting. Wed. & Sat. 12pm-7pm · Thu. & Fri. 4pm-7pm…

Contemporary art

Exposition solo « Transformer la pierre en or » : Biru ZHAO

LooLooLook Gallery · 1st

LooLooLook Gallery, a contemporary art gallery located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, presents Biru ZHAO's solo exhibition from 10 September to 10 October 2026.