Calm criterion

Nuit Blanche 2026: Indigenous voices to hear at the Frans Krajcberg Space

For Nuit Blanche, the Espace Frans Krajcberg will host a poetic and sonic performance centered on Indigenous storytelling, featuring Yuwey Henri and Trudruá Dorrico, free to attend on June 6, 2026.

V’île Fertile, a participatory farm in bucolic surroundings where you can get your hands dirty.

In the heart of the Bois de Vincennes, V’île Fertile is reinventing how we grow, cook, and connect with nature on Paris’s doorstep. Between an urban farm, educational workshops, ecological walks, and agricultural experiments, this purpose-driven space offers a refreshing and inspiring escape for children and adults.

Dauphine Prize for Contemporary Art: Disorder Takes Center Stage at the Galerie du Crous for Nuit Blanche 2026

The Crous de Paris Gallery is hosting an evening centered on the Dauphine Prize for Contemporary Art, featuring a talk and musical performances, open to the public free of charge for Nuit Blanche on June 6, 2026.

For Nuit Blanche 2026, your silhouette is transformed into digital matter at the Conservatoire Gabriel Fauré.

Jisoo Yoo presents Je(u), an interactive video installation exploring identity, traces, and illusion, open to the public free of charge at the Conservatoire Gabriel Fauré for Nuit Blanche on June 6, 2026.

At the Sorbonne, digital art turns to artificial intelligence for Nuit Blanche 2026.

OPLINEPRIZE International unveils its 18th edition as part of Nuit Blanche at the Richelieu Amphitheatre of the Sorbonne. An awards ceremony focused on digital art and generative AI, to be held in Paris on June 6, 2026.

Looking up at the sky for Nuit Blanche 2026 at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme

For Nuit Blanche, the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Foundation presents “Des étoiles et des peuples,” a free evening blending astronomy, the humanities, storytelling and lectures, in Paris on June 6, 2026.

Zone Sensible, the urban farm in Saint-Denis (93), where art, culture, agriculture and solidarity come together.

In Saint-Denis (93), on a former market-garden plot at the edge of Paris, Zone Sensible reimagines the urban farm as a poetic laboratory. Created by the collective Parti Poétique, this farm unlike any other blends permaculture farming, contemporary art exhibitions, and workshops for all ages.

Nuit Blanche 2026: A free exhibition to explore at Galerie Saint-Séverin in Paris.

La Galerie Saint-Séverin opens its doors for Nuit Blanche 2026, on Saturday, June 6, 2026, with a free artistic program in the heart of Paris. This historic passage in the Latin Quarter becomes, for one evening, a place of discovery around contemporary creation, blending Parisian heritage with a nighttime cultural itinerary.

This rooftop garden perched above the Opéra Bastille offers one of the most stunning views of Paris.

On the rooftops of the Opéra Bastille, a hidden urban farm grows vegetables, edible flowers and hops, all set against a sweeping panorama of Place de la Bastille. The best part? You can visit it on quirky, guided tours.

This hidden garden in the Île-de-France region conceals more than 1,500 plants with astonishing powers.

In the heart of the French Gâtinais, an extraordinary garden invites visitors to rediscover the power of plants. In Milly-la-Forêt, the National Conservatory of Perfume, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants offers a unique sensory immersion into botanical secrets and ancestral know-how.

Le Jardin du SAX Paris: the private terrace with a pool opens its doors

Le Jardin du SAX, the Paris restaurant's intimate outdoor space, reopens for spring 2026 with a new seasonal menu, a heated pool and a live-music vibe in the 7th arrondissement.

Maison Guimet - Hôtel d'Heidelbach : this hidden gem of Asian treasures reopens its doors

The Guimet House, the new jewel in the former Hôtel d'Heidelbach, will reopen to the public on 23 May 2026, on Avenue d'Iéna in Paris’s 16th arrondissement. Imperial Chinese furniture, a Japanese garden, a tea pavilion, guided tours and tea tastings are on the agenda. We went to discover the place and tell you about its unsuspected treasures.

Lélia Demoisy at Domaine de Chamarande: an exhibition exploring forest narratives — our photos

At the Domaine départemental de Chamarande in Essonne, Lélia Demoisy presents a contemporary art exhibition devoted to the forest, to living beings, and to the traces left by matter, running from May 10 to August 30, 2026. With Récits de forêts, the artist unfolds sculptures and installations within a sensitive journey around the memory of woods and landscapes.

Primordial Water: the Louvre’s exhibition exploring Mesopotamian myths — our photos

The Louvre Museum in Paris presents The Primordial Water, an exhibition on water in ancient Mesopotamia, running from May 20, 2026 to March 15, 2027. Archaeological artifacts, myths, and irrigation show how this resource shaped the region’s earliest societies.

Marilyn Monroe at the Galerie de l’Instant, a photography exhibition centered on Sam Shaw’s portraits

The Galerie de l’Instant in Paris presents "Marilyn, Portrait of a Radiant Child," an exhibition devoted to the photographs of Marilyn Monroe by Sam Shaw, from June 1 to September 15, 2026. A journey through the star’s image, spanning cinema, portraiture, and more intimate moments.

At the Drawing Lab, a collective exhibition throws open its windows for Nuit Blanche 2026.

Drawing Lab is taking part in Nuit Blanche for the first time with Une fenêtre contre le temps, a collaborative exhibition blending drawing, video, installation and performance, open to the public free of charge on June 6, 2026.

At Saint-Laurent Church, visitors’ wishes are transformed into a sound installation for Nuit Blanche 2026.

Marie-Luce Nadal turns anonymous wishes into a sonic experience at Saint-Laurent Church, weaving together voices, flashes, and a sky in motion — a free commission to discover for Nuit Blanche 2026 on June 6 and 7, 2026.

Nuit Blanche 2026: Persian carpets recreated in video at the Jardin des Rosiers

David Mottahedèh presents Carpet Museum of Iran, a free video installation exploring Persian carpets and the songs of Iranian women, at Jardin des Rosiers Joseph Migneret for Nuit Blanche 2026, June 6–7, 2026.

Double Impact restaurant: the gastronomic gem of Paris's 9th arrondissement that you didn’t see coming

At the foot of Montmartre, in Paris’s 9th arrondissement, the newly opened Double Impact presents a tasting menu curated by chef Etienne Dupuy and Mickael Robinault. A living, seasonal kitchen sourced through short supply chains. We tried it and here’s everything about this charming discovery.

L'Angle des Champs: a restaurant serving surprisingly Franco-Iberian flavors near the Champs-Elysées

A bold Franco-Spanish fusion makes its presence felt just steps from the world’s most famous avenue, in the intimate setting of a hotel restaurant. At À l’Angle des Champs, French technical finesse blends with the warm conviviality of the Iberian Peninsula.