Palais de Tokyo: two free days to discover the new autumn exhibitions

What if the next few days were all about art and discovery, without spending a cent? For two days, October 22 and 23, 2025, the Palais de Tokyo invites you to discover its new autumn season with free access. Under the direction of American curator Naomi Beckwith, the group exhibition ECHO DELAY REVERB: American Art, Francophone Thoughts will take over the entire space. This initiative highlights the artistic circulations between the American and Francophone scenes through the works of some sixty artists, including established figures as well as new, emerging voices.

Painting, performance, installation, video, sculpture... the mediums are multiple, and each work participates in an intergenerational dialogue where influences cross and respond to each other. The exhibition is also an opportunity to discover new creations, designed for the very spaces of the Palais de Tokyo, such as Caroline Kent's site-specific work, which occupies a space conceived as an intimate, abstract visual conversation.

Tribute to Melvin Edwards: sculpture and memory

In parallel with this major group show, a monograph is devoted to American sculptor Melvin Edwards, whose powerful, committed and poetic work evokes themes of memory, African-American history and resistance. Known for his works in welded steel, Edwards fashions a universe of metal forms, sometimes brutal, always evocative, which question the past as much as they are rooted in the present.

If you're sensitive to questions of identity, cultural transmission, the power of abstract forms and contemporary forms of artistic engagement, this double exhibition will speak to you directly. Conversely, if you're looking for a purely decorative display or a linear reading of contemporary art, these two days may not meet your expectations.

An ideal cultural outing, alone or accompanied

Whether you're passionate about contemporary art, a fan of new artistic narratives, curious to discover emerging talent, or simply looking for a free day out in Paris, this is the event for you. The Palais de Tokyo's vast, uncluttered and modular setting is ideal for all kinds of activities: strolling through the galleries on your own, chatting with a friend about the installations, or sharing a moment of artistic exploration in a small group.

The program also adapts to different visiting rhythms. You can take your time on an immersive tour, following the narrative threads between the works, or let yourself be surprised by the associations of shapes, colors and sounds. These two artistic days allow you to experience art without constraints, without tickets or registration, and with total freedom of movement in the spaces.

• To be read
• Palais de Tokyo: opening hours, prices, reservations... All you need to know about the Paris museum
• Melvin Edwards at the Palais de Tokyo: our photos of his carte blanche for the American Season
• Palais de Tokyo: ECHO DELAY REVERB, an exhibition celebrating contemporary American art

Why go there? Because art reaches out to you

These two free days at the Palais de Tokyo are an invitation to reconnect with living creation, to cross paths with viewpoints from elsewhere, to question what art can say about our societies. It's also an opportunity to discover the transformed spaces of the Palais in a different light, in the company of a diverse and passionate public.

Take advantage of this artistic interlude to slow down, feel and reflect. Bring your friends, your curious teenagers, your sketchbook or your fresh eyes. There's nothing to plan, nothing to reserve, just to enter into the experience.

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