If you're a fan ofcontemporary art, then you're probably constantly on the lookout for great exhibitions, whether in museums or art galleries, to (re)discover the works oftalented artists past and present. From renowned talents to rising stars and little-known artists, here's a roundup of hot exhibitions to quench your cultural thirst.
From group shows and cartes blanches to retrospectives and fairs, this guide not only lists the current exhibitions, but also the upcoming ones, so you can mark the dates in your diaries. All these cultural events are waiting for you, and some of them are even an opportunity to acquire a work of art for your home!
Please note that this guide is updated regularly as we make new discoveries and announcements, so be sure to keep this page handy so you don't miss out on any of the great contemporary art exhibitions to come in Paris and the Île-de-France region!
So, are you ready? Let's get started on the contemporary art exhibitions awaiting you in the capital!
The Musée de la Sculpture en plein air: a free art walk in the heart of Paris
Have you heard of the Musée de la Sculpture en plein air? Located in the Square Tino Rossi in the 5th arrondissement, this small museum offers a free cultural stroll along the banks of the Seine, in a magnificent bucolic setting. [Read more]
Gilbert Peyre's Electromechanomaniac exhibition at Halle Saint Pierre - our photos
From September 15 to December 15, 2024, La Halle Saint Pierre, next to the Sacré-Cœur, is devoting an exhibition to artist Gilbert Peyre, entitled "L'Electromécanomaniaque". An artist who reinvents art brut through poetic and intriguing machine-sculptures, combining recycled objects and high technology. [Read more]
Pixels at the Grand Palais Immersif: our photos of the exhibition mixing digital art and AI
The Grand Palais Immersif invites you to discover Pixels, the first major Parisian exhibition dedicated to the artist Miguel Chevalier, from November 5, 2024 to April 6, 2025. Come and explore an immersive, interactive journey where digital art and artificial intelligence come together in an unprecedented sensory experience. [Read more]
Faits divers : quand l'art contemporain raconte le crime exhibition at MAC-VAL - photos
Dive into the darker side of the news with MAC-VAL's original and macabre exhibition, on view from November 15, 2024 to April 13, 2025. [Read more]
The Soul Trembles: Chiharu Shiota's reopening exhibition at the Grand Palais
The Grand Palais is celebrating its reopening with an exhibition by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota, known for her installations of interwoven woollen threads, to be admired under the glass roof from December 11, 2024 to March 19, 2025. [Read more]
Pulse: our photos of the immersive sound and light exhibition at Gaité Lyrique
From December 12, 2024 to July 13, 2025, La Gaité Lyrique in Paris presents Pulse, a new sound and light installation by 1024 Architecture. Immerse yourself in a universe where light becomes living matter, and interact with multisensory works for a unique experience combining art, sound and technology. [Read more]
The Cherqui Foundation: the kinetic art museum just outside Paris!
Sponsored - Do you like optical and kinetic art? Head for the Fondation Cherqui, a few kilometers from Paris. This art gallery, similar in size to a museum, houses a collection of over 5,000 works by Jean Cherqui. Book your visit now! [Read more]
Galerie Kiff & Marais: A showroom and exhibition space
Sponsored - Visit Galerie Kiff & Marais: a venue for exhibitions, events, workshops and live music. A gallery in the heart of the Marais, where various events and collective exhibitions are organized in the 3rd arrondissement! Every Thursday evening, join us for vernissages at Galerie Kiff & Marais. [Read more]
Guillaume Bresson at the Château de Versailles: the exhibition where contemporary art meets history
The Château de Versailles welcomes Guillaume Bresson and his works where history and contemporary art meet. An exhibition to discover from January 21 to May 25 2025. [Read more]
Notre-Dame de Paris: light sculptor Patrick Rimoux's exhibition at Galerie Minsky
Artist Patrick Rimoux unveils his version of Notre-Dame de Paris in an original, free exhibition at Minsky Gallery from January 24 to March 22, 2025. [Read more]
Belladonna: we saw Tatiana Wolska's exhibition at Drawing Lab - our photos
Attention contemporary art lovers! The Drawing Lab awaits you to discover its exhibition of the moment, entitled Belladonna, from January 24 to April 20, 2025. Somewhere between drawing and sculpture, this exploration by artist Tatiana Wolska takes its inspiration from Belladonna, an ambivalent plant that mixes remedy and poison, to question vital cycles, uprooting and forms of emancipation through drawings that are torn apart, then reassembled. An immersive experience not to be missed! [Read more]
Mr Chat en Seine: the free exhibition at Le Grand Coloriage family gallery
Immerse yourself in the world of the famous Mr. Cat, with Le Grand Coloriage gallery's free exhibition, from February 6 to March 31, 2025. [Read more]
Paysages mouvants: the Jeu de Paume's festival of new images, immersive contemporary art
The Jeu de Paume festival dedicated to the metamorphoses of the contemporary image returns for a second edition, "Paysages mouvants", with an immersive exhibition and three festive weekends, from February 7 to March 23, 2025. [Read more]
ChromAmour, a metamorphosis: the free poetic exhibition at Bicolore, Maison du Danemark
Artist Lise Haller Baggesen unveils an exhibition full of hope and color: from February 7 to March 30, 2025, discover "ChromAmour, une métamorphose", free of charge, at Bicolore - Maison du Danemark. [Read more]
Chaosmos: a free exhibition questioning our place in the universe at the Maif Social Club - photos
Several contemporary artists have drawn inspiration from the universe and our relationship with the world to create the Chaosmos exhibition, on view free of charge at the Maif Social Club from February 8 to July 26, 2025. [Read more]
Tender Spirits: our photos of the urban art exhibition at the Goldshteyn-Saatort gallery
From February 14 to April 1, 2025, the Goldshteyn-Saatort gallery hosts the exhibition "Tender Spirits", an exploration of the connection between sensuality and spirituality. Among the artists on show are JonOne, FinDac, Belin, Mr Byste, Leon Keer and Insane51. [Read more]
Miss Recuerdo: Grichka & Tohé Commaret's free exhibition at the Pernod-Ricard Foundation
From February 18 to April 26, 2025, the Pernod Ricard Foundation will be hosting "Miss Recuerdo", a first-of-its-kind exhibition in France featuring the work of Grichka and Tohé Commaret. An immersion in memory and familiar places, to be discovered in Paris. [Read more]
Collective Joy - Apprendre à Flamboyer: our photos of the joueyuse exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo
Ready to blaze? The Palais de Tokyo invites you to discover its new spring exhibition, entitled "Collective Joy - Apprendre à Flamboyer!", from February 20 to May 11, 2025. An exploration of gathering cultures and the experience of collective joy through diverse and interactive artistic practices. [Read more]
Raphaël Barontini: the artist at the heart of a fashion exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo
When contemporary art and fashion meet... The Palais de Tokyo invites you to discover the exhibition "Quelque part dans la nuit, le peuple danse" by Raphaël Barontini from February 20 to May 11, 2025. A rereading of history, particularly in Africa and the Caribbean, combining contemporary techniques with archives from the past. [Read more]
Alphabeta Sigma (Side A): our photos of Rammellzee's exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo
The museum's first retrospective of the artist's work... From February 20 to May 11, 2025, Palais de Tokyo and CAPC Bordeaux will present "Alpahebta Sigma (Face A)", an exhibition devoted to the artist RAMMELLZEE. In all, some one hundred major works and previously unseen archives are on display, tracing the career of an enigmatic figure in contemporary art and hip-hop, who has sadly passed away. [Read more]
Corps et âmes: an original exhibition at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, our photos
For its new exhibition entitled "Corps et âmes" (Bodies and Souls), the Bourse de Commerce in Paris explores the significance of the body in contemporary thought. Works by some thirty artists, including Georg Baselitz, Michael Armitage, Duane Hanson, Niki de Saint Phalle and Arthur Jafa and Deana Lawson, can be admired at the sublime Parisian museum from March 5 to August 25, 2025. [Read more]
Etienne Francey's poetic universe on show at Fisheye Gallery!
Sponsored - From March 6 to April 5, 2025, Fisheye Gallery welcomes Etienne Francey's exhibition "Florescence", a visual immersion in the sensory and dreamlike universe of the Swiss photographer. This free exhibition invites us to rediscover nature from a new angle, somewhere between photographic impressionism and artistic experimentation. [Read more]
What the horizon promises: artists explore our future at the EDF Foundation - our photos
What does the future hold? No one knows, but we can always imagine. Discover the free exhibition "What the horizon promises", on view at the EDF Foundation, from March 12 to September 28, 2025. [Read more]
L'Expo des 150, a free street-art exhibition at the Cabaret du Chat Noir: over 350 artists on a 3000 m2 site
L'Expo des 150, a street-art exhibition organized for the ephemeral opening of the Cabaret du Chat Noir, opens its doors to us from March 13 to 30, 2025, Paris 9e. The event brings together some 350 contemporary artists in an 8,000 m2 former telephone exchange. The exhibition takes over the first two floors, covering 3,000 m2. And best of all, it's free with registration! [Read more]
Colors Festival 2025: South American street art exhibition by Farid Rueda in an abandoned house
Attention street-art fans: Colors Festival unveils a new exhibition under the artistic direction of Farid Rueda. Let's wipe the slate clean and start again, and plunge into the world of South American street artists from Brazil to Mexico. From talents we don't have the heibitude to see in Paris, to more interactive works, we take you to Champigny for this immension that awaits you from February 8 to July 6, 2025. [Read more]
All Leger! Niki de Saint Phalle, Yves Klein, Keith Haring... The exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg
From March 19 to July 20, 2025, the Musée du Luxembourg presents the exhibition Tous Léger! featuring works by major figures of New Realism and their dialogues with the American art scene. A rich itinerary of nearly 100 works awaits you for the occasion. [Read more]
FEMMES: Pharrell Williams' free group show at Galerie Perrotin
Pharrell Williams takes over Galerie Perrotin with "Femmes", a free group exhibition from March 20 to April 19, 2025. Head for the Haut Marais to discover the works of 40 artists of African origin, paying tribute to black women. [Read more]
Berserk & Pyrrhia - Contemporary art and medieval art: the Frac Île-de-France exhibition
Medieval and contemporary art come together in a groundbreaking exhibition, presented at Le Plateau and Les Réserves du Frac Île-de-France, from March 21 to July 20, 2025. [Read more]
Magasins Généraux: Valentine Gardiennet's free, zany, offbeat exhibition in Pantin (93)
The Magasins Généraux in Pantin (93) are opening their doors to Valentine Gardiennet for a free exhibition from March 22 to May 18, 2025. With "It Takes a Village", the artist transforms the space into a fantasy village, oscillating between dream and weirdness, for a unique immersion experience. [Read more]
Irina Ionesco exhibition at Rachel Hardouin and La Lison galleries
From March 25 to May 6, 2025, the Rachel Hardouin and La Lison galleries will be hosting an exhibition dedicated to Irina Ionesco, featuring a selection of photographs and vintage prints never before seen in France. A double artistic event not to be missed. [Read more]
Mark Leckey exhibition at Lafayette Anticipations
Lafayette Anticipations invites you to discover Mark Leckey's first solo exhibition in Paris, from April 2 to July 20, 2025. Bringing together some twenty works and previously unseen creations, the exhibition explores the theme of ecstasy as a state of extreme emotion and a unique spiritual or bodily experience. [Read more]
Gabriele Münter exhibition at the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris
The Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris hosts the retrospective "Gabriele Münter: Peindre sans détours", from April 4 to August 24, 2025. A groundbreaking exhibition dedicated to this emblematic artist of German Expressionism. Discover nearly 170 works spanning six decades of creation, from painting to printmaking, photography and embroidery. [Read more]
Qu'importe le paysage: the Lucas Arruda exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay is devoting a monographic exhibition to the Brazilian artist Lucas Arruda, from April 8 to July 20, 2025. A plunge into his imaginary landscapes and his quest for light, in dialogue with the Impressionists. [Read more]
Into The Light, a luminous and immersive exhibition awaits us at the Grande Halle de la Villette
Into The Light is the name of the new immersive exhibition illuminating the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris from April 9 to August 31, 2025. The program features a journey through works of light, including sculptures, projections and interactive installations. [Read more]
Dear Melpomene: the Beaux-Arts exhibition in Paris revisits the muse of tragedy
A revisit of tragedy's muse through art... From April 9 to June 1, 2025, Les Beaux-Arts de Paris presents Dear Melpomene, a transhistorical exhibition that examines classical narratives and representations through some one hundred previously unseen works. [Read more]
David Hockney: the artist's largest retrospective exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
The Fondation Louis Vuitton presents "David Hockney, 25 - Do remember they can't cancel the Spring", the largest retrospective ever dedicated to the contemporary artist, from April 9 to September 1, 2025. More than 400 works - oil paintings, ink drawings, video installations and digital works - offer an immersion into the abundant universe of Hockney, whose palette is as radiant as spring! [Read more]
100% L'EXPO 2025: dates and schedule for the free contemporary exhibition at La Villette
100% L'EXPO is a free, not-to-be-missed art festival running from April 10 to May 11, 2025, at the Grande Halle de La Villette. The exhibition brings together a host of young artists just out of school, for an unprecedented discovery of the art of tomorrow. [Read more]
Artificial intelligence: Le Monde selon l'AI, the exhibition event at the Jeu de Paume
Artificial intelligence as you've never seen it before! The Jeu de Paume presents its exhibition dedicated to generative artificial intelligence, "Le Monde selon l'AI", from April 11 to September 21, 2025. Combining art, photography, cinema, literature and music, this exhibition explores the interactions between creation and new technologies in a critical and experimental approach. [Read more]
Georges Mathieu exhibition at the Monnaie de Paris
La Monnaie de Paris hosts a retrospective dedicated to Georges Mathieu, in partnership with the Centre Pompidou, from April 11 to September 7, 2025. A formal, structured exhibition to rediscover the work of this emblematic artist of lyrical abstraction. [Read more]
Megalomelancholia at Carré de Baudouin: an exhibition on space and sensitivity
Le Carré de Baudouin hosts Megalomelancholia, a group exhibition exploring the relationship between space and sensibility, through the works of several contemporary artists, from April 11 to July 19, 2025. [Read more]
The Cleaning Company: Aurore Guez's new free exhibition
Artist Aurore Guez presents La Société de Nettoyage in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. A visual and sensory immersion into a world where cleanliness becomes an obsession, to be discovered on April 12, 2025. [Read more]
A thousand and one lives: the free exhibition exploring our identities at Espace Monte-Cristo
The Espace Monte-Cristo takes us on a dreamlike and surprising new exhibition, to be discovered from April 19 to December 14, 2025. Come and see the Thousand and One Lives exhibition for free. [Read more]
L'écologie des choses: a new exhibition at the Maison de la culture du Japon in Paris
Environmental art invites itself to the Maison de la culture du Japon in Paris. On view from April 30 to July 26, 2025, the exhibition "L'écologie des choses" (The Ecology of Things) showcases the work of a number of Japanese artists, from different generations, addressing ecological issues from 1970 to the present day. [Read more]
Free 'Parade' exhibition at Domaine de Chamarande, featuring sculptor Stefan Rinck
From May 3 to September 28, 2025, the Domaine de Chamarande in the Essonne region of France honors German sculptor Stefan Rinck with "Parade". The program includes a monographic exhibition in the estate's park and orangery. An opportunity to explore, free of charge, a world where sculpture dialogues with history and social satire. [Read more]
Supersonic Mediaeval: Marianna Kennedy seen by Tilda Swinton in an exhibition at Christie's
Discover British designer Marianna Kennedy through the eyes of Tilda Swinton, in a new exhibition presented at Christie's Paris, May 5-11, 2025. [Read more]
Grandeur Nature II: the contemporary art exhibition in the gardens of the Château de Fontainebleau
From May 25 to September 21, 2025, take a stroll through the gardens of the Château de Fontainebleau and discover the works on display. The Grandeur Nature contemporary art trail is back for a 2nd summer edition, free of charge. [Read more]
Euphoria, art is in the air: the Balloon Museum's inflatable exhibition at the Grand Palais
A new inflatable exhibition arrives in the capital in the summer of 2025, after its run in Rome. The newly renovated Grand Palais will be transformed with huge installations and works of art that will amaze the whole family. [Read more]
Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hultén: a new exhibition at the Grand Palais
During its period of closure, the Centre Pompidou plans to take over several venues in Paris and elsewhere, including the Grand Palais. It is here, in this fully restored space in the heart of the capital, that the Centre Pompidou will be showcasing artists Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely, as well as the Swedish art historian Pontus Hultén, who was the first director of Beaubourg, in a never-before-seen exhibition. [Read more]
Fun Palace: the immersive exhibition at the Grand Palais
It's time for fun! The Grand Palais is hosting Fun Palace, an artistic and architectural reflection on forms of community and shared pleasure, as part of the Centre Pompidou's New Assemble program. The installation runs from June 6 to 15, 2025. [Read more]
Ernesto Neto weaves a new monumental installation at the Grand Palais
Artist Ernesto Neto invades the Grand Palais with his colorful, dreamlike installation "Nosso Barco Tambor Terra", on view from June 6 to August 3, 2025. [Read more]
Art Brut exhibition at the Grand Palais
The Grand Palais hosts the exhibition "Art Brut: Dans l'intimité d'une collection" from June 6 to September 21, 2025. A journey to the heart of works from the Bruno Decharme donation to the Centre Pompidou. [Read more]
Carte blanche à Wolfgang Tillmans, the last exhibition at the BPI of the Centre Pompidou before closing
The Centre Pompidou is giving German artist Wolfgang Tillmans carte blanche from June 13 to September 22, 2025. The artist will take over the 6,000 m² of the Bibliothèque publique d'information (Bpi) for a final exhibition before the emblematic building closes for five years of renovation. Expect an unprecedented artistic experience in which the architecture and functions of the library become the terrain for exploration by a committed artist. [Read more]
Claire Tabouret and Eva Jospin: a contemporary exhibition at the Grand Palais
Two great names in contemporary art honored by the iconic Grand Palais. From December 9, 2025 to March 15, 2026, the sublime Parisian landmark will feature the creations of two French artists, Claire Tabouret and Eva Jospin, in a never-before-seen exhibition. [Read more]
