Featured Events in Paris in April 2025 (August Updated)

The Louvre’s Department of Near Eastern Antiquities is hosting ten major works from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art is currently closed for renovation. The Louvre and The Met have created a unique dialogue between these two collections, which is displayed in the Louvre’s permanent galleries. These ‘special guest’ artworks from The Met, dating from between the late 4th millennium BC and the 5th century AD, show some remarkable connections with the Louvre’s collection. In some cases, a pair of objects has been reunited for the first time, while in others, pieces complement each other by virtue of specific historical features of their respective collections. Representing Central Asia, Syria, Iran and Mesopotamia, this dialogue between collections is (re)introducing visitors to these extraordinary, age-old works of art and the stories they tell.

The Musée national Picasso-Paris collection is the fruit of an extraordinary history, made possible by the dation procedure - today it is the largest public collection of works by Picasso, the "Picassos of Picasso". Coming from the artist's studios, this collection gives us a better grasp of the aesthetic explorations of a Picasso who was by turns disconcerting, plural, contradictory, reflexive, gestural and conceptual, an aesthete and a committed activist, a tinkerer and a poet. Is he symbolist, cubist, classical, surrealist or simply figurative and political?

At the invitation of the Musée national Picasso-Paris, Argentine artist Guillermo Kuitca (b. 1961) has created a site-specific work in the chapel of the Hôtel Salé. Since his intervention at the Venice Biennale in 2007, Kuitca has developed a new language, echoing the architecture, which the artist calls ‘cubistoid painting’, in which a set of intersecting lines, like so many folds in the plane, is deployed directly on the walls, forming a new pictorial space.

From January 30, 2025,throughJanuary 4, 2026, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech invites you to experienceYves Saint Laurent: The Hamish Bowles Collection, fifty-three odes to elegance, brought to life through an outstanding loan that will enthral visitors.

When the mirror ball reflects thousands of stars, the Philharmonie de Paris is brewing a cross-century cultural carnival! This art palace famous for classical music is going to put on a gorgeous battle robe for disco music. Starting from Valentine's Day 2025, the six-month-long "Disco, I'm coming out" special exhibition will take you stepping on colorful notes and return to the golden age of freedom and rebellion. Here, every pair of dancing shoes hides a story, and every melody is a declaration of cultural revolution.

Housed in the classic rotunda structure of the Paris Stock Exchange, the Pinault Museum presents Corps et âmes, a selection of about a hundred works from the Pinault Collection, exploring the representation of the body in contemporary art as a response to the huge panorama of paintings that surround the building's glass dome. The exhibition explores the meaning of the body in contemporary thought through works by about forty artists from the Pinault Collection. Freed from all constraints of mimesis, the body - whether photographed, sculpted, painted, photographed or drawn - constantly reinvents itself, thus giving art an essential organic quality that allows it to feel the pulse of the body and the soul, like an umbilical cord.

A pioneer of Neo-Impressionism and a pillar of anarchist and libertarian circles, Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) marked his era with a profound artistic and political commitment. A painter of urban and rural landscapes and the human condition, he captured the social and industrial transformations of his time with a unique sensitivity. The first Parisian retrospective since 1983 dedicated to this major Neo-Impressionist painter, the exhibition is held just steps from where Luce resided from 1887 to 1900, on Rue Cortot. Rooted in the history of Montmartre and the contradictions of his time, the painter's work is highlighted in this exhibition, which aims to reaffirm his importance and introduce his often overlooked oeuvre to the general public. Besides the humanist character that made the man's heart beat and distinguished his entire oeuvre, landscape was the other dominant theme that animated his painting throughout his life. Luce captures light and color, revealing the beauty of urban and rural landscapes with a persistent social sensitivity. For the exhibition "Maximilien Luce, the Instinct for Landscape," the Musée de Montmartre has chosen to present his work through the prism of landscape, taking visitors on a retrospective journey between the two essential centers of his life: Paris and Rolleboise. Visitors are invited to follow the artist's wanderings from Montmartre, where he lived from 1887 to 1900, through the bustle of the Parisian streets, and through his travels from Saint-Tropez to the Pays-Noir of Charleroi, via the Netherlands, Normandy, and London.

Bubble Planet, a new immersive experience in Paris, has opened in La Villette! This interactive exhibition will take you into a sensory world full of fantasy bubbles, suitable for visitors of all ages. Here, you will explore more than ten themed areas - "LED Hall": immerse yourself in a mysterious underwater kingdom and meet exotic marine creatures; "Bubble Ocean": go deep into a deep sea world full of vibrant balloons and feel tranquility and relaxation; "Infinite Space": through the clever combination of mirrors and lights, create the illusion of endless space and challenge your sensory experience; "Selfie Room": take amazing photos for your social media and leave beautiful memories; "VR Salon": land on a wonderful planet full of magic bubbles and experience an unprecedented VR journey.

Gaza is home to a wealth of archaeological sites from all periods that are now in peril. The IMA is therefore offering an exceptional collection in more ways than one, made up of highly valuable pieces that the vagaries of history have saved from disaster and which reveal the depth of its history, a priceless treasure whose complexity is reflected in this exhibition. Since 2007, the Geneva Museum of Art and History (MAH) has become the museum-refuge for an archaeological collection of nearly 529 works belonging to the Palestinian National Authority and which have never been able to return to Gaza: these amphorae, statuettes, funerary steles, oil lamps, figurines, mosaics, etc., dating from the Bronze Age to the Ottoman era, form a collection that has become a reference in light of the recent destruction.

The Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris presents the first retrospective in France devoted to the German artist Gabriele Münter (1877-1962). Co-founder of the Munich circle of the Blue Rider (Blaue Reiter), Gabriele Münter is one of the most eminent female artists of German Expressionism. In an artistic world dominated by men, she was able to create an extremely personal and diverse body of work that spans six decades.

The Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris presents the first retrospective in France devoted to German artist Gabriele Münter (1877-1962). Co-founder of the Munich Blue Rider (Blaue Reiter) circle, Gabriele Münter is one of the most prominent female artists of German Expressionism. In a male-dominated art world, she created an extremely personal and diverse body of work spanning six decades. While her name is often associated with that of Kandinsky, who was her companion during her years in Munich (1903-1914), Gabriele Münter never ceased to reinvent herself, displaying a striking modernity, mastering a wide range of techniques and leaving behind a prolific body of work. Following the highly acclaimed retrospectives devoted to Sonia Delaunay in 2014-2015, Paula Modersohn-Becker in 2016 and Anna-Eva Bergman in 2023, the MAM is continuing its policy of presenting major female figures of modern art whose artistic careers are closely linked to the capital. The museum invites you to discover this pioneer of modern art, who began her career in Paris, where she exhibited for the first time in 1907 at the Salon des Indépendants.

In the Spring of 2025, Fondation is inviting David Hockney, one of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, to take over the entire building for an exhibition that will be exceptional in its scale and its originality. The exhibition, which will be held from 9 April to 1 September 2025, will bring together more than 400 of his works (from 1955 to 2025) including paintings from international, institutional, and private collections, as well as works from the artist’s own studio and Foundation. There will be works in a variety of media including oil and acrylic painting, ink, pencil and charcoal drawing, digital art (works on iPhone, iPad, photographic drawings…) and immersive video installations.

In the Spring of 2025, Fondation is inviting David Hockney, one of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, to take over the entire building for an exhibition that will be exceptional in its scale and its originality. The exhibition, which will be held from 9 April to 1 September 2025, will bring together more than 400 of his works (from 1955 to 2025) including paintings from international, institutional, and private collections, as well as works from the artist’s own studio and Foundation. There will be works in a variety of media including oil and acrylic painting, ink, pencil and charcoal drawing, digital art (works on iPhone, iPad, photographic drawings…) and immersive video installations.

The exhibition "Agnès Varda's Paris, Here and There" explores the work of Agnès Varda (1928-2019) from a unique perspective. It showcases the artist's still little-known photographic oeuvre and reveals the pivotal role of the courtyard-studio on Rue Daguerre (Paris 14th arrondissement), a space where she lived and created from 1951 to 2019. More generally, it demonstrates the importance of Paris in a free and abundant oeuvre that never takes easy paths and wonderfully creates a dialogue between documentary and fiction.

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles welcomes the Disney 100: L'Exposition! This exhibition brings together more than 250 precious collections, including classic animation manuscripts, movie props, costumes and accessories, taking you through Disney's 100-year creative process. The exhibition is divided into ten themed galleries, covering classic animations from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" in 1937 to "Moana" in 2021, as well as modern works such as Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars. Interactive installations, immersive experiences and rare exhibits will take you into the magical world of Disney and feel the charm of each story.

This exhibition deliberately makes such blurriness a key that opens another interpretation of a whole area of modern and contemporary visual creation. Initially defined as “loss of distinctness”, blurriness has shown itself to be the favourite means of expression in a world where instability reigns and visibility is clouded. It was on the ruins left by the Second Word War that this out-of-focus aesthetic took root and began to deploy its inevitably political dimension. The Cartesian principle of discernment, which had prevailed in art for so long, now appeared altogether inoperative. With the erosion of visible certainties and in the face of the range of possibilities available to them as a result, artists came up with new approaches, shaping their works out of the transitory, disorder, movement, incompleteness and doubt… Taking note of a fundamental shift in the world order, they opted for the indeterminate, the indistinct and allusion. This distancing from naturalistic clarity went hand-in-hand with a quest for polysemy, expressed by a permeability of mediums and more importance being assigned to the beholder’s interpretation. Instrument of sublimation as much as manifestation of a latent truth, blurriness became both symptom and remedy of a world in search of meaning.

Guillaume Bottazzi a réalisé un tableau fruité en face du parc Montsouris. Il est visible de l’extérieur, au 34-36 avenue Reille, à Paris dans le 14ème arrondissement. Ce tableau apporte l’art ou on ne l’attend pas forcément et accompagne le quotidien des habitants. Cette huile sur toile de lin mesure 0,90m de haut par 1,80m de large. Elle a été conçue pour habiller l’entrée d’un bâtiment et dialogue avec les éléments qui l’entourent. L’artiste a déjà créé plus de 65 œuvres dans des espaces publics, comme un polyptique de 100m² à Paris La Défense, à Hong-Kong ou au Japon où il est l'auteur de la plus grande peinture du Pays, commandée par le Musée International d'Art Miyanomori. Ses œuvres font partie de collections muséales, notamment en Asie et aux Etats-Unis.

Guillaume Bottazzi a réalisé un tableau fruité en face du parc Montsouris. Il est visible de l’extérieur, au 34-36 avenue Reille, à Paris dans le 14ème arrondissement. Ce tableau apporte l’art ou on ne l’attend pas forcément et accompagne le quotidien des habitants.Cette huile sur toile de lin mesure 0,90m de haut par 1,80m de large. Elle a été conçue pour habiller l’entrée d’un bâtiment et dialogue avec les éléments qui l’entourent. L’artiste a déjà créé plus de 65 œuvres dans des espaces publics, comme un polyptique de 100m² à Paris La Défense, à Hong-Kong ou au Japon où il est l'auteur de la plus grande peinture du Pays, commandée par le Musée International d'Art Miyanomori. Ses œuvres font partie de collections muséales, notamment en Asie et aux Etats-Unis. Site internet de Guillaume Bottazzi : https://www.guillaume.bottazzi.org

FOR HER SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE FONDATION AS PART OF THE OPEN SPACE PROGRAMME, TABITA REZAIRE PRESENTS THE FILM "DES/ASTRES" (2024), THE LAST PART OF A TRILOGY DEVOTED TO THE TIES THAT HUMANITY FORGES WITH THE COSMOS.

From 9 April to 31 August 2025, the Musée Marmottan Monet presents the exhibition ‘Eugène Boudin, the father of Impressionism : a private collection’. Collector Yann Guyonwarc’h has assembled a collection of works by Eugène Boudin (1824 – 1898) that is unrivalled in any museum in the world. Every facet of the artist’s career is represented, from his first paintings in Le Havre to his final trip to Venice; from private sketches to paintings for the Salon (including one of the two largest beach scenes ever painted by Boudin). The works in this prestigious collection are matched with the holdings of the Musée Marmottan Monet, to highlight the dialogue between Boudin and his main pupil, Claude Monet. Thanks to the participation of the Durand-Ruel archives, the relationship between the two artists and their main dealer is also explored.

Since 2019, the museum has invited a contemporary artist to come and dialogue with its collection. For the ninth edition of these “Unexpected Dialogues.”, it has chosen to invite Françoise Pétrovitch. A major artist on the French and international art scene. In this “Unexpected Dialogue”, presented from April 9 to September 14, 2025, she has chosen another woman artist, Berthe Morisot, with whom she shares the themes of portraiture, childhood, adolescence and intimacy. Here, the parallel between Morisot’s Roses trémières and Pétrovitch’s Soleils highlights another bridge between the two painters: the very embodied, interior relationship with nature.

A retrospective, the exhibition retraces the artistic journey of the founder of lyrical abstraction, Georges Mathieu (1921-2012), in eight chronological and thematic sections. As early as 1947, seeking to capture the creative moment, Mathieu rejected geometric art forms in favor of spontaneous, gestural painting, marked by speed of execution and raw emotion. This quest for freedom sometimes led him to create his large abstract compositions in public. Deeply curious, Mathieu also devoted his energy and style to the applied arts: tableware for the Manufacture de Sèvre, posters for Air France, and a series of medals for the Monnaie de Paris – including the iconic 10-franc coin minted in 1974. The exhibition presents Mathieu's large-scale works, held by the Musée National d'Art Moderne, and medals minted in the Mint's workshops, alongside emblematic paintings and decorative works from public and private collections.

The exhibition The World Through AI presents a selection of works created between 2016 and today, many of them previously unseen, which raise the question of how we experience the world “according to AI” or “through the prism of AI”. Specially designed for the Jeu de Paume, the exhibition reflects the fundamental distinction between “analytical AI” (which includes computer vision and facial recognition systems) and “generative AI”. Time capsules, designed as cabinets of curiosities, link the present to the past, placing current transformations in a historical perspective.

While Khmer art is known around the world for its stone monuments, recent excavations have provided dramatic breakthroughs regarding our knowledge about its significant bronze statues.

From the creation of the journal Présence Africaine to Revue Noire, "Paris Noir" traces the presence and influence of Black artists in France from the 1940s to the 2000s. The exhibition highlights 150 African and Afro-descendant artists, from Africa to the Americas, whose works have often never been shown in France. All contributed to a cosmopolitan Paris—a place of resistance and creativity—that fostered a wide variety of practices, from identity awareness to the search for transcultural artistic languages. Their impact is particularly significant in the redefinition of modernities and postmodernities.The exhibition explores half a century of struggles for emancipation, from African independence movements to the fall of apartheid, including battles against racism in France.

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From September 20, 2024 through May 4, 2025, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris presents The Flowers of Yves Saint Laurent.Designed by curators Olivier Saillard and Gaël Mamine, the exhibition follows an opening exhibition on view at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech from March 2, 2024 through January 5, 2025. For the first time, the two museums have joined forces to mount a joint exhibition devoted to a major theme in the designer's work.

The Jean-Jacques Henner Museum in Paris is hosting a group exhibition of 19th-century female artists, showcasing works by female artists from Jean-Jacques Henner's "Ladies' Workshop". The exhibition features 80 paintings, sketches, letters and photographs, looking back on the careers of 17 female artists including Louise Abbéma, Madeleine Smith, Juana Romani, Ottilie Roederstein, Dorothy Tennant, and showcasing the artistic training, female friendship and creative ability of female artists in the late 19th century.