To discover beyond the Biennale

Paris Design Week

PARIS

FESTIVAL from 10 September to 19 September 2026
Venues: around 300 venues across Paris (shops, galleries, showrooms, private mansions and courtyards)

A must-attend event featuring the rising stars of the international design scene, Paris Design Week takes over the capital to celebrate the latest trends and established talents.

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Kerry James Marshall. The Histories.*

PARIS

EXHIBITION from 18 September 2026 to 24 January 2027
Venue: Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris. 11 Avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris

Curated by the Royal Academy of Arts in London together with the Kunsthaus Zurich, the exhibition Kerry James Marshall: The Histories* at the Musée d’Art Moderne is the first to showcase the artist’s work in France. A pioneering figure in contemporary Afrofuturist aesthetics and influenced by Black Studies, Marshall presents seventy works in this unprecedented exhibition.

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Fine Arts Paris

PARIS

FAIR: 19–23 September 2026
VENUE: Grand Palais, 17 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris

Fine Arts Paris invites visitors to (re)discover, over the course of five days, works of art, artists and galleries of all kinds. This week will also provide an opportunity to offer a sneak preview of the exhibition layout for the future Grand Siècle museum, due to open in 2028.

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Art Basel Paris

PARIS

FAIR: 23 September to 25 September 2026
Venue: Public programme across the city’s cultural institutions & the Grand Palais, 17 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris

Featuring 206 galleries, including more than 60 based in France, the event serves as a testament to the exceptional vitality of the French art scene and its artistic avant-garde movements. Art Basel Paris celebrates Paris’s historical and contemporary role as a melting pot for intellectuals and creative minds.

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Penn & Fashion

PARIS

EXHIBITION from 30 September 2026 to 17 January 2027
Venue: Maison Européenne de la Photographie, 5/7 Rue de Fourcy, 75004 Paris

Presented as part of the Bicentenary of Photography, this exhibition celebrates Irvinn Penn, tracing the career of an artist who left a lasting mark on the world of photography. Creative director at Vogue, formerly of the Christian Dior and Balenciaga studios, his minimalist aesthetic and exceptional mastery of composition influenced generations of photographers to come.

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Prix Marcel Duchamp

PARIS

EXHIBITION from 2 October 2026 to 7 February 2027
Venue: Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris. 11 Avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris

Since its creation in 2000 by the ADIAF, the Marcel Duchamp Prize has awarded many artists who have gone on to become key figures on the international art scene. Among this year’s five nominees is the artist Joël Andrianomearisoa, whose work is featured in the 18th Lyon Biennale.

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Clermont-Ferrand Textile Biennale

CLERMONT-FERRAND

FESTIVAL from 1 July 2026 to 10 January 2027
Venues: Events taking place across the city of Clermont-Ferrand

Beauté(s), co-produced with the Geneva Museum of Ethnography, establishes itself as a forum for debate and reflection. Inspired by the words of Edouard Glissant and Aimé Césaire, this Biennale rejects one monolithic vision of beauty, preferring instead a pluralistic approach, as an aggregate of all particularities.

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Robert Doisneau. Instants donnés

LYON

EXHIBITION from 4 September 2026
Venue: La Sucrière, 49 Quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon

To mark the Bicentenary of Photography, La Sucrière presents a retrospective exhibition of Robert Doisneau’s work, bringing together over 350 photographs spanning his career. Following its success in Paris, this new major stop on the exhibition’s international tour has been enhanced with a selection of previously unseen photographs captured in Lyon.

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Musée sentimental

LYON

EXHIBITION from 11 September 2026 to 14 March 2027
Venue: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 20 place des Terreaux, 69001 Lyon

Jointly organised by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon and the Centre Pompidou, this exhibition offers an in-depth look at artists’ collecting practices. From Daniel Spoerri to André Breton, via Wassily Kandinsky, collectionship has proved fundamental to understanding the evolution of taste and the artistic inspirations of the avant-garde movements of the early 20th century.

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