Spring Fairs
Drawing
Late March, Paris is the capitale for Drawing late March with 2 major fairs, Salon du Dessin at Bourse where you can find “belles feuilles” from past to 20th century and Drawing Now at Carreau du Temple for a large variety of medium on paper, from the 1970-80 to today.
Salon du Dessin, March 25-30
Drawing now, March 26-29
Contemporary Art
Major meeting for the French art scene, 165 art galleries will gather at Grand Palais for Art Paris Art Fair, with events and acclaimed Art Prices like Prix BNP Paribas and Prix Her Art.
Art Paris, April 9-12
Design
Amateurs of design and interior decoration won’t miss the splendid installations of dealers and editors at Pavillon des Arts et du Design, PAD at Tuileries and the Private Choice’s selection displayed in an apartment.
PAD Paris, April 8-12
Private Choice, April 8-12
Photo and Prints
Two smaller events we’re happy to mention, a selection of photographers by Unrepresented at Le Molière and Prints at Couvent des Cordeliers.
Paris Print Fair, March 26-29
Unrepresented, April 10-12
Asian Art
New venue and expansion in 2026 for Printemps asiatique, 28 international specialist galleries, auction houses and cultural institutions will present ancient heritage to the most contemporary expressions of Asian art at Galerie Charpentier.
Printemps asiatique, June 3-12
Spring - Summer Exhibitions at Museums
Shows you shouldn’t miss in the coming months
Clair-Obscur, Bourse Pinault, until August 31
From darkness to light, around twenty modern and contemporary artists reflect issues of the present time.
Exposition générale, Fondation Cartier, until August 23
The inaugural exhibition continues, presenting works from 40 years of exhibition and collection of Fondation Cartier.
Alexandre Calder, Fondation Louis Vuitton, April 15 to August 16
50 years of creation, from the late 1920s and the first staging of the artist’s Cirque Calder performances, to the monumental sculptures that redefined public art in the 1960s and 1970s.
Nan Goldin, This Will Not End Well, Grand Palais, March 18 - June 21
First retrospective in France devoted to the videos and slideshows of the acclaimed photographer. A film is also presented in the Chapelle Saint-Louis at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital.
JR, La caverne du Pont Neuf, Pont Neuf, June 6-28
A monumental immersive installation transforming the bridge into a walk-through “cave,” blending illusion, architecture, and digital effects to rethink public space and perception.
Matisse, 1941-1954, Grand Palais, March 24 - July 26
Focus on the final creative years of Henri Matisse, revealing his new artistic language based on pure color and simplified forms with the famous gouache cut-outs.
Hilma af Klint, Grand Palais, May 6 - August 30
A visionary display of the spiritual abstraction of the painter started in 1906, that predates and redefines the history of modern art.
If you have more time…
Contemporary art
Pour Toujours, Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, until April 27
Don’t miss the installations of Gloria Friedmann, Birgit Jürgenssen, Christodoulos Panayiotou et Lawrence Weiner at the department store, curated by Maurizio Cattelan and Chiara Parisi as an extension of an exhibition at Centre Pompidou Metz.
Spring 26 season, Palais de Tokyo, April 3 - September 14
with solo shows by Pauline Curnier-Jardin, Cathy de Monchaux, Jesse Darling, Benoit Pieron and more.
Artists’s faces, from Gustave Courbet to Annette Messager, Petit Palais, March 18 - July 19
Near 100 artist’s portraits and self-portraits in paintings, sculptures, graphic arts, decorative arts, and photographs plus dotted amongst the museum’s permanent historical collections, works by some of our favorite women artists like Giulia Andreani, Nina Childress, Camille Henrot, Nathanaëlle Herbelin, Françoise Pétrovitch, Apolonia Sokol and Claire Tabouret.
MODERN ART
Leonora Carrington, Musée du Luxembourg, until July 19
A surreal journey into the painter’s mystical universe blending dreamlike imagery, feminism, and the occult.
Renoir and Love 1865-1885, Musée d’Orsay, March 17 – July 19
Retrospective dedicated to the painter's debuts.
Henri Rousseau, Musée de l’Orangerie, 25 March – 20 July
Exploration of the distinctive naïve style of the “Douanier” that influenced generations of modern artists.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Martin Parr, Jeu de Paume, until May 24
A sharp and colorful exploration of modern consumer society through ironic and candid photography.
Lee Miller, Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, April 10 - August 2
A powerful retrospective tracing Miller’s journey from fashion muse to fearless war photographer.
Dana Lixenberg — American Images, MEP, until May 24
A powerful documentary exploration of American communities that challenges the myth of the American Dream through intimate long-term portraits.