From open-air sculptures to world-renowned fairs and must-see exhibitions, there’s no shortage of inspiration this spring. To make things easy, we’ve put together a guide to the season’s best—so get ready to explore!
Discover Paris’s art treasures this autumn with Art Fix’s curated map — your perfected guide to navigating the city’s most inspiring galleries and hidden gems, right from your phone.
ART FAIRS
Art Paris
- 3 – 6 April ‘25
- Grand Palais Éphémère, Place Joffre
- artparis.com
Art Paris is back with a bang at the Grand Palais. Tickets are available here.
MUST-SEE MUSEUM SHOWS
David Hockney | Fondation Louis Vuitton
- 9 Apr – 1 Sep ’25
- 8 av. du Mahatma Gandhi, Paris
- fondationlouisvuitton.fr
Get ready to dive into the vibrant world of David Hockney. His iconic splashes of color will instantly transport you into the spirit of spring.
Chiharu Shiota | Grand Palais
- Until 18 Mar ‘25
- 3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, Paris, France
- grandpalais.fr
Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota is renowned for her mesmerizing installations of interwoven threads. This immersive experience invites visitors to explore her poetic and evocative creations.
Art Fix tip: Right across from the Grand Palais is the Petit Palais, where you’ll find a hidden gem of a café in the courtyard. Perfect for a light lunch or a relaxed drink. An oasis of serenity right in the heart of the bustling city.
Lucas Aruda | Musée d’Orsay
- 8 April – 20 July ‘25
- Esplanade Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
- museedorsay.org
Step into the luminous, dreamlike horizons of Lucas Arruda—where light, memory, and mystery converge in a breathtaking exhibition, not unlike the Impressionists.
Arthur Jafa | Bourse de Commerce
- Until 25 Aug ‘25
- 2 Rue de Viarmes
- pinaultcollection.com
As a prelude to the Corps et Ames exhibition, three films will be shown by this artist and filmmaker in the Rotunda, in Galerie 2 and the Studio.
Note: the rest of the museum is closed until 5 March.
Antonio Oba, Cantor de Coral - Estudo, 2023
Corps et Âmes | Bourse de Commerce
- Until 25 Aug ‘25
- 2 Rue de Viarmes
- pinaultcollection.com
Corps et Âmes explores the body in contemporary art, from Rodin to Duane Hanson and Baselitz to Ana Mendieta, through painting, sculpture, photography, and more.
David Claerbout | Musée de l’Orangerie
- 12 Mar – 9 June ‘25
- Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
- musee-orangerie.fr
There’s a simple, quiet beauty to the scenes painted by Belgian artist (and teacher at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam) David Claerbout. Spring came early!
Suzanne Valadon | Centre Pompidou
- Until 26 May ‘25
- Place Georges-Pompidou, Paris
- centrepompidou.fr
During her time, Suzanne Valadon was somewhat an outsider – working on the fringes of cubism, abstraction and realism, her paintings seem to defy categorisation. Without succumbing to voyeurism, her nude paintings reveal something universal about the human experience.
Raphaël Barontini | Palais de Tokyo
- Until 11 May ‘25
- 13 Avenue du Président Wilson
- palaisdetokyo.com
Foregrounding a reimagination of Afro-Carribbean history, Barontini’s solo exhibition comprises space-filling installations created specifically for the occasion.
Olga de Amaral | Fondation Cartier
- Until 16 March ‘25
- 261 Boulevard Raspail
- fondationcartier.com
Always admired Amaral’s work, like us? Don’t miss this spellbound exhibition, where the Colombian artist weaves magic with her textile art— blurring the lines between sculpture, painting, and tapestry in a truly captivating experience.
Degenerate Art | Musée Picasso Paris
- Until 25 May ‘25
- 5 Rue de Thorigny
- museepicassoparis.fr
During the rise of the Nazis in the pre-WWII period, ‘degenerate’ art (work by artists such as Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Marc Chagall) was blacklisted from culture. This exhibition brings together over 37 artists’ work that scandalised the cultural gatekeepers of German cultural heritage.
Art Fix Tip: Guillermo Kuitca created a site-specific work in the chapel of the Hôtel Salé. Check it out here.
Matisse and Marguerite | Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
- 4 Apr – 24 Aug ‘25
- 11 Avenue du Président Wilson
- mam.paris.fr
Through Her Father’s Eyes shows Matisse’s view of his eldest daughter, Marguerite Duthuit-Matisse – an essential, but discreet, figure in his family circle.
TIP: Until 13 July, Oliver Beer’s Reanimation films will also be on show: mam.paris.fr
Nadia Léger | Musée Maillol
- Until 23 Mar ‘25
- 59 – 61 Rue de Grenelle
- museemaillol.com
You’ve probably heard of Fernand Léger, but have you heard of his prolific wife, Nadia? This exhibition spotlights the lesser-credited woman, whose work ranged from painting, magazine editing, resistance fighting to activism.
Christian Dior | La Galerie Dior
- Until 4 May ’25
- 1 Rue François 1er
- galeriedior.com
La Galerie Dior is a museum dedicated to the legacy of Christian Dior, highlights the designer’s early beginnings as an art dealer, a role that greatly influenced his creative vision before he revolutionised the fashion world with his iconic haute couture designs.
Art Fix Tip: After exploring La Galerie Dior, step into Café Dior—a chic oasis where Parisian elegance meets indulgence.
Guillaume Bresson | Versailles
- Until 25 May ‘25
- Place d’Armes, Versailles
- chateauversailles.fr
The intense realism of French contemporary artist Guillaume Bresson will stop you in your tracks. A rising star in figurative painting, his works seem to call back to earlier traditions of realism and drama.
OUTDOOR HIGHLIGHTS
Public art in Paris is an integral part of the city’s cultural landscape, blending seamlessly into its historic streets and modern spaces. Some iconic highlights include:
Les Deux Plateaux by Daniel Buren at Palais Royal
- Place Colette
- wikipedia.org
Nestled near the Louvre, the Palais Royal has evolved from royal residence to revolutionary hotspot, and today it’s a chic cultural playground, with galleries, cafés, and the iconic art installation the 260 black-and-white striped columns by Daniel Buren known as the Colonnes de Buren, adding a bold modern twist to its rich history.
Various artists | Tuileries Garden
- Public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde
- Open to the public 24/7
A beautiful open-air museum where sculptures by artists like Rodin, Giuseppe Penone, and Louise Bourgeois are scattered throughout.
Jeff Koons | Outside Petit Palais
- Behind the Petit-Palais, just off the Champs-Élysées
- Open to the public 24/7
This is a monumental sculpture, gifted to the city as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 terrorist attacks, featuring a hand holding tulip-like balloons, symbolising remembrance, hope, and the spirit of the city.
GET EXCITED!
JR | Projet Pont Neuf
- 22 Sep – 5 Oct ’25
- Pont Neuf, Paris, France
- paris.fr
In September 2025, the 40th anniversary of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s iconic wrapping of the Pont Neuf will be celebrated in style. Contemporary artist JR will honor their legacy with Projet Pont Neuf, a stunning two-week installation transforming the bridge into a stone-like grotto, merging art and reality.
GALLERIES
MARAIS (3rd & 4th Arr.)
Xie Lei | Semoise Gallery
- Until 15 Mar ‘25
- 44 Rue Quincampoix
- semiose.com
Xie Lei’s paintings blur identities and boundaries, drawing us into a world where meaning is fluid and nothing is set in stone.
Antonio Obá | Mendes Wood DM
- Until 27 Mar ‘25
- 25 Place des Vosges
- mendeswooddm.com
Festim da alma reflects on the cycles of life through moments of celebration and ritual, with Obá’s work using the image of childhood to explore both the joy and sadness found in life’s fleeting moments.
Oliver Beer | Thaddaeus Ropac
- Until 19 Apr ‘25
- 7 Rue Debelleyme
- ropac.net
Beer’s Resonance Paintings turn sound into stunning visual art, using vibrations to shape vibrant, dynamic forms that fuse music, space, and color into a captivating sensory experience.
Georgia Russell | Karsten Greve
- Until 5 Apr ‘25
- 5 Rue Debelleyme
- galerie-karsten-greve.com
Georgia Russell weaves together vibrant layers of organza and colorful canvas prints, transforming fabric and paint into dynamic, living textures that shimmer with life and evoke elemental energy.
Serge Poliakoff | Almine Rech
- Until 1 Mar ‘25
- 64 Rue de Turenne
- alminerech.com
Through his daily summer routine of creating gouache series, Poliakoff transformed each piece into a stepping stone for his bold and vibrant oil paintings.
FEMMES, curated by Pharrell Williams | Perrotin
- 20 Mar – 19 Apr ’25
- 76 Rue de Turenne
- perrotin.com
Curated by the world-renowned hitmaker-turned-creative director of Louis Vuitton, this exhibition is a vibrant celebration of black women artists, reflecting Pharrell Williams’ eclectic taste.
Clear History | Perrotin
- Until 1 March
- 10 Impasse Saint-Claude
- perrotin.com
Clear History brings together artists who explore what remains when we try to erase the past—where art holds onto what a simple click cannot delete. Photo by Alison Jackson, the artist who turns celebrity culture on its head—staging scandalous “private” moments with eerily convincing lookalikes.
Raymond Saunders | David Zwirner
- Until 22 Mar ‘25
- 108 Rue Vieille du Temple
- davidzwirner.com
Saunders’ flowers and urns, rich with transatlantic symbolism, bloom as delicate reflections on both nature’s fleeting beauty and his own journey.
Ornaghi & Prestinari | Galleria Continua
- Until 19 Mar ‘25
- 87 Rue du Temple
- galleriacontinua.com
This multidisciplinary couple captures the disorienting blur of time and emotion, turning the chaos of the Lockdown into a suspended atmosphere where past, present, and future dissolve into one undefined state.
James Welling | Marian Goodman
- Until 8 March ‘25
- 79 & 66 Rue du Temple
- mariangoodman.com
Welling’s new photographs, created during a 2024 residency in Rome, explore a range of themes by focusing on architectural details and natural forms, blending mathematical order with the digital foundation of photography.
RIVE GAUCHE (6th Arr)
Marie Bovo | Mennour
- Until 15 Mar ‘25
- 5 Rue du Pont de Lodi
- mennour.com
Just before nightfall, in locations carefully chosen after having walked through them in the day time, Marie Bovo installs her camera obscura in the forest, to capture the unique light of moonlit landscapes.
AV MATIGNON AREA (8th Arr)
Francis Picabia | Hauser and Wirth
- Until 12 March ‘25
- 26 bis Rue François 1er
- hauserwirth.com
This exhibition presents over 40 post-war works by Francis Picabia, focusing on his unique final period (1945-1953) and showcasing a bold, nonfigurative language that marked a shift from his earlier styles.
Mary Stephenson | White Cube
- Until 22 Feb ‘25
- 10 Avenue Matignon
- whitecube.com
In Mary! Go Round, Mary Stephenson’s new paintings use oil paint to explore the unconscious, creating dreamlike spaces where abstract forms and memories come together.
Lakwena Maciver | Marian Ibrahim
- Until 29 March ‘25
- 18 Avenue Matignon
- marianeibrahim.com
Lakwena Maciver’s I’m in Your Hands celebrates masculinity through a bold, female lens, transforming the vibrant energy of African diasporic barbershops into futuristic, hand-painted portraits that blend tradition, identity, and vulnerability.
Tom Wesselman | Galerie Lelong
- Until 8 March ‘25
- 38 avenue Matignon, Paris
- galerie-lelong.com
This exhibition unveils Tom Wesselmann’s steel drawings for the first time, where his iconic lines float off the paper and wall, blending his love for drawing with a bold, sculptural twist.
PALAIS ROYAL (1st Arr.)
Henri Moore | Gagosian
- Until 22 Mar ‘25
- 9, rue de Castiglione
- gagosian.com
Moore and Malaparte: Rhythm and Form, features Henry Moore’s small sculptures and drawings alongside exclusive furniture from Casa Malaparte, highlighting the shared fascination with organic forms and their interplay with architecture.
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED: ART AT THE PERIPHERIES OF PARIS
James Turrell | Gagosian Le Bourget
- Until Summer ‘25
- 26 Avenue de l’Europe
- gagosian.com
Lose yourself in light and colour as Turrell turns space into a playground of glowing tones. It’s a playful yet deeply meditative journey into the magic of light, where space and art collide into one.
Alex Katz | Thaddaeus Ropac Pantin
- Until 12 April ‘25
- 69 Avenue du Général Leclerc
- ropac.net
Missed Katz’ Venice Biennale show last year? Now’s your chance to see his major works from 2021-2022, including fashion-inspired pieces, ocean scenes, and vibrant grasslands.
The Ability to Dream | Galleria Continua Les Moulins
- 30 Mar ‘25
- 46 Rue de la Ferté Gaucher, Boissy-le-Châtel
- galleriacontinua.com
The Ability to Dream is the title of this groupshow, and of a documentary, retracing thirty years of Galleria Continua’s history, through the voices and memories of some of the main characters of this incredible adventure.
CROISSAINTS
La Maison d’Isabelle
- 47 Boulevard Saint-Germain (5th Arr.)
- maison_isabelle_paris
Des Gateau et du Pain
- 89 Rue du Bac (7th Arr.)
- desgateauxetdupain.com
RESTAURANTS FOR LUNCH
Chez Georges
- 1, rue du Mail (2nd Arr.)
- chezgeorgesruedumail
Le Petit Célestin
- 12 Quai des Celestins (4th Arr.)
- lepetitcelestin
Localino
- 10, rue de l’Odeon (6th Arr.)
- localinoparis
Freddy’s
- 54 Rue de Seine (6th Arr.)
- instagram.com
Le Petit Lutetia
- 107 Rue de Sevres (6th Arr.)
- le-petit-lutetia.paris
RESTAURANTS FOR DINNER
Saint Laurent Sushi Park Paris
- 8 Rue du 29 Juillet (1st Arr.)
- sushiparkparis.ysl.com
Saint Laurent has opened Sushi Park Paris, the iconic Los Angeles Japanese restaurant, in the basement of its Rive Droite boutique in Paris!
A l’Epi d’Or
- 25 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1st Arr.)
- a-lepi-dor
Bistro des Tournelles
- 6 rue des Tournelles (4th Arr.)
- bistrotdestournelles.com
Ojii
- 6 rue Perronet (7th Arr.)
- ojii.fr
La Petite Chaise
- 36 Rue de Grenelle (7th Arr.)
- lapetitechaise.fr
Tempete
- 5 Cour des Petites Écuries (10th Arr.)
- tempete.paris
Neni Paris
- 12, Boulevard de Denain (opposite Gare du Nord!) (10th Arr.)
- neniparis.fr
Osteria Goto
- 151 Bd Voltaire (11th Arr.)
- osteriagoto.com
Jones
- 43 rue G.Cavaignac (11th Arr.)
- jonescaferestaurant.com
Le Servan
- 32 Rue Saint Maur (11th Arr.)
- leservan.fr
DRINKS
La Palette
- 42 Rue de Seine (6th Arr.)
- lapalette.officiel
Cravan
- 165, boulevard Saint Germain (6th Arr.)
- cravanparis.com
Clown Bar
- 114 rue Amelot (11th Arr.)
- clownbar.fr
HOTELS
CitizenM Paris Opera
- 18 Rue de Croissant (2nd Arr.)
- citizenm.com
One of Art Fix’s all time favorites and a guaranteed good night’s sleep. Bonus points if you find two of our limited edition prints hanging in the lobby!
Hotel National des Arts et Métiers
- 24 3 Rue Saint Martin (3rd Arr.)
- hotelnational.paris
This hotel bar has everything and more – a dark sexy bar and the most fabulous artisan cocktails. Lots of smoke and mirrors!
