Whether wandering the Marais or crossing the Champs-Élysées under twinkling holiday lights, this is the season to see Paris through art’s most captivating lens. We’ve organised everything by arrondissement, starting with the sparkliest – le septième – complete cozy coffee spots, festive bites, and drinks to keep you warm during your art-filled days. Allons-y!
7TH & 8TH ARR.
Eiffel Tower illuminations
- 2 rue de Viarmes
- toureiffel.paris
Aside from all the mulled wine, roasting chestnuts, and Bûche de Noël, nothing says Christmas in Paris like the hourly shimmering lights of the Eiffel Tower.
Art Fix tip: The Eiffel Tower’s sparkle effect uses 20,000 individual bulbs – 5,000 on each side. It takes two dozen climbers several months to install them, and the sparkling was originally added for the year 2000 celebrations… but people loved it so much, Paris made it permanent!
Festive illuminations
- Until Jan ’26
- Between Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe
Christmas isn’t Christmas without sparkling illuminations! Head straight to the Champs Élysées, where over a million (yes, literally!) sparkling lights blanket the 400 street trees between Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe.
Le Grand Palais de Glaces
- Until 7 Jan ’26
- 7 Avenue Winston Churchill
- grandpalais.fr
During the holiday season, the main hall of the Grand Palais turns into the world largest indoor skating rink at 2,700 m².
Light Cycles
- Until 31 Jan ’26
- Parc La Villette, Folie des Fêtes
- lightcycles-experience.com
Light Cycles transforms Parc La Villette into a hypnotic choreography of shifting rays and shadows, turning everyday spaces into luminous, dream-like encounters.
Eva Jospin & Claire Tabouret | Grand Palais
- Until 15 Mar ‘26
- 17 avenue du Général Eisenhower
- grandpalais.fr
Two exhibitions for the price of one ticket – this is an absolute showstopper to close the year. Two contemporary art heavyweights, taking over the gallery.
Niki de Saint Phalle | Grand Palais
- Until 4 Jan ‘25
- 17 avenue du Général Eisenhower
- grandpalais.fr
Step inside the radical, playful universe of Niki de Saint Phalle & Jean Tinguely – a rebellious love story brought to life by Pontus Hulten.
Niki de Saint Phalle photographed by Michiko Matsumoto in her studio
Art Fix tip: Did you know that Niki was a good schoolfriend of Henri Matisse’s granddaughter? Read more about her fascinating life in our story, ‘Shotguns to Sculptures.’
We are Here | Petit Palais
- Until 19 Jan ‘26
- Avenue Winston Churchill
- petitpalais.paris
For the first time, the Petit Palais opens its doors to urban art, with monumental works from over 60 street artists—including Seth’s striking La Tour de Babel—creating a bold, free-flowing dialogue with the museum’s historic collections.
Bilal Hamdad | Petit Palais
- Until 8 Feb ‘26
- Avenue Winston Churchill
- petitpalais.paris
Bilal Hamdad captures urban solitude in Parisian scenes, inviting visitors to see the city through a fresh, painterly lens.
John Singer Sargent | Musée D’Orsay
- Until 11 Jan ‘26
- Esplanade Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
- musee-orsay.fr
John Singer Sargent’s ‘Dazzling Paris’ exhibition celebrates the artist’s transformative decade in the French capital, showcasing over 90 works that not only reveal his mastery of portraiture but continue to inspire generations of artists today.
Bridget Riley | Musée D’Orsay
- Until 25 Jan ‘26
- Esplanade Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
- musee-orsay.fr
Riley was a leading figure in optical art, whose hypnotic artworks have an entrancing effect on their viewers. This exhibition explores her relationship with the post-impressionist master, Georges Seurat.
Laurie Simmons | Almine Rech
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 18 avenue Matignon
- alminerech.com
Laurie Simmons revisits her 1970s dollhouse photographs, exploring themes of domesticity and gender roles, while introducing new works that incorporate AI-generated elements, offering a contemporary perspective on these enduring subjects.
Jeffrey Gibson | Hauser & Wirth
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 26 bis rue François 1er
- hauserwirth.com
Following a highly celebrated solo exhibition representing the US at the 60th Venice Biennale last year, the Choctaw/Cherokee painter makes his Paris debut this winter – coinciding with the unveiling of a new façade work at MoMA New York.
Enrico David | White Cube
- Until 19 Dec ‘25
- 10 avenue Matignon
- whitecube.com
Enrico David’s solo show at White Cube takes you on a journey through new sculptures, tapestries and drawings – a rich exploration of how the body transforms, changes and surprises us.
Door to the Cosmos | Mariane Ibrahim
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 18 avenue Matignon
- marianeibrahim.com
A captivating group exhibition blending together art, history, and imagination – inviting viewers to explore new worlds and connections beyond our own.
Albert Oehlen | Gagosian
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 4 rue de Ponthieu
- gagosian.com
Albert Oehlen reimagines the art historical theme of bathing with bold, expressive paintings that blend figuration and abstraction, inviting viewers to experience a fresh perspective on a timeless subject.
DINNER: Le Grand Café
- 1 place Clemenceau
- legrandcafe-paris.com
A beautifully curated experience overlooking the Petit Palais – effortlessly elegant atmosphere, soaring ceilings, soft lighting, classic French décor, and live music in the evenings.
DINNER: Le Voltaire
- 27 Quai Voltaire
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DINNER: Bistrot Paul Chêne
- 123 rue Lauriston
- instagram.com
1ST & 2ND ARR.
MINIMAL | Bourse de Commerce
- Until 19 Jan ‘26
- 2 rue de Viarmes
- pinaultcollection.com
Tracing minimalism from its radical 1960s beginnings to its global resonance, this major group show reimagines a movement too often reduced to clean lines and empty space.
Jacques-Louis David | Louvre
- Until 26 Jan ’26
- Rue de Rivoli
- louvre.fr
Don’t miss the epic retrospective of Jacques‑Louis David. His scalpel-sharp neoclassical scenes give the French Revolution and Napoleonic spectacle a polished, theatrical twist. You’d almost expect his canvases to burst into applause after the successful heist.
132nd Ordinary Meeting of the Conference © Luc Delahaye
Luc Delahaye | Jeu de Paume
- Until 4 Jan ‘26
- 1 place de la Concorde
- jeudepaume.org
From the frontlines of history to the frontiers of art, Luc Delahaye transforms the real into the monumental through moving photojournalism.
Michel Paysant, De la Suite Eden Extraits de l'Herbier Numérique de Giverny (Giverny Digital Herbarium) Lys Oranges, 2025, © Adagp, Paris, 2025
Michel Paysant | Musée de l’Orangerie
- Until 26 Jan ‘26
- Jardin des Tuileries
- musee-orangerie.fr
Paysant revisits art historical masterpieces using a plotter that maps the artist’s eye movements as he looks at works by Monet – the eye, rather than his hand, becomes the tool.
Exposition Générale | Fondation Cartier
- Until 23 Aug ‘26
- 2 place du Palais-Royal
- fondationcartier.com
Celebrate the kick-off of a brand new era for Fondation Cartier in a new location with forty years’ worth of art.
DINNER: Chez Georges
- 1 Rue du Mail
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DINNER: Racines
- 8 Pass. des Panoramas
- racinesparis.com
DRINKS & BITES: Les Oeillets
- 137 Rue Saint-Maur
- instagram.com
3RD & 4TH ARR.
The Studio [L’atelier], 1969, Promised gift of Musa Guston Mayer to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Philip Guston | Musée Picasso
- Until 1 March ’26
- 5 rue de Thorigny
- museepicassoparis.fr
Step into the witty, bold world of Philip Guston — where cartoonish masks and painterly revolt meet to flip the script on cultural power and leave you in awe of the art world’s delicious, subversive punchline.
Art Fix Tip: Guillermo Kuitca created a site-specific work in the chapel of Musée Picasso. Check it out here.
Raymond Pettibon | Musée Picasso Paris
- Until 1 March ‘26
- 5 rue de Thorigny
- museepicassoparis.fr
Seventy drawings, a dozen fanzines, and a relentless dissection of the American dream by Raymond Pettibon.
Recorda XIII © François Rouan, Templon
François Rouan | Templon Gallery
- Until 31 Dec ‘25
- 28 rue du Grenier Saint-Lazare
- templon.com
François Rouan’s entrancing woven canvases and wax-shrouded forms unfold quietly, revealing their secrets only to the patient gaze.
Abdoulaye Konaté | Templon Gallery
- Until 31 Dec ‘25
- 30 rue Beaubourg
- templon.com
From Cameroonian bazin and West African offcuts, Konaté weaves blazing meditations on fanaticism and hope – textile paintings where color becomes both protest and prayer.
© Precious Okoyomon; Mendes Wood DM
Precious Okoyomon | Mendes Wood DM
- Until 17 Jan ‘26
- 25 place des Vosges
- mendeswooddm.com
In Okoyomon’s ecosystem, bears in lace underwear inhabit glass bubbles – captured in intimate spheres that address vulnerability and selfhood.
Christopher Le Brun | Almine Rech
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 64 rue de Turenne
- alminerech.com
Over months of layered gestures, Christopher Le Brun builds paintings like geological time – brushstrokes deposited as sedimentary layers that offer endless wandering.
Badende (Small Bather), 1994 © Gerhard Richter
Gerhard Richter | David Zwirner
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 108 rue Vieille du Temple
- davidzwirner.com
Gerhard Richter moves between mediums like a scientist at play: photographs blur into paintings, with each work interrogating the last.
Arrangement, 2025 © Paul Sietsema; Marian Goodman
Paul Sietsema | Mariane Goodman
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 79 rue du Temple
- mariangoodman.com
Paul Sietsema transforms obsolete telephones, forged Pollocks, and broken CDs into ghostly reliquaries – paintings that mute transmission and turn cultural currency back into raw material.
Thandiwe Muriu | 193 Gallery
- Until 15 Jan ‘26
- 24 rue Béranger
- 193gallery.com
In this Kenyan artist’s portraits, richly patterned textiles become the subject, rather than the backdrop – a bold reimagining of identity, memory and heritage through colour and fabric.
Berlinde De Bruyckere | Galleria Continua
- Until 30 Dec ‘25
- 87 rue du Temple
- galleriacontinua.com
This exhibition immerses visitors in a world where fragility and resilience intertwine, featuring monumental wax sculptures and intimate glass-domed pieces that explore the complexities of the human condition.
Sean Scully | Thaddaeus Ropac
- Until 17 Jan ‘26
- 7 rue Debelleyme
- ropac.net
These deep-blue paintings transform colour into memory and mood. Sean Scully is a master in powerful, emotionally rich portraits of light and feeling.
Jean-Michel Othoniel | Perrotin
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 76 rue de Turenne
- perrotin.com
Jean-Michel Othoniel transforms the gallery into a luminous labyrinth, where mirrored glass sculptures compel reflection on beauty and the passage of time.
Art Fix tip: Don’t miss Perrotin’s freshly opened shop on Rue de Turenne, a sleek standout for limited editions, art books, and finely curated objects by the gallery’s artists.
LUNCH: Recoin
- 60 rue Saint-Sabin
- instagram.com
DINNER: Shana
- 14 rue Saint-Sauveur
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DINNER: Arcance 17
- 17 Rue Charlot
- arcane17.fr
DRINKS & BITES: Clown Bar
- 114 rue Amelot
- clownbar.fr
Merci
- 111 bd Beaumarchais
- merci-merci.com
Merci is at its best this time of year. Pick up a gift for someone you love, and earn yourself a heartfelt merci.
5TH & 6TH ARR.
Pierre Soulages | Musée du Luxembourg
- Until 11 Jan ‘26
- 19 rue de Vaugirard
- museeduluxembourg.fr
Rediscover the genius of Pierre Soulages – also known as ‘the painter of black’ – in this showstopping retrospective that brings together a whopping 130 works produced between the 1940s and early 2000s.
Lee Ufan | Mennour
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 6 rue du Pont de Lodi
- mennour.com
Internationally acclaimed Mono-ha artist Lee Ufan is making his way to Paris – we love his quietly pragmatic, meditative artworks that have been shown all over the world, including venues like Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; and the Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan.
Daniel Buren | Mennour
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 47 rue Saint-André-des-Arts
- mennour.com
Buren transforms the gallery into a dynamic interplay of colour and form, inviting visitors to engage with art that responds to its environment – perfect for a dreary autumn day.
Magdalena Abakanowicz | Musée Bourdelle
- Until 12 Apr ’26
- 18 rue Antoine-Bourdelle
- bourdelle.paris.fr
In ‘The Fabric of Existence’, Polish textile artist Magdalena Abakanowicz weaves together a story of feminine resistance, geopolitical history, and humanity – revealing seventy works.
LUNCH: Casa Bini
- 36 Rue Grégoire de Tours
- casabini.fr
Paris
Le Petit Lutetia
- 107 Rue de Sèvres
- le-petit-lutetia.paris
LUNCH: Crying Tiger
- 72 rue du Cherche-Midi
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DINNER: Le Cherche Midi
- 22 Rue du Cherche-Midi
- instagram.com
DINNER: Localino
- 10 Rue de l’Odéon
- instagram.com
DRINKS & BITES: L’avant comptoir du marché
- 14 Rue Lobineau
- instagram.com
DRINKS & BITES: La Palette
- 43 Rue de Seine
- instagram.com
16TH ARR.
Gerhard Richter | Fondation Louis Vuitton
- Until 2 Mar ‘26
- 8 av. du Mahatma Gandhi
- fondationlouisvuitton.fr
A sweep through six decades of Modern-art-defining painting – this is an exhibition not to miss if you’re a Richter fan.
Rick Owens | Palais Galliera
- Until 4 Jan ‘26
- 10 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie
- palaisgalliera.paris.fr
‘Temple of Love’ is a timely retrospective dedicated to the life and work of avant-garde fashion designer Rick Owens, with the designer himself as the exhibition’s artistic director. Don’t miss the exhibition trail that extends to the façade of the museum, as well as its garden.
Melvin Edwards | Palais de Tokyo
- Until 15 Feb ‘26
- 13 avenue du Président Wilson
- palaisdetokyo.com
Powerfully fusing welded steel, barbed wire and richly layered history, Melvin Edwards’s retrospective at Palais de Tokyo crackles like a manifesto in metal.
George Condo | Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
- Until 8 Feb ‘26
- 11 avenue du Président Wilson
- mam.paris.fr
From starting as an employee at Andy Warhol’s silkscreen studio in the 80s to unveiling his very own retrospective spanning four decades of work, Condo’s career seems to represent the artist’s dream in the modern age.
Otobong Nkanga | Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
- Until 22 Feb ‘26
- 11 avenue du Président Wilson
- mam.paris.fr
Dive into Otobong Nkanga’s first solo Paris museum show, where layered installations weave ecology, memory, and materials into a poetic and powerful dialogue.
Heinz Mack | Maison La Roche
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 11 avenue du Président Wilson
- fondationlecorbusier.fr
Heinz Mack illuminates Le Corbusier’s Maison La Roche – a bright dialogue of color that transforms painting and sculpture into breathing light.
LUNCH: Le Paris Seize
- 18 rue des Belles Feuilles
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DRINKS & BITES: Delicatessen Place
- 5 rue Jean Pierre Timbaud
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17TH ARR.
Step into Daniel Buren’s chromatic rhythm, where stripes breathe through architecture and 30 Rue des Acacias becomes a living canvas of light, color, and perception.
PARIS OUTSKIRTS
Pascale Marthine Tayou | Galleria Continua Les Moulins
- Until 21 Dec ‘25
- 46 rue de la Ferté Gaucher
- galleriacontinua.com
In this transformed industrial site of Les Moulins, Cameroonian artist Pascale Marthine Tayou invites us on a colorful journey bridging identities and cultures.
Yan Pei-Ming | Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Pantin
- Until 20 Dec ‘25
- 69 avenue du Général Leclerc
- ropac.net
Raw, monumental portraits – lifted straight from art history – wrought with expressive brushwork that bridges his French-Chinese heritage with portrait mastery.
Walter de Maria | Gagosian Le Bourget
- Until 18 April ’26
- 26 avenue de l’Europe, Le Bourget
- gagosian.com
Dive into the charged calm of Walter De Maria’s The Singular Experience – where pickup trucks become metaphysical icons and stainless-steel rods whisper tectonic rhythms in a space thrillingly and quietly vast.
