Paris Art Exhibitions to See in Fall 2026

Paris’s fall cultural season is shaping up to be particularly exciting. Retrospectives, tributes and rediscoveries will take center stage at the city’s museums from September onwards. Here are six exhibitions not to be missed this fall.

Histoires de paysages, De Monet à Hockney, Musée Marmottan Monet

September 24, 2026 – January 31, 2027

To mark the centenary of Claude Monet‘s death, the Musée Marmottan Monet and the Musée de Grenoble are joining forces for an exhibition devoted to landscape art from 1890 to the present day. Curated by Pierre Wat, the exhibition traces the evolution of the genre across eleven sections, showing how landscape painting, far from fading in the face of the upheavals of the 20th century, reinvented itself and remained a major force in artistic creation. Paintings, photographs, videos and sculptures are brought into dialogue, featuring artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Félix Vallotton, Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse, Chaïm Soutine and, of course, David Hockney, bringing together artists rarely shown side by side.

Cézanne et nous, Grand Palais

September 23, 2026 – January 17, 2027

Co-produced with the Centre Pompidou and the Musée d’Orsay, this unprecedented exhibition explores Paul Cézanne‘s far-reaching influence through nearly 180 works, including around sixty by the master of Aix-en-Provence. Rather than offering yet another biographical retrospective, the Grand Palais places his work alongside that of the artists he inspired: Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso and Mondrian, as well as more contemporary figures such as Joan Mitchell, Bridget Riley and Peter Doig. It offers a chance to understand how the work of the artist Picasso called “our father to us all” continues to shape artistic creation today.

Andy Warhol, La ligne et l’image, Musée du Luxembourg

September 16, 2026 – January 10, 2027

Andy Warhol is best known for his silkscreens and Campbell’s soup cans. This exhibition reveals a much more intimate side of the artist: his work as a draftsman, which he pursued throughout his career, from his early days as a commercial illustrator to his final years. Bringing together around 150 drawings, as well as paintings, silkscreens, photographs and archival material, the exhibition spans more than four decades of graphic work, from his first self-portrait in 1942 to preparatory drawings for his Last Supper series in 1986. A rare opportunity to rediscover the hand behind the Pop Art icon.

Louise Bourgeois, Extrême tension, Galerie Mansart, BnF

October 20, 2026 – February 21, 2027

The first Paris exhibition devoted to Louise Bourgeois since 2008, this show brings together, for the first time, the collections of the BnF and Centre Pompidou dedicated to her graphic work. Drawings and prints, which the French-American artist produced between 1939 and 1949 and again from 1989 until her death in 2010, form the foundation of her artistic practice, including her best-known sculptures. The exhibition offers an intimate look at the creative process of a major figure in contemporary art, exploring themes of memory, the body and psychological tension.

Marie-Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, Petit Trianon, Château de Versailles

September 22, 2026 – January 24, 2027

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Sofia Coppola’s cult film, the Château de Versailles is hosting an exhibition exploring the making of a movie filmed largely on location at the palace. Created in collaboration with the director, the exhibition features original costumes by Milena Canonero, shoes by Manolo Blahnik, accessories, storyboards, annotated scripts and behind-the-scenes photographs. It offers a closer look at the film’s distinctive aesthetic, which won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 2007, and at the way it reshaped the image of France’s last queen.

Monet, peindre le temps, Musée de l’Orangerie

September 30, 2026 – January 25, 2027

The Musée de l’Orangerie brings the Monet centenary year to a close with an exhibition exploring the painter’s distinctive relationship with time. From the series of the 1890s (Rouen Cathedrals, Haystacks, Poplars), which explore the fleeting nature and fragmentation of a moment, to the Water Lilies, his monumental final body of work, the exhibition traces Monet’s ongoing investigation of duration and the transformation of the landscape. The setting makes the exhibition particularly compelling, taking place in the very galleries that house his monumental Water Lilies murals.

From Impressionism to Pop Art, cinema and sculpture, Paris’s 2026 fall season offers an exceptionally diverse programme for art lovers. With exhibitions running through the winter, there is plenty to discover across the capital.