If you’re doing a self-guided tour of Paris, you’ll definitely want to visit a few museums. But there are so many museums and exhibitions to see in Paris that we recommend narrowing it down to your favorite artists or interests.
Here are 10 Paris exhibitions for you to choose from if you’ll be visiting the City of Light in 2026/27!
1. Timeless Tintoretto, Musée Jacquemart-André
September 11, 2026–January 24, 2027
The Musée Jacquemart-André is dedicating its major fall exhibition to Tintoretto, one of the great painters of 16th-century Venice. For the first time in France, an exhibition will look across the artist's entire career, from the ambitious commissions that established his reputation to the influence his work had on later generations of painters. The setting is another reason to visit: the museum occupies an elegant 19th-century private mansion close to the Champs-Élysées.
More information: Timeless Tintoretto – Musée Jacquemart-André
2. Auguste Bartholdi: Liberty Enlightening the World, Musée d’Orsay
September 15, 2026–January 31, 2027
This exhibition explores the life and work of French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, best known as the creator of the Statue of Liberty. Conceived as a gift from France to the United States, the statue was intended to commemorate the centenary of American independence before finally being inaugurated in New York in 1886.
Alongside the exhibition, the Musée d'Orsay is offering an optional virtual-reality experience that follows the creation of the monument from Paris to New York — an especially interesting addition for visitors curious about the long history connecting France and the United States.
More information: Auguste Bartholdi: Liberty Enlightening the World – Musée d'Orsay
3. Andy Warhol: Line and Image, Musée du Luxembourg
September 16, 2026–January 10, 2027
Andy Warhol may be synonymous with colorful silkscreen portraits, Campbell's soup cans and New York's Factory, but drawing remained central to his work throughout his career. This exhibition looks beyond his most familiar images to explore Warhol as a draftsman and the role drawing played in his artistic practice.
It's an opportunity to discover another side of an artist whose work helped transform the visual culture of the 20th century.
More information: Andy Warhol: Line and Image – Musée du Luxembourg
4. Cezanne and Us, Grand Palais
September 23, 2026–January 17, 2027
Rather than presenting Paul Cezanne in isolation, this major Grand Palais exhibition explores what happened when subsequent generations of artists discovered his work. Nearly 180 works trace his influence from the late 19th century to today, bringing Cezanne into conversation with artists including Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, Mondrian, Joan Mitchell, Bridget Riley and Peter Doig.
It's an interesting way to understand why a painter who spent much of his career away from the Parisian art establishment became such an important figure in the development of modern art.
More information: Cezanne et nous – Grand Palais
5. A Wardrobe of One’s Own: Dissident Femininities in the 19th Century, Palais Galliera
September 26, 2026–February 14, 2027
The Palais Galliera, Paris's fashion museum, turns its attention to women who challenged 19th-century expectations about how they should dress.
The exhibition explores the little-known history of women adopting elements of male dress at a time when clothing was tightly bound up with ideas about gender and social respectability. Through garments, images and historical stories, it looks at clothing not simply as fashion, but as a way of negotiating freedom, identity and the rules of society.
More information: A Wardrobe of One’s Own – Palais Galliera
6. Monet, Painting Time, Musée de l’Orangerie
September 30, 2026–January 25, 2027
One hundred years after Claude Monet's death in December 1926, the Musée de l'Orangerie is examining one of the central ideas running through his work: time.
The exhibition explores how Monet tried to capture passing moments, changing light and the same landscapes under different conditions, from the rapid brushstrokes of his Impressionist works to the paintings of his later years. The setting is particularly fitting, as the Orangerie is home to Monet's monumental Water Lilies panels.
More information: Monet, Painting Time – Musée de l'Orangerie
7. Mary Cassatt: Being Independent, Musée d’Orsay
October 6, 2026–January 31, 2027
The Musée d'Orsay marks the centenary of Mary Cassatt's death with a major exhibition dedicated to the American-born artist who became one of the central figures of French Impressionism.
Remarkably, France's national museums have never before organized a major exhibition devoted solely to Cassatt. Bringing together almost 80 paintings, pastels and prints spanning her career, the exhibition explores the independence that shaped both her life and her art.
Cassatt spent around six decades in France but remained proudly American, making this an especially interesting exhibition for American visitors to Paris.
More information: Mary Cassatt: Being Independent – Musée d'Orsay
8. Zurbarán 1598–1664, Louvre Museum
October 7, 2026–January 25, 2027
Francisco de Zurbarán is considered one of the great painters of Spain's 17th-century Golden Age, alongside Velázquez and Murillo.
Known for his striking use of light, simple compositions and remarkable naturalism, his paintings can feel surprisingly modern. The Louvre's retrospective takes a fresh look at his career and distinctive artistic style and offers a rare opportunity to see a major group of his works together in Paris.
More information: Zurbarán 1598–1664 – Louvre Museum
9. Remember Me, Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
October 7, 2026–January 18, 2027
To mark 200 years since the invention of photography, the Bourse de Commerce is devoting a major exhibition to the medium.
Around 700 works by more than 70 artists will fill the museum, examining the many ways photography has been used to record, manipulate, preserve and reinvent the world around us. The title comes from Barbara Kruger's Untitled (Remember me), which will be shown beneath the Bourse de Commerce's spectacular Rotunda.
More information: Remember Me – Bourse de Commerce
10. Kerry James Marshall: The Histories, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
September 18, 2026–January 24, 2027
Born in Alabama and based in Chicago, Kerry James Marshall is the subject of his first exhibition in France. Seventy works spanning four decades will be on display, including eight new paintings made especially for the exhibition.
Marshall is known for his large-scale compositions that place Black figures at the center of Western art-historical traditions from which they have often been absent. His paintings draw on everything from history painting and popular culture to the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, creating richly layered works that reward taking your time over.
The exhibition arrives in Paris after presentations at London's Royal Academy of Arts and the Kunsthaus Zürich. While you're there, you can also explore the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris's permanent collection for free.
More information: Kerry James Marshall: The Histories – Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
If you’re visiting Paris with France Just For You this year and go to one of these exhibitions, please contact us to let us know what you thought! We’d love to feature your review and/or photos in our monthly newsletter!
