The best exhibitions to see right now (and coming soon) in Paris

Head to the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection for an immersion into the world ofIrving Penn, one of the major American photographers of the 20th century. Presented in Gallery 2 as part of the “Remember Me ” exhibition, “The World According to Penn” brings together nearly 450 photographs from the Pinault Collection, taken from the 1940s to the early 2000s. Rather than following a chronological narrative, the exhibition creates a free-flowing dialogue between portraits, fashion photography, nudes, still lifes, flowers, ethnographic photo essays, and the famous “Corner Portraits.”

Calling all Monet and art lovers: the Musée Marmottan Monet is preparing a new, massive exhibition! Starting September 24, 2026, *Histoires de paysages (1890–2026) * will trace over a century of landscape representation, from Monet to David Hockney, featuring major figures in modern and contemporary art. Presented in collaboration with the Musée de Grenoble, this exhibition will bring together works that trace the evolution of our perspective on nature and landscapes. It’s a wonderful idea for a cultural outing in Paris to celebrate the centennial of Claude Monet’s death.

The son of a dyer (hence his nickname, Tintoretto), Jacopo Robusti never left Venice throughout his entire career. The city was already a hotbed of the artistic rivalry that fueled his work—between the sculptural draftsmanship he inherited from Michelangelo and the sense of color of Titian, his great rival. From this tension emerged a style characterized by dizzying perspectives, spectacular plays of light, and a swift brushstroke that the Venetians called *prestezza*. Following exhibitions dedicated to Caravaggio, Botticelli, Giovanni Bellini, and then Artemisia Gentileschi, the Jacquemart-André Museum is presenting Tintoretto ’s first French retrospective. On display are some forty paintings and works on paper, on loan from public and private collections around the world, which trace the entirety of his career and reveal an influence that extended all the way to Delacroix and Manet in the 19th century.

To kick off September in style, head to see the master of Impressionism! On September 30, 2026, the Musée de l’Orangerie will open “Monet: Painting Time, ” an exhibition dedicated to the painter’s creative process and his way of depicting the passage of time. Presented as part of the centennial of Claude Monet’s death, it will offer a fresh perspective on his work and will run through January 25, 2027. An excellent reason to make a detour to the Tuileries as the school year begins.

In the late 1880s, after he had stopped exhibiting and was living in seclusion in Aix-en-Provence, a still-unknown painter saw his work discovered almost by chance by young artists at Père Tanguy’s Parisian shop—the Impressionists’ first patron. That painter was Paul Cézanne. Rather than yet another monographic retrospective, the Grand Palais has opted for a more ingenious approach: 174 works, including 69 by Cézanne and 105 by 78 other artists who observed, copied, or surpassed him—from Gauguin and Matisse to Picasso, Mondrian, Joan Mitchell, and Peter Doig. Conceived in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou and the Musée d’Orsay, the exhibition directly juxtaposes the paintings of the master from Aix with those of his successors, highlighting his prolific legacy.

She joined Édouard Manet’s studio at the age of twenty; she was the only student he ever agreed to train and one of his models. The Petit Palais presents “Eva Gonzalès: The Journey of a Free Artist”: some 100 works—paintings, pastels, and engravings—that chronologically trace the career of a woman who, while never officially joining the Impressionist group, regularly exhibited at the Salon and reinvented the art of depicting modern life. Don’t miss the late-night viewings on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.