Here are the best exhibitions of the moment to see in Paris – All nuggets not to be missed!

In Paris, there’s no shortage of cultural offerings to satisfy art and culture lovers. Every month, you can admire immersive exhibitions, exclusive photo prints, painting, drawing… in short, there really is something for everyone! Here are the exhibitions to see right now in Paris.

The XXL retrospective on the works of David Hockney

David Hockney will be on view at the Fondation Louis Vuitton from April 9 to September 1ᵉʳ, 2025. A unique exhibition tracing the artist’s last 25 creative years, from his iconic paintings in Normandy to his most vibrant digital works.

📍Location: 8, avenue du Mahatma Gandhi 75016 Paris
📅 Date: April 9 to September 1, 2025

Fashion show at the Louvre

For the first time in its history, the Louvre will host an exhibition entirely dedicated to fashion. The exhibition will feature some sixty key outfits and thirty accessories from haute couture houses such as Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld, and Dolce & Gabbana.

📍 Location: 99, rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris
📆 Date: January 24 to July 21, 2025

Wes Anderson at the Cinémathéque Française

The director’s singular universe will be honored this year in Paris with a first-ever Parisian retrospective at the Cinémathéque Française. From March 19 to July 27, learn more about the director’s work, from his first steps in the 90s to the Oscars. You’ll be able to see costumes and props from his films, as well as a host of other items.

📍 Location: 51, rue de Bercy 75012 Paris
📆 Date: March 19 to July 27, 2025

Paris Sauvage exhibition

Don’t miss this free photo exhibition of the wild animals that inhabit the capital. Rabbits, owls, herons and even foxes inhabit our parks, forests, woods and even cemeteries without us even realizing it. All these amazing animals, immortalized with talent by Nicolas Davy, can be admired free of charge at Bercy Village.

📍 Location: Cour Saint-Émilion, 75012 Paris
📆 Date: January 16 to June 1, 2025
🎟️ Price: free admission

Chiharu Shiota, The Soul Trembles

Contemporary artist Chiharu Shiota is currently on show at the Grand Palais. Discover the poetic universe of this weaver of dreams, who interweaves woollen threads to create monumental sculptures that are both powerful and fragile. A simply majestic dreamlike journey.

📍Venue: Grand Palais, 75008 Paris
📅Date : Until March 19, 2025
🎟️ Price: €14.00

Aubusson weaves Tolkien

Tolkien alert! The Collège des Bernardins is devoting a groundbreaking exhibition to the author of The Lord of the Rings! Tapestries inspired by the author’s graphic work and created by an exceptionally skilled workshop will be presented to the public. Fifteen of them will be on display, enhanced by the sumptuous architecture of the 13th-century monks’ training center! Conferences, a symposium, a screening and concerts will also be scheduled in parallel!

📍 Location: 20, rue de Poissy, 75005 Paris
📆 Date: March 21 to May 18, 2025

目 China – A new generation of artists at the Centre Pompidou

Before it closes for 5 years of renovations, don’t miss the group exhibition showcasing contemporary Chinese art. Based on the symbolism of the character 目 (mù) signifying the eye, the gaze and the ability to organize reality, this exhibition covers a wide spectrum of practices (video, painting, sculpture, installation, photography, or new media). Don’t miss it!

Explore the history of teddy bears

An object that’s never been seen before, yet is so popular, is coming to the museum! The teddy bear, children‘s most beloved toy, is at the heart of an exhibition! The MAD (Musée des Arts Décoratifs) goes back to the origins of the first teddy bear, and also looks at the place and representation of this “icon” in the creative industries and in our society!

📍 Venue: 107 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
📆 Date: December 4 to June 22, 2025
🎟️ Price: €15 full price / €10 concessions / free for under-26s

Zombies. Death is not the end, exploring a myth

Zombies come to the museum! This season, the Quai Branly takes a closer look at this emblematic figure that populates so many pop culture creations, with a highly engaging exhibition! Zombies. Death is not the end? takes you on a journey to the heart of the Haitian voodoo religion and the rituals that gave birth to the original zombie!

📍 Venue: 37 Quai Jacques Chirac, 75007 Paris
📆 Date: until 16/02/2025
🎟️ Price: €14

YSL’s Flowers at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum

The Musée Yves Saint Laurent continues to explore the creations of designer Yves Saint Laurent in the light of the themes and skills that were dear to him. After transparency and gold, it’s time for flowers in all their forms! Embroidered, present in abundant prints, made in precious fabrics, they’ll be omnipresent! The tour will show how the designer brought nature and art together. Among the wonders on show: the Watteau dress (spring-summer 1990) and the wedding dress worn by Laetitia Casta (spring-summer 1999).

📍 Location: 5, avenue Marceau, 75116 Paris
📆 Date: until 04/05/2025
🎟️ Price: €10

Pop Forever, Tom Wesselmann &… at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, a tribute to a major and explosive artistic movement

Bright colors, strong references to popular culture and consumer society– yes, Pop art is here! The Fondation Louis Vuitton is dedicating an exhibition to this explosive movement, which emerged in America in the 60s and has never waned in popularity. Until February 2025, 150 works by Tom Wesselman, one of the movement’s leading artists, will be on show alongside 70 works in the Pop spirit (by Ai Weiwei, Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein).

📍 Location: 8, Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi Bois de Boulogne, 75116 Paris
📆 Date: until 24/02/2025
🎟️ Price: €16

Dior/Lindbergh, the story of an artistic collaboration

Galerie Dior presents the fruit of its collaborations with Peter Lindbergh. A German fashion photographer and black & white specialist, Lindbergh has had many opportunities to work with Dior and its various artistic directors, shooting their finest creations. Until next spring,Dior’s exhibition space will present around 100 of these photographs alongside silhouettes for a creative dialogue.

📍 Location: 11, rue François Ier, 75008 Paris
📆 Date : until 04/05/2025
🎟️ Price: €14

The Saga of department stores at the Cité de l’Architecture, focus on the temples of consumerism

In parallel with the exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Cité de l’Architecture is also organizing an exhibition on Parisian department stores from their beginnings to the present day… The Saga of Department Stores illustrates the societal impact of these temples to consumerism on an international and territorial scale. This exhibition, which also bears witness to recent developments, will also offer a glimpse of what’s happening in France and our European neighbors!Read more about the exhibition in our article.

📍 Location: 1, Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre 75116 Paris
📆 Date: until 06/04/2025
🎟️ Price: €9

Trompe-l’œil, from 1520 to the present day, light on the masters of illusion

This autumn, the Musée Marmottan Monet is playing with reality and its representation! Trompe-l’oeil is the exhibition that puts the spotlight on this little-known pictorial art form, which has much to fascinate us. As you’ll see, the works on display from international private and public collections will play tricks on your perception! Artists from the 16th century to the present day have been brought together, and their works will celebrate the brushstrokes, technique and sense of detail of these masters of visual illusion!

📍 Location: 2 Rue Louis Boilly, 75016 Paris
📆 Date: until 2/03/2025
🎟️ Price: €14.50

Escape Games

In his new exhibition, Seth takes us on a journey to other dimensions, through his childlike characters. The artist invites those who wish to do so to immerse themselves entirely in his works, or even to walk through them to reach the other side! A free exhibition for the whole family!

📍 Location: 24bis boulevard du Général Jean Simon, 75013 Paris
📆 Date: until February 28, 2025
🎟️ Price: free