{"id":223738,"date":"2025-10-14T10:20:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T10:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/223738\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T10:20:14","slug":"10-exhibitions-to-see-in-paris-fall-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/223738\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Exhibitions to See in Paris, Fall 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a distinctly patriotic flavor to Paris\u2019s tentpole shows this fall. The Louvre is mounting what may be the most significant Jacques-Louis David exhibition in living memory, while the Petit Palais is doing his Napoleonic era contemporary Jean-Baptiste Greuze, and Georges de la Tour is at the Mus\u00e9e Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9. The first two are both tied to anniversaries of some sort \u2014 the bicentenary of David\u2019s death and the 300th anniversary of Greuze\u2019s birth. Is it so bad to just do a really bloody good show on big French art history stalwarts without the flimsy excuse?<\/p>\n

Major private spaces are also setting out their stall. The Fondation Cartier is opening an architecturally powerful new space to rival the Bourse de Commerce, home to the Pinault collection, which has conversely decided to go big (or small) with an expansive survey on Minimalism.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Perhaps more indicative of the current French zeitgeist is what\u2019s happening outside the big museum circuit, like the new 7 Rue Froissart fair. Or maybe it\u2019s the photography of American-born Tyler Mitchell, soon on view at the Maison Europ\u00e9enne de la Photographie. If you\u2019d prefer to sink back into the nostalgia of a bygone era closer to home, you can learn more about Orson Welles at the Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que in a display marking 40 years since his death (yet another anniversary \u2026).<\/p>\n

Jacques-Louis David<\/p>\n

Mus\u00e9e du Louvre<\/a>, 99 rue de Rivoli, 75001
October 15\u2013January 26<\/p>\n

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\t\tJacques-Louis David, \u201cLes Sabines\u201d (1799) (\u00a9 GrandPalaisRmn, Mus\u00e9e du Louvre\/Mathieu Rabeau\/Sylvie Chan-Liat)<\/p>\n

It is only fitting that France\u2019s most important museum should mount a major retrospective of its most important 18th-century painter, marking two centuries since his passing in\u00a01825. David lived and painted through six different political regimes and participated in the Revolution; his work is thus loaded with political heft and symbolism. The Louvre is drawing upon three decades of art historical research following the last monographical survey held in 1989, and the exhibition will feature masterpieces like \u201cLes Sabines\u201d (1799) and \u201cThe Death of Marat\u201d (1793).<\/p>\n

Jean-Baptiste Greuze: Childhood in the Spotlight<\/p>\n

Petit Palais<\/a>, Avenue Winston-Churchill, 75008
Through January 25<\/p>\n

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\t\tJean-Baptiste Greuze, \u201cUne Enfant qui joue avec un chien (portrait de Louise-Gabrielle Greuze)\u201d (1767) (\u00a9 Private collection, courtesy Petit Palais)<\/p>\n

Though Greuze is better known for his iconic history painting, this exhibition highlights the artist\u2019s prolific depiction of children and childhood. The museum takes these works as starting points to explore key topics of the period, from sociopolitical issues like education and the question of breastfeeding versus the use of wet nurses, to the eternal and existential \u2014 death, the recognition of the state of childhood, and emphatic experiences with relation to families and society (the giving of the dowry, Bible reading). Roughly 100 artworks from international collections will explore these and other themes against the backdrop of the Enlightenment.<\/p>\n

7 Rue Froissart<\/p>\n

7 Rue Froissart<\/a>, 7 rue Froissart, 75003
October 19\u201325<\/p>\n

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\t\tRobert Zehnder, Vein Tree (2021) (image courtesy Mrs.)<\/p>\n

This new fair is intended as an antidote to the rigidly structured process behind traditional shows, such as Art Basil Paris, which will take place concurrently. Brigitte Mulholland, who opened her eponymous gallery in Paris in 2024 after 20 years on the New York scene, is joining forces with Sara Maria Salamone, co-founder of Mrs. gallery in Queens, to foster a more collaborative, trans-disciplinary approach among participants. Expect experimental presentations and performances, including a drag act satirizing the Met Gala, throughout this refreshingly free event.<\/p>\n

Georges de La Tour: From Shadow to Light<\/p>\n

Mus\u00e9e Jacquemart-Andr\u00e9<\/a>, 158 Boulevard Haussmann, 75008
Through January 25<\/p>\n

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\t\tGeorges de La Tour, \u201cBoy Blowing on a Firebrand\u201d (1646) (\u00a9 Tokyo Fuji Art Museum)<\/p>\n

The first French retrospective on Georges de la Tour since 1997 focuses on the enduring appeal of chiaroscuro and its ability to imbue scenes with a drama of varying flavor, from the humane and humble in the depictions of ordinary folk to the intimate intensity of religious narratives and the moralizing intentions of genre paintings. Although there is no evidence that de la Tour traveled to Italy, the influence of Caravaggio is nonetheless apparent; it will be interesting to see how the show will approach the somber stillness of de la Tour\u2019s treatment.<\/p>\n

Tyler Mitchell: Wish This Was Real<\/p>\n

Maison Europ\u00e9enne de la Photographie<\/a>, 5\/7 rue de Fourcy, 75004
October 15\u2013January 25<\/p>\n

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\t\tTyler Mitchell,\u00a0\u201cUntitled (Topanga II)\u201d (2017) (\u00a9 Tyler Mitchell, courtesy the artist and Gagosian)<\/p>\n

Atlanta-born Tyler Mitchell made his name as the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of Vogue at the age of 23.\u00a0As this major survey of his decade of work indicates, his images are grounded in the trappings of everyday life but capture the eternal questions of identity, self-awareness and \u2014 of course \u2014 beauty. Adding to the pan-historical scope is his ability to draw upon historical tropes and themes, like colonialism and its reverberations on what it means for the Black experience today, with a sense of breaking free. His photographs lend a dreamlike feel to his scenes set in nature, asking, rhetorically: \u201cWas\/is this real?\u201d<\/p>\n

Sargent: Dazzling Paris<\/p>\n

Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay<\/a>, Esplanade Val\u00e9ry Giscard d\u2019Estaing, 75007
Through January 11<\/p>\n

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\t\tSargent in his Paris studio, c. 1885 (photo by Adolphe Giraudon via Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/p>\n

An American giant of painting, John Singer Sargent remains relatively lesser known in France, something this exhibition aims to rectify \u2014 not least by focusing on the artist\u2019s Parisian training when he studied under Carolus-Duran in 1874. Though rarely depicting Parisian scenes, Sargent nonetheless benefited from the whirling melting pot of artistic and contemporary society there, demonstrated by the 90 paintings arranged in collaboration with The Met, some never before exhibited in France. His 1884 portrait of Virginie Gautreau, which fell afoul of the Paris salon, will be given special focus as the catalyst for his virtual cultural expulsion from the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gerhard Richter<\/p>\n

Fondation Louis Vuitton<\/a>, 8 avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, 75116
October 17\u2013March 2<\/p>\n

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\t\tGerhard Richter, \u201cKerze [Candle]\u201d (1982) (\u00a9 Gerhard Richter 2025, courtesy Fondation Louis Vuitton)<\/p>\n

Following surveys of David Hockney, Joan Mitchell, and Basquiat, the Fondation Louis Vuitton continues its tour of 20th-century painterly big hitters with market darling Gerhard Richter, bastion of extremes \u2014 from\u00a0photorealism to squeegee abstractions to and seemingly everything in between. Given the timespan from 1962 to 2024 and the prospect of 270 artworks, this must have been a mammoth feat to mount, though the promise of quieter interludes of punctuating sculptures and drawings \u2014 Richter halted painting in 2017 \u2014 should offer a comprehensive landscape of moods, themes, tones, and techniques.<\/p>\n

Fondation Cartier\u2019s New Home<\/p>\n

Fondation Cartier pour l\u2019art contemporain<\/a>, 2 Place du Palais-Royal, 75001
October 24\u2013ongoing<\/p>\n

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\t\tInside the new Fondation Cartier (\u00a9 Jean Nouvel \/ ADAGP, Paris, 2025; photo \u00a9 Martin Argyroglo)<\/p>\n

Foundation Cartier\u2019s new location in a Haussmannian building opposite the Louvre was designed by Jean Nouvel, who transformed a historic structure with large bay windows that lend an openness toward the outside and five \u201cmobile platforms\u201d inviting flexibility and experimentation in exhibition design.\u00a0The foundation\u2019s intention to establish itself as a serious institution on the Parisian art stage is reflected in its inaugural exhibition, which will draw upon its entire collection spanning 40 years. What it chooses to display from its more than 100 collected artists will surely be its manifesto.<\/p>\n

Minimal<\/p>\n

Bourse de Commerce<\/a>, 2 rue de Viarmes, 75001
Through January 19<\/p>\n

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\t\tSusumu Koshimizu, \u201cFrom Surface to Surface \u2013 a tetrahedron\u201d (1972\/2012) (\u00a9 Susumu Koshimizu; photo by Joshua White, courtesy the artist and BLUM)<\/p>\n

In selecting not just from its own collection but also loans, Pinault chooses to expand on the often, ehm, minimal understanding of Minimalism as simply \u201cless is more.\u201d The collection will draw upon varying movements within this umbrella term, from the Mono-ha in Japan, which sought to bring objects together as an exploration of space and interdependency, to Neo-Concrete art of Brazil. An additional layer of curation by theme \u2014 Light, Balance, and Surface, for example \u2014 suggests the greater depth and meaning offered by an often misunderstood movement.<\/p>\n

My Name Is Orson Welles<\/p>\n

Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que<\/a>, 51 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris
Through January 11<\/p>\n

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\t\tFrom Proc\u00e8s, 1962 (\u00a9 1963\u20131984 Cantharus Productions N.V.)<\/p>\n

The Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que fran\u00e7aise is celebrating this giant of cinema to mark the 40th anniversary of his death. Welles\u2019s late-career, which included phoning-it-in activities such as an ill-advised Champagne commercial, has unfairly colored our perceptions of this polymath whose crowning achievement, his role in the 1941 film Citizen Kane, arrived at the age of 25. Though he made 12 films throughout his lifetime, the hundreds of works on view in this presentation are a reminder of the scope of his creative activity, spanning radio, sculpture, and drawing. Film buffs will likely delight in yet more primary evidence surrounding his iconic films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is a distinctly patriotic flavor to Paris\u2019s tentpole shows this fall. The Louvre is mounting what may…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,831,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-223738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-featured","14":"tag-paris"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}