Featured Events in Paris in January, 2025 (May Updated)

As a palace of French classical art, the Louvre will open its doors to fashion for the first time and hold its first fashion-themed exhibition in history in 2025, displaying the museum's art treasures alongside classic fashion works and works by young designers. The exhibition will display 65 classic fashions, 30 high-end accessories and dozens of works by contemporary young designers in a space of 9,000 square meters, engaging in dialogue with the art from the Byzantine to the Second French Empire period treasured by the Louvre. Hundreds of fashion works resonate with the historical style and cultural connotation of decorative art in an academic, moving and poetic way, illustrating the real close connection between fashion and decoration. Important exhibits include fashion designed by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel and masterpieces by well-known fashion brands such as Yohji Yamamoto. At the same time, a special tribute is paid to Parisian fashion pioneer Ms. Marie-Louise Carven.

From January 17 to June 30, 2025, the Galerie du Patrimoine, located in the boutique at 20, place Vendôme, in Paris, is hosting the exhibition “Nuances de Bleu par Van Cleef & Arpels”. A selection bringing together nearly 60 jewelry and watch creations from the Heritage Collection and nine original archives, offers an immersion into the heart of the blue palette deployed by the House since its founding in 1906.

At the invitation of the Musée national Picasso-Paris, Argentine artist Guillermo Kuitca (b. 1961) has created a site-specific work in the chapel of the Hôtel Salé. Since his intervention at the Venice Biennale in 2007, Kuitca has developed a new language, echoing the architecture, which the artist calls ‘cubistoid painting’, in which a set of intersecting lines, like so many folds in the plane, is deployed directly on the walls, forming a new pictorial space.

The Centre Pompidou dedicates a monograph to Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938), an iconic and bold artist, one of the most important of her generation. On the fringes of the dominant movements of her time—cubism and abstract art were emerging while she ardently advocated for the necessity of painting the real—she placed the nude, both female and male, at the center of her work, depicting bodies without artifice or voyeurism.

The Louvre’s Department of Near Eastern Antiquities is hosting ten major works from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art is currently closed for renovation. The Louvre and The Met have created a unique dialogue between these two collections, which is displayed in the Louvre’s permanent galleries. These ‘special guest’ artworks from The Met, dating from between the late 4th millennium BC and the 5th century AD, show some remarkable connections with the Louvre’s collection. In some cases, a pair of objects has been reunited for the first time, while in others, pieces complement each other by virtue of specific historical features of their respective collections. Representing Central Asia, Syria, Iran and Mesopotamia, this dialogue between collections is (re)introducing visitors to these extraordinary, age-old works of art and the stories they tell.

The Musée national Picasso-Paris collection is the fruit of an extraordinary history, made possible by the dation procedure - today it is the largest public collection of works by Picasso, the "Picassos of Picasso". Coming from the artist's studios, this collection gives us a better grasp of the aesthetic explorations of a Picasso who was by turns disconcerting, plural, contradictory, reflexive, gestural and conceptual, an aesthete and a committed activist, a tinkerer and a poet. Is he symbolist, cubist, classical, surrealist or simply figurative and political?

French post-Impressionist female painter Suzanne Valadon was the first female member of the French Artists Association. She served as a model for Impressionist masters such as Renoir, Degas, and Modigliani of the Paris School. Legend has it that she taught herself to become a professional painter from a painter's model. She walked from behind the drawing board to the drawing board, cleverly and harmoniously, brightly and powerfully, and was not influenced by any school or style. The exhibition will display more than 100 works, covering oil paintings, sketches and prints, plaster and bronze sculptures, etc. The relevant documentary materials play an auxiliary role in our review of the career of a female artist who played an important role in Paris, including her multiple interactions with the avant-garde art circles at the time.

Guillaume Bottazzi a réalisé un tableau fruité en face du parc Montsouris. Il est visible de l’extérieur, au 34-36 avenue Reille, à Paris dans le 14ème arrondissement. Ce tableau apporte l’art ou on ne l’attend pas forcément et accompagne le quotidien des habitants. Cette huile sur toile de lin mesure 0,90m de haut par 1,80m de large. Elle a été conçue pour habiller l’entrée d’un bâtiment et dialogue avec les éléments qui l’entourent. L’artiste a déjà créé plus de 65 œuvres dans des espaces publics, comme un polyptique de 100m² à Paris La Défense, à Hong-Kong ou au Japon où il est l'auteur de la plus grande peinture du Pays, commandée par le Musée International d'Art Miyanomori. Ses œuvres font partie de collections muséales, notamment en Asie et aux Etats-Unis.

Guillaume Bottazzi a réalisé un tableau fruité en face du parc Montsouris. Il est visible de l’extérieur, au 34-36 avenue Reille, à Paris dans le 14ème arrondissement. Ce tableau apporte l’art ou on ne l’attend pas forcément et accompagne le quotidien des habitants.Cette huile sur toile de lin mesure 0,90m de haut par 1,80m de large. Elle a été conçue pour habiller l’entrée d’un bâtiment et dialogue avec les éléments qui l’entourent. L’artiste a déjà créé plus de 65 œuvres dans des espaces publics, comme un polyptique de 100m² à Paris La Défense, à Hong-Kong ou au Japon où il est l'auteur de la plus grande peinture du Pays, commandée par le Musée International d'Art Miyanomori. Ses œuvres font partie de collections muséales, notamment en Asie et aux Etats-Unis. Site internet de Guillaume Bottazzi : https://www.guillaume.bottazzi.org

En 2024, pour la 8e édition des prix AWARE, deux prix seront attribués : le prix Nouveau Regard, récompensant une artiste en milieu decarrière et le prix d’honneur, attribué à une artiste justifiant de plus de 40 ans decarrière. À nouveau cette année, quatre rapporteur·euse·s – professionnel·le·sengagé·e·s du monde de la culture – présélectionneront chacun·e un duo d’artistes, nommées respectivement au prix Nouveau Regard et au prix d’honneur, et présenteront et défendront leur travail devant un jury composé de sept figures majeures du monde de la culture. Les quatre rapporteur·euse·spour l’édition 2024 sont Simona Dvorák, Antoine Idier, Noelia Portela et Olivier Zeitoun. Simona Dvorák Simona Dvorák est curatrice et historienne de l’art basée à Paris. Elle s’intéresseà des pratiques performatives, sonores, radiophoniques et vidéo, en mettanten valeur un travail collectif à long terme. En tant que curatrice au sein de l’Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care, elle étudie la manière dont nous pouvons créer des espaces communs et solidaires dans la sphère culturelle. Son travail souligne l’importance des « processus d’exposition » qui anticipent les futurs possibles : antisexistes, antiracistes, inclusifs. Plus récemment, elle a été boursière du programme Art et éducation à la documenta fifteen à Kasselet a collaboré sur la conception du programme public Walking with Water, imaginé en relation avec le pavillon serbe de la 59e Biennale de Venise. Elle a été également chargée de programmation au Centre Pompidou à Paris ouelle a notamment travaillé sur le programme Cultures d’avenir. Actuellement, Dvorák est curatrice invitée, avec Tadeo Kohan, pour le programme « actes delangage » à la Maison populaire de Montreuil. Parallèlement, elle développe un projet de recherche sur la politique des archives au Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, en collaboration avec Merv Espina. Antoine Idier Antoine Idier est maître de conférences en science politique à Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye, où il coordonne les enseignements « Art & culture » et dirige le Master Politiques de création. Il a publié de nombreux ouvrages, dont Les Vies de GuyHocquenghem. Politique, sexualité, culture(Fayard, 2017), Archives des mouvements LGBT+ (Textuel, 2018), Pureté etimpureté de l’art. Michel Journiac et le Sida (Sombres torrents, 2020) ou encore Résistances Queer. Une histoire des cultures LGBTQI+(avec Pochep, Delcourt/La Découverte, 2023). Il a édité des écrits de Guy Hocquenghem (Un journal de rêve, Verticales, 2017) et de yann beauvais (Agir le cinéma, Presses du réel, 2021). En 2022-2023, il a été commissaire de l’exposition Dans les marges. Trente ans du fonds Michel Chomarat à la bibliothèque de Lyon. Pour un projet en cours d’écriture, il a également reçu une bourse de recherche de la fondation Robert Rauschenberg. Noelia Portela Noelia Portela est commissaire d’exposition indépendante et coordinatrice de projets culturels basée à Paris. Noelia Portela est diplômée de l’école d’Architecture et de Design de l’université Victoria de Wellington en Nouvelle-Zélande. En 2017, elle fonde Persona Curada, un projet curatorial itinérant et expérimental à but non lucratif qui vise à promouvoir l’art contemporain latino-américain, mis en perspective avec la scène artistique française. Avec Persona Curada, elle organise des expositions, des projections, des performances et des débats en collaboration avec des institutions et des espaces d’art contemporain. Ses textes ont été publiés dans des revues comme Artishock Magazine (Chile), Relieve Contemporaneo (Argentina) et Obra Latinoamericana (Suisse). Olivier Zeitoun Olivier Zeitoun est attaché de conservation au département Design et Prospective industrielle du Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, à Paris. Diplômé en philosophie, histoire de l’art et en sciences sociales, il est l’auteur de nombreux articles et essais sur les enjeux liés aux champs du numérique et du vivant, dans l’art et le design. Il a été co-commissaire des expositions « La Fabrique du Vivant » (Centre Pompidou, 2019), « Réseaux-Mondes » (Centre Pompidou, 2022), « Mimésis, un design vivant » (Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2022), avec Marie-Ange Brayer, et a co-dirigé les catalogues les accompagnant. Il poursuit ses activités de commissariat, d’enseignement, de recherche et de publications en tant que commissaire et critique indépendant. Il ouvrira prochainement au Huidenclub, à Rotterdam, avec Léo Orta, l’exposition « Design Sediments ».

From January 30, 2025,throughJanuary 4, 2026, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech invites you to experienceYves Saint Laurent: The Hamish Bowles Collection, fifty-three odes to elegance, brought to life through an outstanding loan that will enthral visitors.

Ready to witness the crème de la crème of the lingerie world? Look no further than the Salon International de la Lingerie 2025. This prestigious event is slated to take place at the renowned Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in the heart of Île-de-France, France, from the 18th to the 20th of January 2025. Ah, Paris, the eternal city of fashion, is gearing up to host the most anticipated lingerie showcase of the year. Industry professionals, designers, and connoisseurs alike will flock from all corners of the globe to get a glimpse of the latest trends and innovations in intimate apparel. With a line-up that promises to be nothing short of spectacular, attendees can expect a feast for the senses, punctuated with an array of breathtaking designs that embody both elegance and creativity. All roads lead to this glamorous gathering that has become a pivotal marker in the fashion calendar. The Salon International de la Lingerie 2025 is where the magic happens, setting the stage for a sizzling display of delicate fabrics, intricate lacework, and cutting-edge styles that will redefine the future of lingerie. Revealing a perfect blend of sophistication and allure, this event promises to captivate the hearts of all who appreciate the finer things in life. Paris Expo Porte de Versailles stands poised to welcome the crème de la crème of the industry, amidst the chic and romantic backdrop of Paris. As the city buzzes with anticipation, the Salon International de la Lingerie 2025 stands as a shining beacon, heralding an unforgettable experience that will leave a lasting impression long after the final curtain call.

For the first time, the Musée du Louvre is dedicating an exhibition to Cimabue, one of the most important artists of the 13th century. The exhibition is the product of two ‘Cimabue-centric’ events of great importance for the museum: the restoration of the Maestà and the acquisition of a heretofore-unseen Cimabue panel, rediscovered in France in 2019 and listed as a French National Treasure: Christ Mocked. In order to guarantee a more enjoyable visitor experience, group visits to the ‘A New Look at Cimabue’ exhibition are not permitted. To prevent overcrowding, only individual visitors who have booked a ticket with a specific time slot for the exhibition are guaranteed entry.

Museum Connections 2025 is set to be the cultural event of the year, right in the heart of Paris at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Île-de-France. From January 14th to January 15th, industry professionals and art aficionados alike will gather to experience an unparalleled showcase of innovation and ingenuity. As the date draws closer, excitement is mounting for Museum Connections 2025. With Paris as its backdrop, the event promises to be a unique fusion of tradition and modernity. The Paris Expo Porte de Versailles provides the perfect setting, offering a spacious and elegant venue that's steeped in history, yet fully equipped for a contemporary gathering of this magnitude. Museum Connections 2025 is more than just an event; it's a nexus where culture, technology, and creativity converge. Attendees can expect a whirlwind of networking opportunities, eye-opening exhibitions, and insightful conferences that will forge lasting connections within the museum industry. It's not to be missed!

La Compagnie Manneïvore présente « La Chatte métamorphosée en femme », une courte opérette de 60 minutes de Jacques Offenbach drôle et joyeuse datant de 1858. L’œuvre est inspirée d’une fable de La Fontaine du même titre et met en scène 4 personnages : Minette (soprano), Marianne (mezzo) Guido (ténor) et Dig-dig (baryton). Découvrez cette histoire où Guido, un jeune homme misanthrope, amoureux de sa chatte Minette, va recevoir une leçon. Sous l’œil suspicieux de Marianne, la gouvernante de Guido, un drôle de magicien indien du nom de Dig-Dig et une femme étrange aux comportements félins vont faire croire à Guido que sa chatte s’est métamorphosée en femme. La jeune femme est-elle vraiment l’incarnation de la chatte Minette portée disparue ? Vous le saurez en venant voir le spectacle ! Information Source: Conservatoire 18 / GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER | eventbrite

Designed like a maze, the “Surrealism” exhibition is an unprecedented exploration of the extraordinary creativity of the Surrealist movement, which was born in 1924 with André Breton’s founding manifesto. Combining paintings, drawings, films, photographs and literary documents, the exhibition features works by the movement’s iconic artists (Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst, Joan Miró) as well as works by female Surrealists including Leonora Carrington, Israel Colhoun and Dora Maar. Chronologically and thematically organized, the exhibition is divided into 14 sections that evoke the literary figures that inspired the movement (Lautreamont, Lewis Carroll, Sade, etc.) and the poetic principles that constitute its imagery (the artist as medium, the dream, the philosopher's stone, the forest, etc.). The heart of the exhibition is a central "drum" that houses the original manuscript of the Manifesto, an exceptional gift on loan from the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The discovery of this unique document is accompanied by multimedia screenings that offer an in-depth look at its creation and its significance.

From September 20, 2024 through May 4, 2025, the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris presents The Flowers of Yves Saint Laurent.Designed by curators Olivier Saillard and Gaël Mamine, the exhibition follows an opening exhibition on view at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Marrakech from March 2, 2024 through January 5, 2025. For the first time, the two museums have joined forces to mount a joint exhibition devoted to a major theme in the designer's work.

Created in 2000 to shine a spotlight on the teeming creativity of the French art scene, the Marcel Duchamp Award aims to honour the artists who best represent their generation and promote the diversity of practices at work today in France on the international scene. The 2024 shortlist comprises: Abdelkader Benchamma; Gaëlle Choisne; Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain and Noémie Goudal. The loyal partnership between ADIAF (Association for the International Diffusion of French art) and the Centre Pompidou strives to promote the French art scene to as many people as possible and consolidating the support that these artists need.

The exhibition presented at the Musée d'Orsay in the fall of 2024 takes as its subject Gustave Caillebotte's (1848-1894) predilection for male figures and portraits of men, and aims to question the radical modernity of the artist's masterpieces through the prism of the new perspective that art history has on 19th-century masculinities.

This exhibition, titled "Eye", brings together 21 Chinese artists and selects a series of recent works including video, painting, installation, photography and new media. These artists, born between the late 1970s and early 1990s, witnessed the rapid economic development and drastic social changes in China after the reform and opening up. In their works, it is not difficult to see their profound thoughts on globalization, cultural heritage, social changes and technological progress.

This collective exhibition shines a spotlight on the upcoming contemporary Chinese art scene with works by 21 artists, drawing a subjective portrait for the first time in France. The opening of China to the world, environmental upheavals and the transformation of lifestyles in Chinese society are all topics that have been addressed in the contemporary creative output by this young generation of artists, born in the late 1970s through to the early 1990s, as China experienced a great economic boom. Under the theme of the character 目 (mù), meaning “eye”, with reference both to vision and the eye’s capacity to organise reality, the rich selection of works picked out by the Sino-French curators covers a broad spectrum of practices — video, painting, sculpture, installations, photography and new media — with emphasis on creations in recent years. In the post-Covid international scene, these works have not enjoyed much visibility abroad, but the Centre Pompidou has bolstered ties with this art scene during this period, thanks to the Centre Pompidou × West Bund Museum Project partnership in Shanghai. Amid this teeming diversity, the exhibition homes in on salient themes regarding the artists’ practices. Core issues explored in the works of many of these artists include Chinese interaction with the rest of the world, thoughts about globalisation and global challenges, especially environmental breakdown. This generation of creators has also tapped into fertile themes such as the major changes in Chinese society, especially incessant transformations in lifestyle in ever-sprawling, urban agglomerations and the shifting paradigm of regulation of various flows and activities. A sense of China’s extraordinarily rich cultural and aesthetic heritage provides structure to the work of certain artists, who strive to place it in perspective and give it a fresh twist in a contemporary context. Lastly, the exhibition devotes a large section to new media, a particularly dynamic field in a country that has undergone swift, massive and intense digitisation of both its economy and society. Artists exhibited:Aaajiao,Alice Chen,Chen Fei,Chen Wei,Chu Yun,Cui Jie,Hao Liang,Hu Xiaoyuan,Li Ming,Liu Chuang,Lu Pingyuan,LuYang,Miao Ying,Nabuqi,Qiu Xiaofei,Shen Xin,Xun Sun,Wan Yang,Yao Qingmei,Yu JiandZhang Ding. After the exhibition, a considerable number of works representative of this generation of artists will be added to the Centre Pompidou collection.

The Museum of Modern Art in Paris proposes to revisit the history of modernity in the 20th century through The Imagination of the Atom. The exhibition invites the public to explore the artistic expressions provoked by the scientific discovery of the atom and its applications, in particular the nuclear bomb, whose devastating consequences changed the destiny of humanity. By bringing together nearly 250 works (paintings, drawings, photographs, videos and installations), as well as often unpublished documents, the exhibition presents for the first time in a French institution the very different positions taken by artists in the face of scientific progress and the controversies it has provoked. Dealing with a topic that is more topical than ever, it is part of the museum's wish to echo contemporary cultural and social issues in its programming.

Olga de Amaral is an internationally renowned artist whose bold style has left its mark on contemporary art, receiving praise and admiration around the world. The Fondation Cartier will present an unprecedented retrospective of the Colombian artist from October 12, 2024 to March 16, 2025. In this eponymous exhibition, Olga de Amaral takes us into her unique world of textiles, where her giant creations break away from traditional artistic norms. These abstract works can be paintings, sculptures, installations, and more. They draw on elements from the worlds of architecture and textiles to create unique and fascinating works. Olga de Amaral experiments with different textiles (linen, cotton, horsehair, gesso, gold leaf or palladium) to combine threads and give life to monumental installations. She varies the color, technique and size of her works according to her desires and explorations. Visitors will find themselves drawn to these organic, shimmering pieces that are almost alive.

GALLERIA CONTINUA presents in its exhibition space in Paris, in the heart of the Marais, a new solo exhibition by Michelangelo Pistoletto, titled Nouvelle perspective (New perspective).

Fools are everywhere. But are the fools of today the same as the fools of yesteryear? This fall, the Musée du Louvre is dedicating an unprecedented exhibition to the myriad figures of the fool, which permeated the pictorial landscape of the 13th to the 16thcenturies. Over the course of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the fool came to occupy every available artistic space, insinuating himself into illuminated manuscripts, printed books and engravings, tapestries, paintings, sculptures, and all manner of objects both precious and mundane. His fascinating, perplexing and subversive figure loomed large in the turmoil of an era not so different from our own. The exhibition examines the omnipresence of fools in Western art and culture at the end of the Middle Ages, and attempts to parse the meaning of these figures, who would seem to play a key role in the advent of modernity. The fool may make us laugh, with his abundance of frivolous antics, but he also harbours a wealth of hidden facets of an erotic, scatological, tragic or violent nature. Capable of the best and of the worst, the fool entertains, warns or denounces; he turns societal values on their head and may even overthrow the established order. Within the newly renovated Hall Napoléon, this exhibition, which brings together over 300works from 90French, European and American institutions, brings us on a one-of-a-kind journey through Northern European art (English, Flemish, Germanic, and above all French), illuminating the profane aspects of the Middle Ages and revealing a fascinating era of surprising complexity. The exhibition explores the disappearance of the figure of the fool with the Enlightenment and the triumph of reason, and its resurgence at the end of the 18thcentury and all throughout the 19th. The fool then became a figure with which artists identified, wondering: ‘What if I were the fool?’

The exhibition proposes a dialogue between the Jean-Jacques Lebel endowment fund and the collection of the Centre Pompidou. More than 120 works, from different sources, lead us into an unruly crossing of passions from the 20th century to the present day, from struggles and revolts. The exhibition that puts on a plan of equality anonymous objects and major works reveals other stories of art and gaze.

“Stone Speakers” is an immersive experience. It invites the audience to enter a volcanic landscape of mineral sculptures, amid which can be heard the primordial conversations of the earth. Using recordings of volcanoes made in Colombia, Ethiopia, Iceland, Indonesia and Italy, Julian Charrière connects us with the bowels of the planet, seen not as an inert kingdom, but on the contrary as a living, vibrant place. Magma chambers, tides, and tectonic plates all in motion come together. The exhibition space, transformed into a symbolical crater, amplifies their rumbling, penetrating dialogues. It creates an architectural echo chamber exploring our relationship with other forms of life, using a live feed of data from global seismic monitoring stations that capture the sounds of rock and tectonic plates.

The exhibition focuses on Stephen Jones’s creative process, the inspirations behind his work and the role of Paris in his work. There are nearly 400 works in the exhibition, including more than 170 hats, as well as Jones’ archive (preparatory drawings, photographs, runway show excerpts, etc.) and approximately 40 silhouettes with clothes and hats. These 'looks' bear witness to Stephen Jones' enduring loyalty to some of the world's leading fashion houses, not least Christian Dior, with whom he worked for nearly 30 years. This key figure has become the most 'French' of British milliners, bringing a bold energy and boundless creativity to Parisian fashion.