Contemporary art - activities

TRÀ-ART : Vietnamese art gallery and organic tea room in Paris

TRÀ-ART is the combination of the love of art and gourmet food. This hybrid spot is both an art gallery and a tea house that proudly represents Vietnamese culture in Paris. On the program, artistic discoveries, Vietnamese specialties and good organic tea!

We visited Chapelle XIV, the new arty spot in the 18th arrondissement: art gallery, music, we love it!

Chapelle XIV is the 18th arrondissement's new creative space for discovering the cream of emerging design and contemporary art. Welcoming and inclusive, the place is a mix of gallery, record shop and coffee shop. We paid a visit, and frankly, it's worth the detour!

Pastry chef François Daubinet's gourmet collaboration with street artist Hopare

Pastry chef François Daubinet and street artist Hopare have created Fragment, a limited-edition entremets, the result of a performance that blends gastronomy and artwork. Available from November 5 to 8, 2020, in a pop-up store in the 3rd arrondissement.

Jeremy Shaw at the Centre Pompidou, our photos

Canadian artist Jeremy Shaw is exhibiting for the first time in a museum, and it's at the Centre Pompidou. Interrupted by the coronavirus epidemic, the exhibition resumes from July 1 to July 27, 2020. On the program: an exhibition that marvelously blends music, video, dance, photography and new technologies.

Art Paris 2020 returns to the Grand Palais in September

The 2020 edition of Art Paris, the springtime rendezvous for modern and contemporary art, has been turned upside down this year. First postponed, then reinvented online, the annual fair is back for good at the Grand Palais, from September 10 to 13, 2020.

Famous plastic artist Christo has died at age 84

World-famous plastic artist Christo has died on May 31, 2020 in New York at age 84. He leaves behind him many monumental creations. He would have presented a new wrapped work about the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in Fall 2021.

Dissipated energies, the exhibition of Christian Jaccard at the Centre Pompidou

The Centre Pompidou pays tribute to Christian Jaccard, generous donor of the museum, by presenting the exhibition Energies dissipées. On view from March 4 to May 25, 2020, the event traces the astonishing artistic career of the visual artist.

Yuan Jai at Paris Centre Pompidou

Chinese artist Yuan Jai will display her works from February 5, 2020 to April 27, 2020 at Centre Pompidou. A wonderful occasion to discover Chinese contemporary art.

‘Précieuse Brillance’ by Nathalie Junod Ponsard on the Place de l’Europe

Starting late August 2019, Parisians and tourists can discover Nathalie Junod Ponsard’s latest work, Précieuse Brillance, set on the Place de l’Europe – Simone Veil.

En tête à tête: Centre Pompidou comes to Paris Musée de l’Homme

Set at the Place du Trocadéro, the Musée de l’Homme will welcome this summer the exhibition “En tête à tête” in partnership with Centre Pompidou. Running from June 12 to September 23, 2019.

Michael Jackson: On the Wall exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris - Photos and Video

In Paris, the Grand Palais is devoting an exhibition to Michael Jackson from November 23, 2018 to February 14, 2019. An event that offers a look back at the King of Pop's career and his influence in the world of music and art.

“Marie-Antoinette, La Comtesse du Barry: Les diamants de la Révolution” at Paris Chapelle Expiatoire

Paris Chapelle Expiatoire invites you to discover its history from December 8, 2018 for a unique visit about “Marie-Antoinette, La Comtesse du Barry: Les diamants de la Révolution” [Marie Antoinette, Comtesse du Barry: The diamonds of the Revolution]. Historian Evelyne Lever and Le Diamantaire artist, your guides for the day, will tell you about Paris history while connecting to contemporary art exhibition, Des Structures, running to January 5, 2019 at the Chapel.

Belvedere Project: a multi-sensory experience at Paris Musée d’Art Moderne

Belvedere Project is the name of a sensory experience held on December 7 and 8, 2018 on the terrace of Paris Musée d’Art Moderne. We tell you everything.

Japonisme 2018: Kohei Nawa's work exhibitted at the Louvre

The Louvre welcomes a work by Kohei Nawa, Trône, under the pyramid, on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the diplomatic relationships between Japan and France. An exhibition running from July 14, 2018 to January 14, 2019.

Roee Rosen, the exhibition at Paris Centre Pompidou

The Centre Pompidou houses an exhibition devoted to Israeli-American artists, writer and director Roee Rosen, entitled “Histoires dans la Pénombre”. To be visited from June 27 to October 29, 2018.

Will Ryman takes over La Villette with monumental works

From March 22 to September 16, 2018, La Villette welcomes artist Will Ryman as part of its festival 100%: the American artist (born in 1969), famous for his monumental imaginative works, take sover the Place de la Fontaine aux Lions and the park in La Villette!

U.A.M, une Aventure Moderne, the exhibition at the Centre Pompidou

The Centre Pompidou is devoting a retrospective to the Union des Artistes Modernes, the greatest movement in 20th-century art history, from May 30 to August 27, 2018. A dive into this major current of European modernism.

David Goldblatt retrospective at the Centre Pompidou

The Centre Pompidou is devoting a retrospective around the work of South African photographer David Goldblatt from February 21 to May 7, 2018.

Théo Mercier, the exhibition at Paris Musée de l’Homme

Located in Place du Trocadéro, the Musée de l’Homme runs a modern art exhibition from October 5, 2017 to April 2, 2018. Artist Théo Mercier takes over the permanent collections rooms to offer a visit through his work.

International Art Fair – FIAC 2017 in Paris: Domestikator, a short-lived work in front of the Centre Pompidou

Centre Pompidou square will accommodate an art installation for FIAC 2017 (International Art Fair). Created by Atelier Van Lieshout, the work’s called “Domestikator”…