Guide for the Few

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What is on in Paris

The few events worth an evening, soonest first. Each leaves the list the day after it ends.

Five events, each checked every 7 days.

  • Until 17 January 2027Grand Palais

    Cezanne and Us

    Nearly 180 works tracing how Paul Cezanne was discovered, claimed and reworked by the artists who came after him, from Gauguin and Matisse to Bridget Riley and Peter Doig.

  • 3 to 4 OctoberParisLongchamp

    Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

    Europe's richest flat race, run over 2,400 metres at ParisLongchamp on the first weekend of October, with six Group 1 races across the two days.

  • 7 October to 25 January 2027Musée du Louvre, Hall Napoléon

    Zurbarán

    A retrospective of Francisco de Zurbarán's finest paintings, organised with the National Gallery, London and the Art Institute of Chicago, the first large international exhibition of his work since 1987–1988.

  • 23 to 25 OctoberGrand Palais

    Art Basel Paris

    The fifth edition of the Paris art fair, 211 galleries from 41 countries and territories under the glass roof of the Grand Palais nave.

  • 12 to 15 NovemberGrand Palais

    Paris Photo

    The 29th edition of the international fair for photography and image-based art, four days under the glass nave of the Grand Palais.