Fall 2025 in Paris : exhibitions, festivals and shows

Fall 2025 in Paris is a magical season. Leaves turn red in the great gardens, the light reflects on the Seine and every cultural place comes alive. The French capital is full of exhibitions, festivals, shows and unique retrospectives that reflect the richness of French culture.

Between the major halls of national museums, the artists’ houses, the contemporary foundations and the historic palaces, fall 2025 in Paris offers a program that invites everyone to discover new works. Here is a detailed guide to organize your cultural journey this season.

Major exhibitions in Fall 2025

1925-2025: One Hundred Years of Art Deco

• Location: Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in the Palais du Louvre.
• Dates: October 22, 2025 – April 26, 2026

This exhibition is a true retrospective of the Art Deco movement, born in the 1920s and still influential today. The works on display range from pieces of furniture to industrial design objects, as well as posters, clothing and decorative installations.

Fall is the perfect season to stroll through the galleries of this museum, located in a prestigious place that is part of the Louvre Palace. The exhibition shows how Paris became, as early as 1925, the international center of the Art Deco movement. This new presentation highlights how artists and French design houses shaped the century.

By visiting this exhibition, you will discover works by renowned artists and designers, as well as pieces rarely shown to the public. Each room is designed as an immersive installation, where the decorative arts engage in dialogue with French history and culture.

Michel Paysant: See Monet

• Location: Musée de l’Orangerie, near Place de la Concorde.
• Dates: October 1, 2025 – January 26, 2026.

Michel Paysant presents an installation that invites visitors to see Monet differently. Thanks to eye-tracking technology, the Water Lilies redraw themselves before the spectators’ eyes.

The Musée de l’Orangerie, located in the heart of the Tuileries Garden, is famous for housing one of the greatest Impressionist works of all time: Monet’s Water Lilies. With this exhibition, art directly interacts with science and new technologies.

The fall atmosphere of the Tuileries enhances the poetry of the visit. After leaving the museum, it is delightful to stroll among the tree-lined paths glowing with color, prolonging this cultural journey with an immersion in Parisian nature.

Kandinsky: The Music of Colors

• Location: Philharmonie de Paris – Cité de la Musique, 19th arrondissement.
• Dates: October 15, 2025 – February 1, 2026.

The Philharmonie, a true national musical center, devotes a major retrospective to Kandinsky. The exhibition combines his abstract works with musical scores and sound installations.

Each room becomes a visual and sound performance, turning the place into a living show. Visitors discover emblematic works, as well as archive documents showing how Kandinsky viewed painting as an art close to music.

Visiting this exhibition helps us understand why Paris remains an essential artistic center: culture here is seen as a constant dialogue between disciplines.

John Singer Sargent. Dazzling Paris

• Location: Musée d’Orsay.
• Dates: September 23, 2025 – January 11, 2026.

This exhibition brings together more than 90 works by Sargent from his Parisian years (1874-1884). Discover his first society portraits, Impressionist influences and travels, all expressed with portrait virtuosity.

The Musée d’Orsay, housed in a former palace turned train station and later museum, is already a must-see place. Dedicated to art from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it offers with this exhibition a dialogue between tradition and modernity, ideal for an fall cultural journey.

Georges de La Tour. Between shadow and lights

• Location: Musée Jacquemart-André.
• Dates: September 11, 2025 – January 25, 2026.

The Musée Jacquemart-André, located in a 19th-century palace, devotes a retrospective to Georges de La Tour, master of light and shadow. His baroque works reveal spiritual depth and an unmatched mastery of chiaroscuro.

Visiting this place in fall, with its garden adorned in golden leaves, adds a poetic touch to the experience. Each work becomes a visual spectacle, where light and shadow reveal both the characters and the intensity of their emotions.

Festivals that bring the capital to life

In fall 2025, Paris turns into a vast cultural festival. Every neighborhood, every art house becomes an open stage.

Montmartre Grape Harvest Festival

A popular festival from October 8 to 12, 2025. Montmartre, this mythical place in the city, turns into a true cultural island. Concerts, parades, tastings, live shows and fireworks light up the event.

Montmartre is already a cultural center in itself: its cobbled streets, artists’ studios and basilica animate a neighborhood of unique charm. In fall, the vines of Clos Montmartre add an even more picturesque touch.

Festival d’Automne in Paris

From September to December 2025, this international festival brings together theater, dance, musical shows, visual arts and cinema. It invites contemporary artists from all over France and beyond.

A true cultural journey, this festival is a pillar of the Parisian fall. It highlights performances, installations and retrospectives that engage in dialogue with French theatrical tradition.

Pitchfork Music Festival

The Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2025, held from November 3 to 9, features an eclectic lineup mixing concerts, live shows and unique performances. Spread across iconic places in the city like the Olympia or the Trianon, it celebrates international artists, independent music, art and contemporary culture. It also gives little-known talents the chance to make their voices heard.

An unmissable fall 2025 event in Paris, at the heart of a musical journey rich in discoveries.

Other fairs and events

• Salon International du Patrimoine Culturel (October 23-26, Carrousel du Louvre): more than 300 exhibitors, a journey through history, restoration and heritage works.
  Stone cutters, stained-glass restorers and art carpenters demonstrate their skills, bringing new life to historic places and national palaces. This event highlights the essential role of artisans in preserving French heritage and culture.
• Art Shopping Paris (October 17-19, Carrousel du Louvre): a contemporary art fair where galleries and artists present works, installations and performances.
  The public can meet international artists, purchase original works, or attend live visual performances. This living exhibition transforms the Carrousel du Louvre into a true cultural center of contemporary creation.
• Salon C14 (October 2-5, Église Saint-Sulpice): a giant workshop dedicated to contemporary ceramics, with installations and demonstrations.
  More than just an exhibition, the event highlights unique works by young creators and offers participatory workshops for learning modeling techniques. In this heritage place, ceramics are celebrated as both a traditional and modern art.

Shows, theater and music: Paris on stage

Paris is an incomparable theatrical and musical center. This season, the programs intensify:

• Théâtre du Châtelet: this historic place, recently renovated, is a pillar of Parisian musical culture. In 2025, it presents a new version of the cult musical La Cage aux Folles.
• Opéra Bastille: this great national hall offers opera shows and modern ballets, combining scenic tradition and visual innovations. A true palace of music open to all.
• Comédie-Française: central institution of French cultural history, this palace of theater stages classical works by Molière and contemporary creations by young artists.
• Odéon – Théâtre de l’Europe: this theater programs modern stagings of great classics and welcomes European companies, offering Parisians a renewed look at the repertoire.
• Théâtre de la Ville – Sarah Bernhardt: specialist in contemporary dance, it offers hybrid shows, scenic installations and creative workshops, blending visual arts and experimental theater.
• Philharmonie de Paris: this major musical center hosts classical concerts, jazz and experimental works, confirming its status as a nationally and internationally recognized institution.
• Île de la Cité: the Sainte-Chapelle becomes a unique cultural place where sacred music concerts offer a visual and sound spectacle in a stunning Gothic setting.
• Fondations Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Giacometti: these modern foundations combine contemporary art exhibitions, multimedia installations, concerts and workshops for a complete cultural journey.

Artists’ houses and foundations

In addition to major museums, Paris is home to artists’ houses and foundations that enrich the cultural journey:

• Maison de Victor Hugo (Place des Vosges).
• Maison de Balzac (Parc de Passy), with writing workshops.
• Maison Zadkine (Luxembourg Garden), dedicated to sculpture.
• Maison de Rodin (Meudon), a place where major works interact with a garden.
• Maison de Chateaubriand (Châtenay-Malabry), a literary center near Paris.

These more intimate places allow visitors to discover history and works differently, through retrospectives, installations and more confidential performances.

Free tips and experiences

In 2025, enjoying fall in Paris does not necessarily mean spending a lot. The capital offers many free cultural opportunities to discover works, places and shows at no cost.

• Free museums: on the first Sunday of the month, several major national museums open their doors free of charge. This is the perfect opportunity to discover the permanent collections of the Louvre, Musée d’Orsay or Centre Pompidou.
• Free exhibitions: many art galleries in the Marais or Bastille organize free exhibitions to showcase emerging contemporary artists. These intimate places often feature daring installations and accessible performances.
• Artists’ houses: several artists’ houses can be visited freely at certain times. The Maison de Victor Hugo or Maison de Balzac offer free educational workshops, providing a privileged contact with the works and the lives of writers.
• Ephemeral installations: finally, fall is a season full of temporary installations and urban shows on the city’s main squares. Whether a musical performance, a video mapping projected on a palace, or a contemporary sculpture in the open air, these free events let you enjoy art during a walk.

Conclusion: Fall 2025 in Paris, cultural and festive

This season, Paris confirms its role as the capital of culture. Major exhibitions, festivals, shows and retrospectives turn the city into a vast artistic center.

From historic palaces to modern foundations, from artists’ houses to the islands of the Seine, each place is an invitation to explore art, history and contemporary works.

Whether it’s your first visit or a rediscovery, every day offers a unique cultural journey, combining installations, shows and workshops.

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