# Georges Kars, 1880–1945: Un Bohémien à Paris

A retrospective at the Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme in the Marais, devoted to Czech-born School of Paris painter Georges Kars. It brings together more than 150 paintings, drawings and archive documents following his European career, and is the first major Paris retrospective of his work since 1945.

- Type: Museum
- When: on view October 15, 2026 – March 14, 2027
- Where: Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme (mahJ), 71 rue du Temple, 75003 Paris, Le Marais
- Artists: Georges Kars
- Part of: [Paris Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-2026)
- Event's own page: https://www.mahj.org/fr/programme/georges-kars-1880-1945-un-bohemien-paris-32135
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/georges-kars-1880-1945-un-bohemien-a-paris

## From the organiser

First major Paris retrospective since 1945 of Czech-born School of Paris painter Georges Kars, with more than 150 paintings, drawings and archive documents tracing his resolutely European career.

## Also on Thursday 15 October

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- **Until Jan 23, 2027** · [GW Bot: Glyphmaker – La métamorphose des signes](https://artweekguide.com/events/gw-bot-glyphmaker-la-metamorphose-des-signes) — Show at Galerie Arts d'Australie • Stéphane Jacob, Le Marais. A monographic exhibition at Galerie Arts d'Australie in Le Marais, part of Paris Art Week 2026. It presents prints, drawings and sculptures by Canberra-based Australian artist GW Bot (b. 1954), who turns the Australian landscape into a personal vocabulary of glyphs.
- **Until Nov 21** · [Nicolas Henry: Cabanes imaginaires, 20 ans de mise en scène autour du monde](https://artweekguide.com/events/nicolas-henry-cabanes-imaginaires-20-ans-de-mise-en-scene-autour-du-monde) — Show at H Gallery, Le Marais. Photographer Nicolas Henry presents an exhibition at H Gallery in Le Marais, as part of Paris Art Week 2026. It brings together emblematic works and new images from twenty years of staged photographic "theatres" made with communities worldwide, following a family journey through the Himalayas and Japan.
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