# Art events in Latin Quarter

9 upcoming art events in Latin Quarter, Paris at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Institut du monde arabe – Musée and Institut du monde arabe – Bibliothèque Leïla Shahid and more: openings, shows and parties, with times and a map.

- City guide: Paris, France, upcoming events
- Times: local (CEST)
- Listed: 1 event, plus 8 exhibitions on view
- Page with map, search and favourites: https://artweekguide.com/paris/areas/latin-quarter
- Part of: [Paris](https://artweekguide.com/paris)

## Wednesday 21 October 2026

- **6:00 PM** · [Jacques Herzog lecture (Centre Pompidou 'La parole au Centre')](https://artweekguide.com/events/jacques-herzog-lecture-centre-pompidou-la-parole-au-centre) — Talk at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Latin Quarter. Architect Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron gives a lecture in the Centre Pompidou's "La parole au Centre" series. He discusses how art and architecture interact in the practice's work, from exhibition and museum projects to collaborations with Rémy Zaugg, Ai Weiwei and Thomas Ruff. RSVP needed.

## On view

- **Until Oct 20** · [Libye, patrimoine révélé](https://artweekguide.com/events/libye-patrimoine-revele) — Museum at Institut du monde arabe – Musée, Latin Quarter. An exhibition at the Institut du monde arabe's museum in the Latin Quarter, shown as part of Paris Art Week 2026. Photographs and videos record nearly fifty years of the French archaeological mission in Libya, covering prehistoric to medieval sites including Leptis Magna and Apollonia, and the work of preserving them.
- **Until Nov 1** · [La Palestine photographiée par Joss Dray](https://artweekguide.com/events/la-palestine-photographiee-par-joss-dray) — Museum at Institut du monde arabe – Bibliothèque Leïla Shahid, Latin Quarter. An exhibition of Joss Dray's photographs of everyday Palestinian life, its faces and places, taken on reportages between 1987 and 2001. Many of the images have not been published before. It is shown in the Institut du monde arabe library, which has just been renamed after Leïla Shahid.
- **Until Nov 29** · [Eaux Vives – Caroline Desnoëttes](https://artweekguide.com/events/eaux-vives-caroline-desnoettes) — Museum at Collège des Bernardins, Latin Quarter. An exhibition at the Collège des Bernardins in the Latin Quarter, centred on a monumental polyptych of five bas-reliefs in hand-dyed mulberry-fibre paper. A sound and light piece, made with scientists, accompanies it and looks at water as the source of life, across art, science and theology.
- **Until Jan 3, 2027** · [Tenter l'art pour soigner: at the Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital in the 1960s](https://artweekguide.com/events/tenter-l-art-pour-soigner-at-the-blida-joinville-psychiatric-hospital-in-the-1960s) — Museum at Institut du monde arabe – Musée, Latin Quarter. An exhibition at the Institut du monde arabe's museum drawing on social-therapy workshops held at Blida-Joinville psychiatric hospital in Algeria, the institution associated with Frantz Fanon. It shows painted ceramics, gouache drawings and archives from the late 1960s, donated to the museum in 2021.
- **Until Jan 24, 2027** · [Nicolas Flamel: Alchimiste de papier](https://artweekguide.com/events/nicolas-flamel-alchimiste-de-papier) — Museum at Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge, Latin Quarter. An exhibition at the Musée de Cluny that sets the legend of Nicolas Flamel, portrayed as an immortal magician who guarded universal secrets, against the historical figure: a Parisian bourgeois of the 14th century. It forms part of Paris Art Week 2026.
- **Until Jan 31, 2027** · [Vies minuscules (Centre Pompidou at the Panthéon)](https://artweekguide.com/events/vies-minuscules-centre-pompidou-at-the-pantheon) — Museum at Panthéon, Latin Quarter. An exhibition in the nave of the Panthéon, drawing on the Centre Pompidou collection. Some thirty artists look at how art has made room for lives on the margins of grand history. It takes its title from Pierre Michon's 1984 book and is co-produced with the Centre des monuments nationaux. RSVP needed.
- **Until Feb 28, 2027** · [Vive la mariée! Algérie, Maroc, Tunisie](https://artweekguide.com/events/vive-la-mariee-algerie-maroc-tunisie) — Museum at Institut du monde arabe, Latin Quarter. An exhibition at the Institut du monde arabe on weddings in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. It presents bridal costumes and adornments never before shown in France, alongside works by 27 contemporary artists from the Maghreb and its diasporas. It forms part of the Saison Méditerranée 2026. RSVP needed.
- **Until Mar 7, 2027** · [Artistes au Muséum](https://artweekguide.com/events/artistes-au-museum) — Museum at Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle – Grande Galerie de l'Évolution, Latin Quarter. An exhibition at the Grande Galerie de l'Évolution marking the Muséum's 400th anniversary. More than 300 works from its art collections range from imagery of scientific expeditions to pieces by contemporary artists inspired by natural history, tracing links between art and science.

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