# Palais-Royal / Louvre during Paris Art Week 2026

31 art events in Palais-Royal / Louvre during Paris Art Week 2026 (October 19 – 25, 2026) at LooLooLook Gallery, Musée du Louvre and Musée du Louvre – Auditorium Michel Laclotte and more: openings, shows and parties, with times and a map.

- Dates: October 19 – 25, 2026
- Where: Paris, France
- Times: local (CEST)
- Listed: 14 events, plus 17 exhibitions on view
- Page with map, search and favourites: https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-2026/areas/palais-royal-louvre
- Part of: [Paris Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-2026)

## Monday 19 October 2026

- **6:00 PM** · [Private view: Frith Street Gallery Le Molière pop-up](https://artweekguide.com/events/private-view-frith-street-gallery-le-moliere-pop-up) — Show at a private location. A private view of Frith Street Gallery's Paris pop-up at Le Molière, part of Paris Art Week 2026. Works by Dayanita Singh, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Tacita Dean and Cornelia Parker are on show. The address isn't public.

## Tuesday 20 October 2026

- **3:00 PM** · [Guided visit: Sophie Bloch – Reliefs](https://artweekguide.com/events/guided-visit-sophie-bloch-reliefs) — Other at LooLooLook Gallery, Palais-Royal / Louvre. A guided visit of Sophie Bloch's exhibition *Reliefs* at LooLooLook Gallery, in the Palais-Royal / Louvre area. It forms part of Paris Art Week 2026.

## Wednesday 21 October 2026

- **6:00 PM** · [Louvre late opening (nocturne)](https://artweekguide.com/events/louvre-late-opening-nocturne) — Museum at Musée du Louvre, Palais-Royal / Louvre. The Louvre stays open on Wednesday evenings for its permanent collections and temporary exhibitions, among them *Zurbarán* and *Sculpter la couleur*. Short guided tours come with the ticket. Last admission is at 20:00, and an RSVP is needed.
- **7:00 PM** · [Angélica Liddell: « El barroco en la sangre »](https://artweekguide.com/events/angelica-liddell-el-barroco-en-la-sangre) — Talk at Musée du Louvre – Auditorium Michel Laclotte, Palais-Royal / Louvre. Spanish theatre director and performer Angélica Liddell talks about her visual sources, notably Zurbarán and the Spanish Baroque, with Olivia Gesbert, editor-in-chief of NRF. It coincides with the exhibitions *Zurbarán* and *Sculpter la couleur*. Held in French and Spanish; RSVP needed, tickets €5–10.

## Thursday 22 October 2026

- **3:00 PM** · [Meet the artist: Sophie Bloch – Reliefs](https://artweekguide.com/events/meet-the-artist-sophie-bloch-reliefs) — Talk at LooLooLook Gallery, Palais-Royal / Louvre. Painter Sophie Bloch talks with visitors at LooLooLook Gallery in the Palais-Royal / Louvre area, during her exhibition *Reliefs*. She will also sign at the gallery. The event is part of Paris Art Week 2026.

## Friday 23 October 2026

- **6:00 PM** · [Performance: Ministère Transitoire, Entre-acte – Romina Shama, Activation](https://artweekguide.com/events/performance-ministere-transitoire-entre-acte-romina-shama-activation) — Performance at Musée Transitoire – Beffroi (Place du Louvre), Palais-Royal / Louvre. Romina Shama gives a performance activation at the Beffroi, Musée Transitoire's site on Place du Louvre. It belongs to *Ministère Transitoire*, a project where artists contribute installations framed as official ministerial statements and reports. Public access is free.
- **6:00 PM** · [Regards sur Louise Bourgeois: curators' talk and film screening (BnF at INHA)](https://artweekguide.com/events/regards-sur-louise-bourgeois-curators-talk-and-film-screening-bnf-at-inha) — Talk at INHA - Galerie Colbert, auditorium Jacqueline Lichtenstein, Palais-Royal / Louvre. Curators Marie-Laure Bernadac, Cécile Pocheau-Lesteven and Anne Monfort-Tanguy talk through the themes of the BnF exhibition *Louise Bourgeois. Extrême tension*, in the Jacqueline Lichtenstein auditorium. A screening follows of Marie-Eve de Grave's 2025 documentary *Louise Bourgeois, la sculpture et la colère* (57 minutes).
- **6:00 PM** · [Louvre late opening (nocturne)](https://artweekguide.com/events/louvre-late-opening-nocturne-musee-du-louvre) — Museum at Musée du Louvre, Palais-Royal / Louvre. The Louvre stays open on Friday evenings, as it does every week, with the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions on view, among them *Zurbarán* and *Sculpter la couleur*. Short guided tours come with the ticket. RSVP is required, and last admission is at 20:00.
- **7:30 PM** · [Concert en nocturne: Osei Korankye (seperewa)](https://artweekguide.com/events/concert-en-nocturne-osei-korankye-seperewa) — Performance at Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain – Parliament of Ghosts, Palais-Royal / Louvre. Ghanaian musician Osei Korankye plays the seperewa, the harp-lute of Akan culture, inside Ibrahim Mahama's installation *Parliament of Ghosts* at the Fondation Cartier. It's part of the Friday late opening, with two sets, at 19:30 and 21:00. Booking is required.
- **8:00 PM** · [Art Shopping – Autumn 2026: Private View](https://artweekguide.com/events/art-shopping-autumn-2026-private-view) — Drinks at a private location. Invitation-only vernissage for the autumn 2026 edition of Art Shopping, a contemporary art salon held at the Carrousel du Louvre. The preview forms part of Paris Art Week 2026, and the venue for the evening is private.

## Saturday 24 October 2026

- **11:00 AM** · [Art Shopping – Autumn 2026](https://artweekguide.com/events/art-shopping-autumn-2026) — Fair at Carrousel du Louvre, Palais-Royal / Louvre. Autumn edition of Art Shopping, a commercial contemporary art salon in the Carrousel du Louvre, part of Paris Art Week 2026. Around 300 artists and galleries from some 50 countries sell painting, sculpture, photography, street art and digital art directly to visitors. RSVP is needed.
- **11:00 AM** · [Le Temps de la parole – opening weekend talks for 'Le Temps des récoltes'](https://artweekguide.com/events/le-temps-de-la-parole-opening-weekend-talks-for-le-temps-des-recoltes) — Talk at Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain – Parliament of Ghosts, Palais-Royal / Louvre. Conversations with the artists of Ibrahim Mahama's exhibition *Le Temps des récoltes* and invited thinkers, held in Parliament of Ghosts over the opening weekend. Mahama gives the keynote. Panels cover museums and restitution (Bénédicte Savoy, Anne Lafont), photographing Ghana's independence (James Barnor), plantations, textiles and architecture. RSVP needed.
- **3:00 PM** · [Meet the artist: Sophie Bloch – Reliefs](https://artweekguide.com/events/meet-the-artist-sophie-bloch-reliefs-looloolook-gallery) — Talk at LooLooLook Gallery, Palais-Royal / Louvre. Sophie Bloch, a painter, talks with visitors at LooLooLook Gallery in the Palais-Royal / Louvre area. She will also sign during her exhibition *Reliefs*. The event is part of Paris Art Week 2026.

## Sunday 25 October 2026

- **5:00 PM** · [Le Temps de la parole: Michael Armitage in conversation with Chris Dercon](https://artweekguide.com/events/le-temps-de-la-parole-michael-armitage-in-conversation-with-chris-dercon) — Talk at Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain – Parliament of Ghosts, Palais-Royal / Louvre. A conversation at the Fondation Cartier between painter Michael Armitage, founder of the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, and the foundation's director Chris Dercon. They discuss independent art institutions emerging across Africa, including NCAI and Ibrahim Mahama's Red Clay in Tamale. It belongs to the opening weekend of *Le Temps des récoltes*. RSVP required.

Still on from an earlier day:

- **Last day** · [Art Shopping – Autumn 2026](https://artweekguide.com/events/art-shopping-autumn-2026) — Fair at Carrousel du Louvre, Palais-Royal / Louvre. Autumn edition of Art Shopping, a commercial contemporary art salon in the Carrousel du Louvre, part of Paris Art Week 2026. Around 300 artists and galleries from some 50 countries sell painting, sculpture, photography, street art and digital art directly to visitors. RSVP is needed.

## On view

- **Until Jan 25, 2027** · [Zurbarán (1598–1664)](https://artweekguide.com/events/zurbaran-1598-1664) — Museum at Musée du Louvre – Hall Napoléon, Palais-Royal / Louvre. A retrospective of the Spanish Golden Age painter Francisco de Zurbarán, organised with the National Gallery, London and the Art Institute of Chicago. It covers his large monastic commissions, portraits and still lifes, with works by his son Juan. It shares its space with *Sculpter la couleur*, on one ticket. RSVP needed.
- **Opens Tue, Oct 20 · until Feb 21, 2027** · [Louise Bourgeois: Extrême tension](https://artweekguide.com/events/louise-bourgeois-extreme-tension) — Museum at BnF Richelieu – Galerie Mansart / Galerie Pigott, Palais-Royal / Louvre. Louise Bourgeois's drawings and prints fill two galleries at the BnF's Richelieu site. The show combines the library's holdings, over a hundred prints and eight artist's books largely donated by her in 1995, with 91 works from the Centre Pompidou. It is her first Paris public-institution show since 2008. RSVP needed.
- **Opens Thu, Oct 22 · until Feb 28, 2027** · [Ibrahim Mahama: Le Temps des récoltes (The Time of Harvest)](https://artweekguide.com/events/ibrahim-mahama-le-temps-des-recoltes-the-time-of-harvest) — Museum at Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Palais-Royal / Louvre. Ibrahim Mahama's first Paris exhibition, at the Fondation Cartier, fills the whole building with new site-specific works. These include *Things Fall Apart*, a reconstruction of a 1960s Ghanaian glass-bottle factory, and a version of *Parliament of Ghosts* that hosts talks and performances. A textile installation covers the façade arcades. RSVP needed.
- **Until Oct 24** · [David Medalla: Le Désir Cinétique...](https://artweekguide.com/events/david-medalla-le-desir-cinetique) — Show at Baró Paris, Palais-Royal / Louvre. An exhibition at Baró Paris on the life and work of Filipino artist David Medalla (1938–2020). It features one of his Cloud Canyons "bubble machine" sculptures alongside six decades of archive material. Rolando J. Carmona curated it with Mountains, Berlin.
- **Until Oct 25** · [Frith Street Gallery Le Molière: pop-up project (Dayanita Singh, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Tacita Dean, Cornelia Parker)](https://artweekguide.com/events/frith-street-gallery-le-moliere-pop-up-project-dayanita-singh-malgorzata-mirga-tas-tacita-dean-cornelia-parker) — Show at Frith Street Gallery Le Molière, Palais-Royal / Louvre. London's Frith Street Gallery sets up a Paris pop-up at Le Molière during Art Basel Paris week, centred on four artists. Dayanita Singh shows a new multi-part installation, *Museo delle sedie*. Małgorzata Mirga-Tas presents textile collages, Tacita Dean chalk drawings, and Cornelia Parker suspended flattened silver objects and drawings.
- **Until Oct 26** · [Raymond Hains: l'œuvre en chantier. Du Grand Louvre aux 3 Cartier](https://artweekguide.com/events/raymond-hains-l-oeuvre-en-chantier-du-grand-louvre-aux-3-cartier) — Museum at Place du Palais-Royal (Fondation Cartier outdoor installation), Palais-Royal / Louvre. An outdoor installation on the Place du Palais-Royal marking a hundred years since Raymond Hains's birth. The Fondation Cartier revives a piece from its 1994 exhibition: Hains's photographs of the Grand Louvre building site, mounted on advertising-hoarding structures. Free to visit.
- **Until Nov 1** · [La Mode en majesté: Haute couture and tradition at the Thai court](https://artweekguide.com/events/la-mode-en-majeste-haute-couture-and-tradition-at-the-thai-court) — Museum at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais-Royal / Louvre. An exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs of more than a hundred outfits and accessories from the Thai royal collection. It features the eight traditional costume formats devised by Queen Sirikit, and work from her thirty-year collaboration with Pierre Balmain. Organised with the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles.
- **Until Nov 7** · [Robert Filliou: Une histoire chuchotée de l'art](https://artweekguide.com/events/robert-filliou-une-histoire-chuchotee-de-l-art) — Show at Peter Freeman, Inc. (Paris), Palais-Royal / Louvre. An exhibition at Peter Freeman, Inc. in Paris of works made between 1966 and 1984 by Robert Filliou, the Fluxus-affiliated artist (1926-1987). It marks his centenary and is the gallery's first Paris show of his work since 2012.
- **Opens Tue, Oct 20 · until Nov 21** · [Philippe Parreno](https://artweekguide.com/events/philippe-parreno) — Show at Esther Schipper Paris, Palais-Royal / Louvre. A solo exhibition by Philippe Parreno at Esther Schipper's Paris gallery on place Vendôme. The show opens on 20 October and is part of Paris Art Week 2026.
- **Until Nov 22** · [Sophie Bloch: Reliefs](https://artweekguide.com/events/sophie-bloch-reliefs) — Show at LooLooLook Gallery, Palais-Royal / Louvre. A solo exhibition by Sophie Bloch at LooLooLook Gallery, her second there. It presents ultramarine paintings with finely striated surfaces that suggest waves, peaks and mineral masses, changing with the light and the viewer's position. Part of Paris Art Week 2026.
- **Until Dec 6** · [Affinités: Wonders of Islamic Art in the Decorative Arts Galleries](https://artweekguide.com/events/affinites-wonders-of-islamic-art-in-the-decorative-arts-galleries) — Museum at Musée du Louvre – Richelieu wing, rooms 502-503, Palais-Royal / Louvre. An exhibition in the Louvre's Richelieu wing, rooms 502-503, placing around fifty objects from the Department of Islamic Art among the Decorative Arts galleries. It follows technical and aesthetic innovations in the Islamic world and their reception in Europe through light, colour and sculpture. RSVP needed.
- **Until Dec 14** · [Les Hôtes du Louvre: Kader Attia and Elizabeth Peyton](https://artweekguide.com/events/les-hotes-du-louvre-kader-attia-and-elizabeth-peyton) — Museum at Musée du Louvre – Salle de la Chapelle (Sully wing), Palais-Royal / Louvre. An exhibition in the Louvre's Salle de la Chapelle, in the Sully wing, presenting work from the museum's 2024–2026 artists-in-residence. Kader Attia shows film and installation; Elizabeth Peyton shows paintings and drawings reinterpreting Louvre works. RSVP is needed.
- **Until Jan 11, 2027** · [The Michel Lacoste Donation: French Silver from Mangot to Puiforcat](https://artweekguide.com/events/the-michel-lacoste-donation-french-silver-from-mangot-to-puiforcat) — Museum at Musée du Louvre – Sully wing, room 605, Palais-Royal / Louvre. An exhibition at the Louvre of one hundred pieces of French silverware from the 16th to 18th century, given to the museum by collector Michel Lacoste in 2025. The pieces are shown together with the Louvre's own silver and ceramics. RSVP is needed.
- **Until Jan 25, 2027** · [Sculpter la couleur – Masterpieces from the Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid](https://artweekguide.com/events/sculpter-la-couleur-masterpieces-from-the-museo-nacional-de-escultura-valladolid) — Museum at Musée du Louvre – Hall Napoléon, Palais-Royal / Louvre. An exhibition at the Louvre's Hall Napoléon of seventeenth-century Spanish polychrome wood sculpture, lent by the Museo Nacional de Escultura in Valladolid. It includes a complete processional paso by Gregorio Fernández and shares a scenography with the Zurbarán retrospective. RSVP is needed.
- **Until Mar 15, 2027** · [L'Eau primordiale: Lessons from Mesopotamia](https://artweekguide.com/events/l-eau-primordiale-lessons-from-mesopotamia) — Museum at Musée du Louvre – Richelieu wing, room 230, Palais-Royal / Louvre. An exhibition and trail through the Louvre's Near Eastern Antiquities galleries, looking at how ancient Mesopotamia managed water, from irrigation to canals and aqueducts, and at the environmental lessons that follow. All works come from the museum's own collections. RSVP is required.
- **Until Apr 4, 2027** · [Look! 40 ans de mode au musée](https://artweekguide.com/events/look-40-ans-de-mode-au-musee) — Museum at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais-Royal / Louvre. An exhibition marking forty years of the fashion museum within the Arts Décoratifs. It presents 40 silhouettes from the museum's collections, staged in the central nave alongside sketches, patterns and embroidery.
- **Until May 2, 2027** · [Rafael Pavarotti, photographe](https://artweekguide.com/events/rafael-pavarotti-photographe) — Museum at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais-Royal / Louvre. The first exhibition in France of Brazilian photographer Rafael Pavarotti, born in Pará in 1993, brings together more than 200 prints. They include magazine covers, portraits of Rihanna, Harry Styles and Beyoncé, and fashion-house campaigns, shown alongside photographs from the museum's own collection.

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