# Today at Paris Art Week 2026 Today is Wednesday 21 October, day 3 of Paris Art Week 2026. The guide lists 25 events, 9 of them from 5 PM. 17 listings say they're free. Today is a VIP and preview day at Art Basel Paris; its public days are Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October. - Day: Wednesday 21 October 2026 - Times: local (CEST) - Full schedule for the day: https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-art-week/2026/2026-10-21.md - The whole week: https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-art-week.md ## Top picks - **12:00 PM** · [Opening: Palais de Tokyo autumn season 'Tous les feux, les fleurs' – free entry day 1](https://artweekguide.com/events/opening-palais-de-tokyo-autumn-season-tous-les-feux-les-fleurs-free-entry-day-1) — Museum at Palais de Tokyo, Trocadéro. The Palais de Tokyo launches its autumn season, *Tous les feux, les fleurs*, with free admission to every new exhibition. The line-up includes *Toi et ta bande* and shows by Ali Cherri, Sonia Gomes, Valérie John, Rose Lowder, Paul Kodjo and Céleste Richard-Zimmermann. No booking is required. - **11:00 AM** · [Ceramic Art Fair + Glass 2026](https://artweekguide.com/events/ceramic-art-fair-glass-2026) — Fair at Maison de l'Amérique latine, Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Second edition of a fair devoted to historic, modern and contemporary ceramics and glass, held as part of Paris Art Week 2026. French and international galleries show across two floors and the gardens, where monumental works are also placed. Guests of honour are Kristin McKirdy, with a retrospective presented by Jousse Entreprise, and Xavier Le Normand. RSVP needed. - **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. - **Until Thu** · [Jenny Holzer – J'ai vu: light projections on the Musée d'Orsay façade](https://artweekguide.com/events/jenny-holzer-j-ai-vu-light-projections-on-the-musee-d-orsay-facade) — Other at Musée d'Orsay (Seine-side façade), Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Jenny Holzer projects text onto the Seine-facing façade of the Musée d'Orsay as part of her exhibition *J'ai vu*. The excerpts come from artists' letters in the museum's archives, alongside literary and political writings of the period. It runs nightly from 18 to 22 October, free and viewable from outside. - **Until Sat** · [Paris Internationale 2026](https://artweekguide.com/events/paris-internationale-2026) — Fair at Paris Internationale – 187–189 Quai de Valmy, Canal Saint-Martin / 10e. The twelfth Paris Internationale is a gallery-founded fair for emerging and experimental galleries. It fills a new two-building, 3,500 sqm site on the Canal Saint-Martin with 56 galleries and 5 non-profit spaces from 19 countries. Special projects include NEXT: KOREA GALLERIES, Ayman Zedani with AlUla/AFALULA and Jean-Luc Moulène with Lab'Bel. Talks and guided tours run alongside. ## Tonight (from 5 PM) - **6:00 PM** · [Cocktail: Mémoire Matérielle](https://artweekguide.com/events/cocktail-memoire-materielle) — Drinks at 193 Gallery, Le Marais. An evening cocktail at 193 Gallery in Le Marais, held around the group show *Mémoire Matérielle*. The exhibition brings together work by Gaëlle Choisne, Joana Choumali, Andile Dyalvane and Carla Gueye. It forms part of Paris Art Week 2026. - **6:00 PM** · [Opening: David Salle](https://artweekguide.com/events/opening-david-salle) — Show at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin. Opening reception for a solo exhibition by David Salle at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Pantin. It takes place within 'Une Semaine en Galerie', the gallery week run by the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art, and entry is free. - **6:00 PM** · [Cocktail: Hervé Yamguen – Nos géographies intimes](https://artweekguide.com/events/cocktail-herve-yamguen-nos-geographies-intimes) — Drinks at AFIKARIS, Le Marais. An evening cocktail at AFIKARIS in Le Marais, held around Hervé Yamguen's exhibition *Nos géographies intimes*. It forms part of Paris Art Week 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. - **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. - **6:00 PM** · [Cité internationale des arts: Open Studios (Marais site)](https://artweekguide.com/events/cite-internationale-des-arts-open-studios-marais-site) — Studio Visit at Cité internationale des arts - Marais site, Le Marais. Open studios at the Cité internationale des arts' Marais site, where between six and ten international artists in residence present work in progress to professionals and the public. The sessions run weekly. The Cité's exhibition *To Make Space for the World* is also on view, from 8 October 2026 to 16 January 2027. - **6:00 PM** · [Joy Sorman: talk and book signing (La vie brute) at Outsider' Paris](https://artweekguide.com/events/joy-sorman-talk-and-book-signing-la-vie-brute-at-outsider-paris) — Talk at Outsider' Paris - Bastille Design Center, Bastille / Oberkampf. The French writer Joy Sorman meets the public and signs copies of her book *La vie brute*, published by Flammarion. It takes place at the fourth edition of Outsider' Paris, a fair for art brut and outsider art held during Paris art week. - **6:00 PM** · [Screening with the artist: Elizabeth Lennard – Galerie Pixi](https://artweekguide.com/events/screening-with-the-artist-elizabeth-lennard-galerie-pixi) — Film at Galerie Pixi – Marie Victoire Poliakoff, Saint-Germain-des-Prés. A film screening at Galerie Pixi in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, with artist Elizabeth Lennard present. It is held alongside her exhibition *Un oiseau rare* and forms part of Paris Art Week 2026. - **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. ## Free - **12:00 PM** · [Opening: Palais de Tokyo autumn season 'Tous les feux, les fleurs' – free entry day 1](https://artweekguide.com/events/opening-palais-de-tokyo-autumn-season-tous-les-feux-les-fleurs-free-entry-day-1) — Museum at Palais de Tokyo, Trocadéro. The Palais de Tokyo launches its autumn season, *Tous les feux, les fleurs*, with free admission to every new exhibition. The line-up includes *Toi et ta bande* and shows by Ali Cherri, Sonia Gomes, Valérie John, Rose Lowder, Paul Kodjo and Céleste Richard-Zimmermann. No booking is required. - **Until Sat** · [Paris Internationale 2026](https://artweekguide.com/events/paris-internationale-2026) — Fair at Paris Internationale – 187–189 Quai de Valmy, Canal Saint-Martin / 10e. The twelfth Paris Internationale is a gallery-founded fair for emerging and experimental galleries. It fills a new two-building, 3,500 sqm site on the Canal Saint-Martin with 56 galleries and 5 non-profit spaces from 19 countries. Special projects include NEXT: KOREA GALLERIES, Ayman Zedani with AlUla/AFALULA and Jean-Luc Moulène with Lab'Bel. Talks and guided tours run alongside. - **Ongoing · Opening day · until Oct 25** · [Alice Diop – Geste de Consolation (presented by Miu Miu)](https://artweekguide.com/events/alice-diop-geste-de-consolation-presented-by-miu-miu) — Museum at Palais d'Iéna (CESE), Trocadéro. Filmmaker Alice Diop's first exhibition, commissioned by Miu Miu, leads visitors through four spaces on acts of consolation by Black women artists. It combines film, photography, sculpture, readings, dance and music, with Diop's video installation and Simone Leigh's bronze *Sentinel (Mami Wata)*. Admission is free. - **Until Dec 24** · [La Bataille des couleurs (Maison Pompidou)](https://artweekguide.com/events/la-bataille-des-couleurs-maison-pompidou) — Museum at Maison Pompidou, Le Marais. The inaugural exhibition at Maison Pompidou, beside the closed Centre Pompidou in Le Marais, traces the 1971–1977 disputes over the building's colour scheme. President Pompidou, architects Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, curators and artists clashed over options including gold and blue, brown or all yellow. Entry is free. - **Until Jan 4** · [Mariella Simoni](https://artweekguide.com/events/mariella-simoni) — Museum at Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Trocadéro. The museum shows its newly acquired paintings by Mariella Simoni, an Italian artist born in 1948. Her work moves between conceptual art and abstraction. The paintings hang in the collection galleries, and admission is free. - **Until Feb 7** · [Prix Marcel Duchamp 2026 – exhibition of the nominees](https://artweekguide.com/events/prix-marcel-duchamp-2026-exhibition-of-the-nominees) — Museum at Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Trocadéro. The four nominees for the Prix Marcel Duchamp 2026 show work at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris: Joël Andrianomearisoa, Brognon Rollin, Laura Henno and Josèfa Ntjam. It is staged among the museum's collection galleries, in partnership with the Centre Pompidou. Admission is free. - **Until Nov 1** · [Zefrino Chilaule – Solo show (Galerie Pol Lemétais at the Halle Saint-Pierre)](https://artweekguide.com/events/zefrino-chilaule-solo-show-galerie-pol-lemetais-at-the-halle-saint-pierre) — Show at Halle Saint-Pierre – Galerie, Montmartre / 18e. Galerie Pol Lemétais presents a solo show of Zefrino Chilaule, a self-taught Mozambican sculptor, in the Halle Saint-Pierre gallery in Montmartre. He makes faces and animals from salvaged pots, lids and metal objects. The show is part of Outsider' Paris 2026. Entry is free. - **Until Sat** · [Une Semaine en Galerie 2026 (CPGA gallery week)](https://artweekguide.com/events/une-semaine-en-galerie-2026-cpga-gallery-week) — Show at 163 participating galleries (Paris, Île-de-France and regions), Le Marais. Autumn gallery week run by the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art, taking over from Starting Sunday and Galeries Mode d'Emploi. It brings together 163 galleries across Paris, Île-de-France and the regions, with 182 exhibitions and over 100 events, arranged in geographic routes including the Marais, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Matignon and the 10e and Nord-Est. - **Until Sat** · [Giorgio Morandi. Un lieu de l’infini](https://artweekguide.com/events/giorgio-morandi-un-lieu-de-l-infini) — Other at Galleria di Arte Maggiore g.a.m., Saint-Germain-des-Prés. A guided tour of a group show centred on Giorgio Morandi, held at Galleria di Arte Maggiore g.a.m. in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The tour belongs to *Une Semaine en Galerie*, the gallery week organised by the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art. Entry is free. - **Until Sat** · [Richard Aldrich: L'Orange](https://artweekguide.com/events/richard-aldrich-l-orange) — Other at Galerie Modern Art, Champs-Élysées / Matignon. A guided tour of the solo exhibition *L'Orange* by Richard Aldrich at Galerie Modern Art, in the Champs-Élysées / Matignon area. It runs as part of the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art's gallery week, *Une Semaine en Galerie*. Entry is free, and an RSVP is needed. - **Until Sun** · [Musée Zadkine reopens with a new free collection display](https://artweekguide.com/events/musee-zadkine-reopens-with-a-new-free-collection-display) — Museum at Musée Zadkine, Montparnasse. The studio-museum of sculptor Ossip Zadkine in Montparnasse reopens after a period of closure, with a new route through its collections. The display brings together works not seen before and recent acquisitions. Entry is free, and the reopening forms part of Paris Art Week 2026. - **Until Sun** · [Kutluğ Ataman: Küba (Art Basel Paris Public Program)](https://artweekguide.com/events/kutlug-ataman-kuba-art-basel-paris-public-program) — Museum at Chapelle des Petits-Augustins, Beaux-Arts de Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Kutluğ Ataman's video installation *Küba* (2004) is shown at the Chapelle des Petits-Augustins as part of the Art Basel Paris Public Program, the fifth such project with the Beaux-Arts de Paris. Forty residents of a former informal settlement near Istanbul give testimonies on 40 television screens, set among mismatched armchairs and salvaged furniture. Admission is free. - **Until Sun** · [Cosima von Bonin – Dollys & Beaux](https://artweekguide.com/events/cosima-von-bonin-dollys-beaux) — Museum at Petit Palais – Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Champs-Élysées / Matignon. Cosima von Bonin's plush menagerie *Dollys & Beaux* (2026) is installed among the Petit Palais's historic sculpture galleries. It features a St Bernard, scallops, a bulldog, an octopus, a whale and hermit crabs, first commissioned for Loewe's Fall/Winter 2026 show, now with new tartan and silk accessories. Admission is free. - **Until Sat** · [Post-Fair Paris 2026](https://artweekguide.com/events/post-fair-paris-2026) — Fair at Post-Fair Paris (74 & 79 Rue du Temple), Le Marais. First Paris edition of Post-Fair, the alternative fair founded in Los Angeles by gallerist Chris Sharp. It presents 34 solo and duo exhibitions by galleries from cities including New York, Tokyo, London, São Paulo and Buenos Aires, across two neighbouring buildings in the Marais. Online registration is required. - **11:00 AM** · [Outsider' Paris 2026](https://artweekguide.com/events/outsider-paris-2026) — Fair at Bastille Design Center, Bastille / Oberkampf. Fourth edition of a fair devoted to art brut and outsider art, bringing together 18 galleries from eight countries at the Bastille Design Center. It adds an off-site programme at the Halle Saint-Pierre in Montmartre for the first time, with an exhibition, performance, music and talks. Entry is free. - **2:30 PM** · [Talk: Giorgio Morandi. Un lieu de l’infini](https://artweekguide.com/events/talk-giorgio-morandi-un-lieu-de-l-infini) — Talk at Galleria di Arte Maggiore g.a.m., Saint-Germain-des-Prés. A talk at Galleria di Arte Maggiore g.a.m. in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, centred on the group show *Giorgio Morandi. Un lieu de l'infini*. It belongs to the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art's gallery week, Une Semaine en Galerie, and entry is free. - **6:00 PM** · [Opening: David Salle](https://artweekguide.com/events/opening-david-salle) — Show at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin. Opening reception for a solo exhibition by David Salle at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Pantin. It takes place within 'Une Semaine en Galerie', the gallery week run by the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art, and entry is free. ## Quick answers ### What are today's top picks at Paris Art Week 2026? Top picks today, Wednesday 21 October: Opening: Palais de Tokyo autumn season 'Tous les feux, les fleurs' – free entry day 1 at 12 PM in Trocadéro, Ceramic Art Fair + Glass 2026 at 11 AM in Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Jacques Herzog lecture (Centre Pompidou 'La parole au Centre') at 6 PM in Latin Quarter. ### What's on tonight at Paris Art Week 2026? 9 events start from 5 PM tonight, including Jacques Herzog lecture (Centre Pompidou 'La parole au Centre') at 6 PM in Latin Quarter, Cocktail: Mémoire Matérielle at 6 PM in Le Marais and Opening: David Salle at 6 PM in Pantin. 3 are openings or private views. ### Is today a VIP or a public day at Art Basel Paris? Today is a VIP and preview day at Art Basel Paris; its public days are Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October. ### Which events are free today at Paris Art Week 2026? 17 listings say they're free today, including Opening: Palais de Tokyo autumn season 'Tous les feux, les fleurs' – free entry day 1 in Trocadéro, Kutluğ Ataman: Küba (Art Basel Paris Public Program) in Saint-Germain-des-Prés and Post-Fair Paris 2026 in Le Marais. Some still ask you to RSVP. ### Do I need tickets or to RSVP for events today at Paris Art Week 2026? Of the 25 events today, 1 asks you to RSVP or register, 4 are ticketed and 2 are by invitation only. The rest don't say you need either. Each event's page links to its RSVP or ticket page where there is one. --- From Art Week Guide (https://artweekguide.com/), a free, hand-picked guide to the events of art weeks and cities worldwide. Check each event's own page before you go.