Top 10 exhibitions for April 2025: our selection for great outings in Paris

Paris is full of great exhibitions, andApril 2025 is no exception. In this article, we’ve put together a top 10 list of must-see exhibitions for this month, so you can make the best discoveries to suit your mood. From unusual exhibitions to the most eagerly awaited, our selection will guide you in your choice of cultural outings.

April is the perfect time to discover new exhibitions in and around Paris. Among this month’s must-see exhibitions are new museum openings, immersive exhibitions that plunge you into fascinating worlds, and the major exhibitions eagerly awaited by art and culture lovers.

Our top 10 exhibitions for April 2025 in Paris include a variety of themes and formats, to satisfy all tastes and curiosities. Whether you’re passionate about contemporary art, history, photography or street-art, you’re sure to find something to suit you in this selection. The hardest part is choosing. Afterwards, you can also do the 10…

David Bowie, Mr Jones’ Long Hair: the new exhibition at Galerie MR8 in Paris, our photos
David Bowie is in the spotlight this spring in Paris! From Saturday March 22 to Sunday June 22, 2025, Galerie MR8 opens its doors to the groundbreaking exhibition “David Bowie, Mr Jones’ Long Hair”, featuring over 70 photographs with commentary. [Read more]

Artemisia, heroine of art: our photos of the “Caravaggesque” exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart-André
A plunge into the work of one of the most internationally renowned women painters of her time… The Musée Jacquemart-André invites us to (re)discover the works of the celebrated painter Artemisia Gentileschi, through a retrospective exhibition presented from March 19 to August 3, 2025. From her beginnings with her father to her Caravaggesque inspirations, a look back at the life of a painter of unrivalled originality, both in terms of her career and her identity. [Read more]

L’art est dans la rue at the Musée d’Orsay, the exhibition on the golden age of posters in Paris - photos
The Musée d’Orsay presents the exhibition “L’art est dans la rue”, from March 18 to July 6, 2025, dedicated to the spectacular rise of the illustrated poster in Paris during the second half of the XIXᵉ century. This unprecedented retrospective brings together around 230 works, offering an immersion into the visual world of the city at this pivotal period. Discover poster masters ranging from Bonnard and Toulouse-Lautrec to Mucha and Grasset. [Read more]

All the Ferger! Ferland Least because Surrounded At the Museum du: OUR Photos
Fernand Léger from every angle… But above all through his successors and inspirations! From March 19 to July 20, 2025, the Musée du Luxembourg presents the exhibition Tous Léger! highlighting the works of major figures of New Realism and their dialogue with the American art scene. A rich itinerary of nearly 100 works awaits you for the occasion. We went along for the ride. [Read more]

Wes Anderson: our photos from the event exhibition at the Cinémathèque
He’s one of the most popular directors of recent years… Wes Anderson, the filmmaker behind The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch and Moonrise Kingdom, has been given a retrospective at the Cinémathèque française, running from March 19 to July 27, 2025. We were at the press preview, and tell you all about it! [Read more]

Azzedine Alaïa / Thierry Mugler: the Azzedine Alaïa Foundation’s new fashion exhibition
The Fondation Azzedine Alaïa opens its doors to a cutting-edge new fashion exhibition, “Connivences artistiques: Azzedine Alaïa, Thierry Mugler”, from March 3 to June 29, 2025. Join us in the Marais district of Paris to admire this couture face-off between two masters of the silhouette, with millimetric cuts, sculptural glamour and hand-sewn friendship. [Read more]

Corps and souls: An original exhibition at the trade grant in Paris, our photos
For its new exhibition entitled “Corps et âmes” (Bodies and Souls), the Bourse de Commerce in Paris explores the significance of the body in contemporary thought. Works by some thirty artists, including Georg Baselitz, Michael Armitage, Duane Hanson, Niki de Saint Phalle and Arthur Jafa and Deana Lawson, can be admired at the sublime Parisian museum from March 5 to August 25, 2025. [Read more]

Bubble Planet: the immersive experience in the realm of bubbles, comes to Paris - reservations
Oooh the beautiful bu-bubbles … Bubble Planet, the immersive experience that has already conquered Milan, Los Angeles and Brussels, is finally coming to Paris! From March 27, 2025, head for La Villette in the 19th arrondissement, to plunge into a fantastic spherical realm, and travel to the heart of the bubbles through ten themed rooms, governed by the latest technologies in virtual reality, simulation and optical illusions. Ticketing is now open! [Read more]

Christian Krohg, People of the North: the exhibition dedicated to the Scandinavian painter at the Musée d’Orsay
The Musée d’Orsay in Paris honors the works of Christian Krohg. From March 25 to July 27, 2025, the famous Parisian museum is devoting a major retrospective to this Norwegian painter, virtually unknown in France, with the exhibition “Christian Krohg. The People of the North”. [Read more]

La Fabrique du Time: The Museum of La Poste's Art-History Exhibition
The Musée de la Poste explores our relationship with time in a new exhibition on view from March 26 to November 3, 2025. [Read more]

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