Palais de Tokyo: Tituba, Who protects us?
The exhibition “Tituba, Who Protects Us?” brings together eleven artists from France, Great Britain, and North America, all of whom have Caribbean and African diasporic backgrounds. The group show offers a reflection on themes such as grief, memory, migration, and ancestrally, creating a space to explore how these elements intersect and influence personal and collective histories.
The show is on from October 17 to January 5, 2025.
Louis Vuitton Fondation: Pop Forever, Tom Wesselmann and…
The Fondation Louis Vuitton will host the exhibition “Pop Forever, Tom Wesselmann &…”, a tribute to Pop Art. This exhibition highlights the lasting impact of Pop Art, which continues to resonate globally. The show will feature a selection of 150 of Wesselmann’s paintings and additional pieces by 35 artists from different generations and nationalities, all of whom share a connection to Pop Art’s spirit. The works explore the evolution of Pop from its Dadaist roots to its modern-day expressions, spanning from the 1920s to the present.
The show is on from October 17 to February 24, 2025.
Musee Picasso: Jackson Pollock: The Early Years
The exhibition Jackson Pollock: The Early Years (1934-1947) explores the artist’s early career, highlighting influences such as regionalism, Mexican muralists, Native American arts, and European avant-garde, especially Pablo Picasso. It traces his artistic evolution up to his first drip paintings in 1947, showcasing his experimentation with various media and relationships with key figures like Lee Krasner and Charles Pollock. The exhibition offers insight into the intellectual and artistic context that shaped Pollock’s early development.
The show is on from October 15 to January 19, 2025.
Centre Pompidou: Surrealism
The exhibition showcases paintings, drawings, films, photographs, and literary works by key Surrealist artists like Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Giorgio de Chirico, and Joan Miró, along with female Surrealists such as Leonora Carrington and Dora Maar. Organized into 14 sections, it explores Surrealism’s literary inspirations (Lautréamont, Lewis Carroll) and themes like dreams and the artist as a medium.
This show runs from September 4 to January 13, 2025.
Fondation Cartier: Olga de Amaral
The Fondation Cartier is hosting the first major European retrospective of Olga de Amaral, the exhibition features nearly 80 works, spanning her career from the 1960s to today. It highlights her innovative use of materials and techniques, including her renowned gold-leaf textiles and monumental three-dimensional pieces, exploring the intersections of modernism, vernacular traditions, and pre-Columbian art.
This show runs from October 12 to March 16th, 2025.
Lafayette Anticipations: Martine Syms: Total
In Total, artist Martine Syms recreates elements from her Los Angeles studio, blending private and public spaces to explore themes of identity, surveillance, and performance in everyday life. The exhibition reflects on consumption, turning the studio into a retail space and film set, questioning how images shape reality and identity. Drawing from personal, historical, and cultural references, Halsey critiques the mechanisms of desire and the forces behind them, offering a meditation on the intersection of culture, spirituality, and consumption.
This show runs from October 16 to February 9, 2025.
Pinault Collection, Bourse de Commerce: Arte Povera
The Bourse de Commerce will showcase a major Arte Povera exhibition featuring over 250 works. This exhibition, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, explores the movement’s origins and international influence, spotlighting key artists like Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, and Mario Merz, alongside contemporary artists engaging with its legacy. The works blend natural and urban materials, focusing on memory, energy, and emotion, drawing from major public and private collections globally.
This show runs from October 9 to January 20, 2025.
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris: Oliver Beer, Josephsohn by Albert Oehlen, Art in Atomic Age
The A Thousand Voices project, led by Oliver Beer, invites children to reinterpret four selected works from the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris through drawing and sound. Participants’ creations will be transformed into animated films and an immersive sound composition.
This show runs from October 4 to July 13, 2025.
The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is also presenting a retrospective of Swiss sculptor Hans Josephsohn. Curated by Albert Oehlen, the exhibition explores Josephsohn’s work, known for its powerful representations of the human form, with a focus on his interaction with materials and process. The show covers three major periods of Josephsohn’s career, from figurative works to abstraction, featuring sculptures made of plaster and brass, many on loan from the Kesselhaus Josephsohn.
This show runs from from October 11 to February 16, 2025.
The exhibition Atomic Age explores the influence of atomic energy and the Cold War on art and culture from the 1940s to the 1960s, showcasing works by prominent artists who grappled with the existential threats and scientific advancements of the period. Through paintings, sculptures, and multimedia, the exhibition reflects on how art responded to and interpreted the fears and hopes of the atomic era and the impact of science breakthroughs on public consciousness.
This exhibition runs from October 11 to February 16, 2025.
