It’s a new year and that means new exhibits coming our way in Paris. If you are an art lover and a trip to Paris is on the agenda there are a few standouts you may want to plan around.
We start with the Musée du Louvre, because well, it’s my favorite place in the world.
Naples in Paris: the Louvre hosts the Museo di Capodimonte and brings together more than 60 masterpieces from the Capodimonte museum while it is going under renovation. The exhibit will stretch to three spaces in the Louvre including the Grande Galerie where the Capodimonte Italian masters will have a conversation with the masters of the Louvre.
From 7 June to 22 January 2024 in the Salon Carré et Grande Galerie
7 June to 25 September Salle de l’Horlage Sully WIng
The treasury of Notre Dame Cathedral from its origins to Viollet-Le-Duc
The one we have all been waiting for will be bringing two beloved monuments together. Notre Dame de Paris and the Louvre. On April 15, 2019, when we watched in shock the images of the beloved cathedral in flames I could only think of the treasures that are held inside. Shortly after they announced they would have them on exhibit, well 4 ½ years later we finally get to see them all once again.
When Notre Dame was open many including Rick Steves told people to skip the Treasury just off the south transept but it is filled with many historical and beautiful pieces. Many of those pieces including the tunic of Saint Louis will be on view in the former Petite Galerie just past the entrance of the Richelieu wing. The exhibit also explores the Treasury before the Revolution and of Viollet-Le-Duc, the great architect that saved her in the 19th century. 19 October - 19 February 2024
Included in your general Musée du Louvre tickets
The Orsay and its sister museum the Musée de l’Orangerie always do an exceptional job with their special exhibits. There is one that made me gasp as soon as I saw it come through and I know you will all want to book a flight as soon as possible.
Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise, The last few months
In the fall of this year opening on October 3 is the first exhibit to ever focus on the last two months in the life of Vincent van Gogh. His last two months in Auvers-sur-Oise were very prolific with 74 paintings and 33 drawings and many will be on display. It will be fantastic in conjunction with the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. This will be a very popular one and most likely the Orsay will require a timed ticket for the exhibit as well as the Orsay ticket. It is included in your ticket but just a heads up as it gets closer.
3 October to 4 February, 2024
Manet/Degas
If you are a lover of Manet or Degas like I am the Orsay, has another treat for you this year. Beginning on March 28 to July 23 a joint exhibit dedicated to these masters focusing on their similarities as well as their differences. Focusing on the 1870s when the two artists knew each other and how they influenced each other. I for one, am very excited to see so many of the Manet and Degas paintings return from the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
28 March to 23 July, 2023
For those in New York the exhibit will move to the Met this fall from September to January 2024
Matisse. Art notebooks, the turning point of the 1930s
Another beloved master of color, Henri Matisse takes over the Orangerie this spring. The exhibit includes a few rarely seen in France since they were first in the artist’s collection of pieces painted in the 1930s. Starting with an impromptu trip to Tahiti, Matisse was inspired by the colors that were a bit different from the south of France.
Exhibits in the Orangerie are always so well laid out and the audio guides are fantastic. I love to recommend the museum to clients as it has a mix of Impressionist and modern art and is very easy to navigate.
Catch the Matisse exhibit from 1 March to 29 May.
Also at the Orangerie, Modigliani, and Paul Guillaume
In the history of art, there are many duos that are so iconic we may never know of the artist if it wasn’t for their major supporters. Art dealer Paul Guillaume was Modigliani’s greatest champion up until his death in 1920. It is also the collection of Guillaume that comprises the permanent collection of the Orangerie. I love to come across a Modigliani painting with long geometric faces and can’t wait to see an entire exhibit dedicated to the prolific master that died way too early.
20 September to 15 January, 2024
2023 also marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Picasso and there are special exhibits in Paris and around the world. A few to look forward to in Paris and beyond and see a full list (in French) here.
Gertrude Stein & Picasso, Invention of Language
13 September to 21 January 2024
Learn more about Gertrude in a past episode of our podcast here
Picasso & Pre-history
8 February to 12 June
The Paris of Moderns 1905 to 1925
14 November to 14 April
Picasso Drawings
18 October to 22 January, 2024
In New York at the Guggenheim
Young Picasso in Paris
12 May to 7 August
Other exhibits not to miss
Leon Monet, brother of the artist, and the first time his personal collection and portrait are on display in Paris.
Musée du Luxembourg
15 May to 16 July
Sarah Bernhardt, the queen of the Paris stage already shares the wall of the Petit Palais but an entire exhibit dedicated to her?! She was also a sculptor when not on stage or sleeping in a coffin. Listen to the episode we did about her in 2020 and you to will fall in love with her.
Petit Palais
14 April to 27 August
Basquait and Warhol, are two greats that are synonymous with New York. The two died just a year apart but both have a style that is each their own. Can’t wait to see how the Fondation Louis Vuitton puts this together. Do buy your tickets in advance for this one, the FLV always sells out days in advance.
5 April to 28 August
Coming to Paris this year, reach out for a tour with me. From historic tours in the steps of Hemingway with a Hemingway to the cobblestones and all their hidden stories to the best museum in the world and more.
