Grand Palais
Paris
Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Late opening on Fridays until 10 p.m.
Closed on Mondays
17 avenue du Général Eisenhower
75008 Paris
Entrance: Square Jean Perrin
After four years of renovation, the Grand Palais—one of Paris’s most iconic monuments—began reopening progressively with the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024. It now hosts exhibitions and events as part of a vibrant and festive program led by GrandPalaisRmn.
As a central partner in the Centre Pompidou’s Constellation, the Grand Palais presents four major exhibitions each year in its main galleries, co-produced with the Centre Pompidou. Its nave, auditoriums, and other spaces are home to performances and large-scale events, while the Salon Seine features dedicated spaces for young audiences and educational programming designed by the Centre.
A selection of some 300 significant graphic works, dating from 1900 to the present day, drawn from among the 35,000 drawings held in the Graphic Arts Department of the Musée National d’Art Moderne. This is the first time the richness and diversity of this collection are being presented.
Structured around four themes—studying, narrating, tracing, and animating—and punctuated by previously unseen juxtapositions, the exhibition offers a nuanced exploration of drawing and its many reinventions throughout the 20th century.
© Adagp, Paris. Photo : Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/Bertrand Prévost/Dist. GrandPalaisRmn
Drawing on the very idea of itinerancy—of the travelling show and the caravan—and driven by the desire to bring together all audiences, the new exhibition of the MuMo – the Centre Pompidou’s Mobile Museum focuses on the theme of the circus.
Drawing on numerous works from the collection of the Musée National d’Art Moderne that explore this subject, the exhibition presents a gallery of characters inviting visitors to step "through the looking glass" for a journey into the world of travelling fairgrounds. Saltimbanques, clowns, acrobats, and magicians—figures who mirror the artist—blend the real and the imaginary, giving rise to laughter and dreams.
"Matisse. 1941 – 1954" highlights the final years of the artist’s creative life. At nearly 80 years old, Henri Matisse reinvented his practice through the medium of cut-out gouache, which emerged as an autonomous and powerful visual language. Its simplicity allowed him to reach a universal form of expression and fully embrace the decorative dimension of his art.
Paintings, drawings, illustrated books, textiles, stained glass… All reflect this vibrant new impulse. Never before had Matisse been so prolific in his use of diverse techniques and materials. This is demonstrated by the approximately 230 works brought together here, ranging from intimate pieces to monumental ensembles, drawn from both public and private collections.
Located in the heart of Paris, the Grand Palais is a remarkable monument built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle.
With its monumental architecture, vast interior volumes, and rich history, the Grand Palais is a uniquely significant cultural and heritage site in Paris. Since its opening at the turn of the 20th century, it has echoed the great artistic, scientific, and societal movements of its time.
For over a century, the Grand Palais has hosted major exhibitions, cultural events, international fairs, and large-scale public gatherings. Its nave—spanning 13,500 square meters under the largest glass roof in Europe—has become a defining symbol of the Parisian landscape.
GrandPalaisRmn oversees the programming of the Grand Palais. Since the 1960s, it has produced both monographic and thematic art exhibitions, and welcomed major cultural, sporting, and culinary events into the Nave. It is also responsible for safeguarding the monument’s architectural heritage.
The Grand Palais’s major exhibitions span all artistic disciplines and eras, and resonate with the events held in the Nave, where culture takes many forms: contemporary art, fashion, science, photography, ecology, gastronomy, and sport.
The Palais de la Découverte, a center for science education managed by Universcience, is also housed within the Grand Palais—further reinforcing its role as a place of knowledge and public engagement.
The renovation of the Nave and surrounding galleries will be completed following the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, marking a new chapter in the monument’s history. The Grand Palais will fully reopen in June 2025 with a new season of must-see exhibitions in the heart of Paris.
