What's Happening in Paris This Week

For full details about an event, click on the title to visit the official Web site (in English when available).

Note to readers: Paris currently has a 7pm curfew. “Essential” shops (including food stores, hairdressers, bookstores, florists and chocolate shops!) are open, but art galleries, museums, theaters, cinemas, restaurants and cafés remain closed. Residents are required to stay within 10 kilometers of home when they go out. See below for online and a few live events.

April 9

Home movies

Lost in Frenchlation presents Les Parfums (Perfumes), directed by Grégory Magne.

Online
April 9

Nora novelized

Paris’s Irish Culture Centre will present an online conversation between Nuala O’Connor, author of Nora,a novel based on the life of James Joyce’s wife Nora Barnacle, and Katherine McSharr, deputy director of the National Library of Ireland.

Online, 8pm
Through September 2021

Lockdown life

Artist Jeanne Susplugas presents work reflecting on how our relationships with our homes have changed in the past year for Where My House Lives. The viewer is invited to peer through 12 windows, each showing an illustrated and narrated piece about a different person’s life and space.

Online
Ongoing

Online gallery

Galerie Templon presents a digital edition of Correspondances, the story of contemporary artist Gérard Garouste’s encounters with writer Franz Kafka and philosopher Marc-Alain Ouaknin.

Online
Through May 22

Another online gallery

Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire presents an online viewing room for visual artist Kenny Dunkan’s first exhibition: Keep Going! The exhibition combines performance and visual art to explore Dunkan’s Guadeloupean heritage. Above: Kenny Dunkan’s “The Forbidden Fruit.” © Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire.

Online
Ongoing

Save the Musée de l’Éventail

A crowdfunding campaign is underway to help save the Musée de l’Éventail, Paris’s museum of fans and fan-making.

Online
Ongoing

Movies from Japan

The Maison Européenne de la Photographie is launching Les Soirées Ciné: each week, a film associated with its forthcoming exhibition, “Moriyama – Tomatsu : Tokyo,” will be streamed.

Online
Through April 17

Audio series

The Centre Culturel Irlandais presents Déambulations, a series of audio postcards in which artists living in different European cities walk through their local neighborhoods.

Online
Through May 28

Street art

For the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Commune de Paris, the city presents a number of street art exhibitions throughout the arrondissements, starting with Nous la Commune, with art by Dugudus.

Paris, France
Through January 2022

Curated by artists

Twenty-four exhibitions conceived and curated by students at the École de Beaux-Arts will be on show for the next 10 months for Le Théâtre des Expositions. The first five exhibitions can be viewed through photographs online until the coronavirus situation changes.

Online
Ongoing

Live from the Louvre

The Musée de Louvre presents a program of events – concerts and conferences about the museum’s history and collections and  – streamed live on the Louvre Youtube channel.

Online
Through June 18, 2021

Online photography exhibition

The Grand Palais and Bibliothèque Nationale present an online version of their Noir et Blanc exhibition, charting the evolution and significance of monochrome photography. In French only. Price: €4/€8.

Online
Through May 31

Open-air gallery

Bercy Village presents an exhibition of 30 posters from the career of celebrated French comic actor Louis de Funès, free to view throughout the shopping village.

Bercy Village, Paris
Ongoing

Art behind the scenes

For L’Oeil du Parcours, Parcours Saint-Germain presents weekly Instagram Lives with artists from studios and private exhibitions.

Online
Ongoing

Cultural events on TV

France Télévision is launching Culturebox, a new TV channel that will broadcast live and recorded cultural events.

France
Ongoing

Live performance

The Théatre de la Ville presents a series of dance, theater and music shows, broadcast live on YouTube.

Online
Through April 14

Literary herstory

Forgotten female authors of the 20th century are celebrated through conferences and exhibitions in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France’s Autrices Oubliées de l’Histoire.

Online
Ongoing

Guided tour

The Musée du Quai Branly presents a three-part guided tour of the major exhibition “The Olmecs and the Civilizations of the Gulf of Mexico” via Youtube.

Online
Ongoing

All about Alberto Giacometti

With museums remaining closed for the time being, L’Institut Giacometti presents a range of background videos, roundtables and performances related to its upcoming exhibition on the relationship between Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti and Samuel Beckett.

Online
Ongoing

Hidden film stars

The Musée Sacem presents an online exhibition, Devine Qui Vient Doubler?, focusing on those who do the work of dubbing and subtitling films.

Online
Ongoing

Poetry online

The Maison de la Poésie is hosting lectures, interviews and readings on its social media.

Online
Ongoing

Impressionism

The Festival Normandie Impressionisme invites viewers to revisit the festival through an online photo album.

Online
Ongoing

Art of Migration

Streaming of works by migrant artists in France from the postponed Festival Visions d’Exil.

Online
Ongoing

Women migrants’ history in pictures

The National Museum of Immigration presents online images of women migrants from the exhibition “Les Femmes en Mouvements.”

Online
Ongoing

Art on film

For 25 Arts Seconde, the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles presents a series of films by and about artists.

Online
Ongoing

Photography in quarantine

The Maison Européenne de la Photographie presents masterclasses, lectures and interviews with artists on its website and social media while the gallery remains closed.

Online
Ongoing

Indie films

The Cinémathèque Française is screening some unusual films from its catalog online (free).

Online
Ongoing

Free classes on French topics

Pandemonium U presents free Zoom classes in English on such topics as the role of small French villages in helping refugees and the death of Resistance hero Jean Moulin.

Online
Ongoing

More art from home

The Centre Pompidou presents its first virtual exhibition, devoted to Miró.

Online
Ongoing

Get creative at home

The Centre Pompidou presents a wide range of videos, including visits to exhibitions, spotlights on artworks and periods, and a series for children.

Online
Ongoing

More art at home

The Palais de Tokyo offers interviews with artists and behind-the-scenes content on its YouTube channel for Palais à la Maison.

Online
Ongoing

More virtual art

The Grand Palais offers live lectures, virtual exhibitions and more on its website and social media.

Online
Ongoing

Paris museum podcasts

Brighten up a lockdown walk with a podcast produced by Paris Musées.

Online
Through June 2021

Discovering art history

Learn how to appreciate and analyze art in its historical context in a range of masterclasses offered by Les Paris de l’Art 2020/21.

Various locations, Paris & Online
Throughout Lockdown

French film with English subtitles

Lost in Frenchlation has teamed up with Eyelet so users can watch independent French films directly on its website. First film is free.

Online
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