Master of 1537, “Portrait of the Jester looking through his fingers”, circa 1548, c The Phoebus Foundation at the Louvre on October 16

Since last week, even more events are announced for September and October with a major exhibition at the Louvre on October 16, “Figures du Fou, du Moyen Age aux Romantiques”, a story of the Jester, this companion of kings who was meant to amuse the court since the Middle Ages. Another show on Watteau’s “Pierrot dit Le Gilles”. will start the same day. On the musical front, the pianist Iddo Bar-Shai, who is also the artistic director of “Coups de Coeur in Chantilly“, announces a great week end of music on 14 and 15 October with the orchestra “Les Siècles” founded by François-Xavier Roth. This is the fourth year of the festival at Château de Chantilly and Bruckner and Fauré will both be celebrated.

Pierre et Gilles, “Lef’s Party” (Antoine Rigolot), 2023 at Templon Paris

In the Marais, all the galleries reopen this week end with Shio Kusaka, the Japanese born ceramist at David Zwirner. (If you have not been yet, do not miss the exhibition at Musée Guimet , “Au coeur de la couleur”, on Chinese monochrome porcelain.) Pierre et Gilles are on rue du Grenier Saint Lazare,  with their “Electric Night” at Daniel Templon, Tony Cragg’s “New Sculpures” at Thaddaeus Ropac Marais and “Expanded Horizons, American Art in the 70’s” in Pantin. And the Dibbouk is the star at mahJ with a hundred of artworks related to these wandering souls. On 18 avenue Matignon, Almine Rech shows Serge Poliakoff’s  “Divine image” curated by Dimitri Ozerkov, former curator of modern art at the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg. And the marvelous comic artist Wolinski is at Galerie Huberty & Breyne at n° 38,  from September 13.

Shio Kusaka, Ceramics at David Zwirner

At Musée de Montmartre, poet Jacques Prévert inspires an exhibition of 170 magical images from October 18 and on October 2, at Musée Bourdelle in Montparnasse, Auguste Rodin is confronted to his successful disciple Antoine Bourdelle, 20 years younger. Meanwhile, Musée Rodin opens on October 15  “Invisible Bodies”, the study of Balzac’s dressing gown with works from the museum and fashion archives from Palais Galliera. Also on October 15, Galerie du Passage has a show of Marie Hugo’s beautiful new paintings of trees and flowers.

Auguste Rodin, “Balzac’s dressing gown” at musée Rodin on October 15

Fondation EDF will show for the first time part of its collection from October 18 with a program of concerts and dance. Julio le Parc, François Morellet, Man Ray will dialogue with choreographers and artists who improvise in the pretty house of 6 rue Récamier. On a more serious note, CITECO, the museum set in the beautiful 1900 building of Banque de France, will show Janine Niépce‘s photographies of “Women at work” in the second half of the XX th century on October 4.

Prévert, “Portrait of Janine”, circa 1943, collection Eugènie Bachelot Prévert, will be at Musée de Montmartre on October 18

At Musée Picasso, “Jackson Pollock, the first years” 1934-1947, opens on October 15, with 100 paintings inspired by Mexican muralists which precede his famous drippings. And on October 17, Musée Marmottan Monet will have a fun exhibition on “Le Trompe l’Oeil from 1520 to today”, a selection of works from the museum and Jules and Paul Marmottan’s taste. Also, 60 year old artist Carole Benzaken is invited to “dialogue” with Monet’s masterpieces all around the museum.

Louise d’Orléans, the daughter of King Louis Philippe and Duc d’Aumale’s sister who was the first Queen of Belgium, is the topic of a Romantic exhibition at Musée Condé in Chantilly on October 19. And at Musée Carnavalet, “Une Année Revolutionnaire” will open on October 16.

Nadine Villain, La Liberté, 1794, “1793-1794 the Revolution in Paris”, at Musée Carnavalet on October 16

And just before the opening of Paris Art Basel at the renovated Grand Palais, on October 17-20, Opéra Gallery, 62 rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, will have a group show of 12 artists of the 1980’s with works by Saint Clair Cemin, Jean Michel Basquiat… curated by Pascale le Thorel. 

So now you know that you HAVE to be in Paris the week of October 14 for the multiple openings… and make sure to hire a driver!