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Molière l’Opéra Urbain is an innovative musical creation that brings together a variety of talents on stage, from singers to slammers, rappers, dancers, actors and musicians, all in a set and costumes reminiscent of the 17th century.This show recounts the life of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière. Despite pressure to follow in the footsteps of his father, an upholsterer to the King, Molière chose to pursue his passion for writing plays.His success began in the autumn of 1658 when he found the protection of Philippe d’Orléans, nicknamed ‘Monsieur’. The high point came on 24 October of the same year, when Molière and his troupe performed before Louis XIV, Anne of Austria (Queen of France) and Cardinal Mazarin.It was not until 1665, on 14 June to be precise, that Molière finally obtained the official support of King Louis XIV, marking a major milestone in his theatrical career.Date : until 18 February 2024Venue : Dôme de Paris 34 Boulevard Victor 75015 Paris.Full price : €89Access : Metro line 12 station Porte de VersaillesTram T3a station Porte de Versailles-Parc des expositionsBus number 80 to Porte de Versailles station.

A century ago, in 1923, the world lost Gustave Eiffel, a visionary engineer whose legacy transcends the decades. Best known for his ‘300-metre tower’ in Paris, Eiffel had already left his mark on the field of metal bridges long before this emblematic project.The Musée d’Orsay celebrates the innovative engineer he was by highlighting the crucial importance of metal bridges in his career and his legacy as an entrepreneur. His early triumphs, such as the Bordeaux railway footbridge and the Garabit viaduct in France, and the Maria Pia bridge over the Douro in Porto abroad, bear witness to his early genius in the design and construction of metal structures.Thanks to his many technological innovations and his visionary spirit, Gustave Eiffel was able to turn his bold vision into reality with the creation of the famous ‘300-metre Tower’ for the Universal Exhibition of 1889. Today, this emblematic tower remains the eternal symbol of his ingenuity and his remarkable contribution to world architecture.Date : until 04 February 2024Venue : Musée d’OrsayAddress : Esplanade Valéry Giscard d’Estain, 75007 ParisFull price : €16Transport : bus 68, 69, 73 Musée d’Orsay station

The musical Notre-Dame de Paris was inspired by Victor Hugo’s novel.The musical was written by Luc Plamondon, who is also responsible for the musical “Starmania”.The play was first performed on September 16, 1998 in Paris, also at the Palais des Congrès.In 2024, Luc Plamondon decided to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his work, and returned to the Palais des Congrès, where it all began.The musical has been adapted in seven other languages, including English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Korean, Dutch and Polish.Notre-Dame de Paris has become THE benchmark for French musicals.The musical’s cast includes Garou, Hélène Ségara, Patrick Fiori and Julie Zenatti.Date: until January 07, 2024Location: Palais des Congrès de Paris.Address: Place de la Porte Maillot 75017 Paris.Access: Metro line 1 station Porte Maillot.RER C station Porte Maillot.Bus 73 station Porte Maillot Palais des Congrès.Price: from €38

As restoration work on the cathedral enters its final phase, the Musée du Louvre is devoting a unique exhibition to the treasury of Notre-Dame de Paris. This treasure, which brings together the objects and priestly vestments necessary for worship, relics and reliquaries, manuscript books and other precious objects donated out of piety, will then move to the cathedral’s neo-Gothic sacristy, built by Jean-Baptiste Lassus and Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc between 1845 and 1850 to house them.

Presented at the Musée d’Orsay in autumn 2023, this will be the first exhibition devoted to the works produced by Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) during the last two months of his life, at Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris. The exhibition is the culmination of years of research into this crucial phase in the artist’s life, and will enable the public to appreciate it in its true dimension.

The first retrospective in France devoted to the American painter Mark Rothko (1903-1970) since the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1999, the exhibition presented at the Fondation from 18 October 2023 brings together some 115 works from major institutional collections, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Tate in London and the Phillips Collection in Washington, as well as major international private collections, including that of the artist’s family.
The exhibition will take place throughout the Foundation, following a chronological itinerary that traces the artist’s career from his first figurative paintings to the abstraction that defines his work today.

To mark the 50th anniversary of Picasso’s death, the Musée du Luxembourg is staging a major exhibition on the story of the extraordinary friendship between two 20th-century icons, Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein.
Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), a Jewish American immigrant, writer, poet and aesthete, moved to Paris in 1903, shortly after the arrival of Picasso, then a young artist. Their position as foreigners and their marginality underpinned their membership of the Parisian bohemian scene and their artistic freedom. Their friendship crystallised around their respective work, which was the foundation of Cubism and the pictorial and literary avant-gardes of the twentieth century. Their posterity is immense.
By examining their complicity and inventiveness, the Musée du Luxembourg exhibition will explore a century of art, poetry, music and theatre through the work of such great figures as Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, Carl Andre, Joseph Kosuth, Hanne Darboven, Glenn Ligon, John Cage, Bob Wilson, Gary Hill and Philip Glass.