This week, as Art Basel Paris takes over the Grand Palais, the city’s institutions rise to the occasion with bold, introspective shows. Here are the redefining art’s scale and spirit across Paris that The Art Gorgeous team can’t wait to see, plus a spooky event for those still in London👇
🎨 Fondation Louis Vuitton — Gerhard Richter: Six Decades
📍 8 Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, 16e | On now through Mar 2, 2026
270 works tracing Richter’s lifelong pursuit of abstraction, perception, and truth. From blurred photo-paintings to glass constructions, this retrospective feels like stepping inside the artist’s mind — equal parts memory, mystery, and mastery.
🏛️ Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain — Exposition Générale
📍 2 Place du Palais-Royal, 1er | On view tomorrow Oct 25 through Aug 30, 2026
The grand unveiling of Jean Nouvel’s new building, and it’s as bold as you’d imagine. 600 works by 100 artists explore the collective imagination, setting the tone for a new era of Parisian contemporary art. Expect sensory overload, in the best way possible.
🔺 Bourse de Commerce — Minimal
📍 2 Rue de Viarmes, 1er | On now through Jan 18, 2026
A cross-century dialogue between Judd, Flavin, Lee Ufan, and Senga Nengudi — minimalism made monumental under the Pinault dome. Concrete, light, and silence take centre stage in a show that proves less can truly be more.
🌐 Palais de Tokyo — Echo Delay Reverb: American Art and Francophone Thought
📍 13 Avenue du Président Wilson, 16e | On now through Feb 15, 2026
A transcultural symphony of voices where American art and Francophone philosophy collide. Expect rhythm, theory, and a hint of chaos, in the way only Palais de Tokyo can pull off.
And elsewhere in London …
🎃 RCA Big Draw: Spooky Skies, Drawn Together
Still lingering in London post-Frieze? Head to The Big Draw at the Royal College of Art in London on 31 October for RCA Big Draw: Spooky Skies, Drawn Together, a free, open-to-the-public workshop running 11am–4pm in the Hangar (Studio Building) at RCA Battersea. Led by Sarah Staton, Senior Tutor in Sculpture, and supported by MA Sculpture students, the session offers materials, inspiration, and a Halloween playlist to set the tone. No booking needed, just turn up and draw together. 👻✏️
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