The 1st Audi Talent Awards ceremony took place on June 5 2007 in the Nave of the Grand Palais.

The competition, focusing on four areas (contemporary art, industrial design, music, sports innovation), rewards young creative talents who are encouraged to show a sense of sophistication, the avant-garde and fair play that reflect the auto maker's core values.

During the Monumenta / Richard Serra exhibition, Sotheby's France invited guests to the Grand Palais Fine Arts Staircase on May 15 2008.

The RATP (the Paris public transport authority) celebrated the New Year in the Grand Palais as part of the Yann-Arthus Bertrand exhibition: 6 billion others. The CEO of the Paris transport authority, responsible for running its metro, bus and tram networks, presented his greetings to the personnel, with a cocktail buffet accompanied by a big band, screens and illuminated totems: for two days, the Nave pulsated to the rhythms of the RATP!  

On the evening of February 5 2009, the Fine Arts Staircase welcomed the prestigious French publisher Gallimard for the launch of the book Grand Palais, monument capital, released in its collection "Découvertes Gallimard”. For the event, the invitingly warm Fine Arts Staircase was decorated in green, echoing the signature mignonette green paintwork of the Nave’s metal structure. Addresses by Yves Saint-Geours, author of the text for the book, and Élisabeth de Farcy, director of the collection, were followed by cocktails. Guests were each given a copy of the work.

April 6 was party time in the Grand Palais. Mobile phone operator SFR installed an original scenography in the Nave featuring a giant Rubix' Cube and four inflatable igloos. With cocktails, dance floor, digital photo studios, giant screen and 5,000 happy guests!

In 2009, French cosmetics giant l'Oréal celebrated its 100th anniversary! To mark the event, it chose the Grand Palais for the final evening of a symposium dedicated to partner hair stylists. Beneath the cupola of the Nave, an outstanding gala dinner was attended by 4,000 hair stylists from all over the world. With 320 tables laid and a sumptuous decor, they enjoyed an evening that lasted till 4 in the morning.

November 5 2009 was a première for two reasons. Firstly, the review L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui chose the Grand Palais to celebrate its launch. The magazine, a reference in the world of architecture, founded in 1930 by André Bloc, has been revived, after a long absence, by the efforts of architect Jean Nouvel, entrepreneur Alexandre Allard, and journalist Cyrille Poy.
Secondly, the venue chosen for the cocktail party, organised in honour of the celebrated periodical, was the Galerie courbe, the curved gallery in the Grand Palais. A well-kept secret, the venue, which is still undergoing refurbishment, was opened with stringent safety measures, and specially laid out and decorated for the one-off event. Guests included the French Minister of Culture and Communication, Frédéric Mitterrand and personalities like painter Pierre Soulages, designer Philippe Starck, and former Minister of Culture Donnedieu de Vabres…
At the end of the evening, the Galerie courbe closed its doors again to enable work to continue, in preparation for future public or private events.

To launch her collection for H&M, fashion designer Sonia Rykiel organised a mammoth party in the Nave of the Grand Palais. A scaled-down version of Paris was rebuilt in the Nave with a brightly illuminated 80-foot Eiffel Tower as its centerpiece, surrounded by a big wheel, an Arc de triomphe and other recognisable city features… A festive atmosphere and floats accompanied the models at the catwalk spectacular.