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Mickalene Thomas celebrates Black women through intimate, sensual and powerful portraits. In large-scale works, her friends, lovers and icons become both muses and the protagonists of their own image.

A monument to defend, riddles to solve, a mission to complete... The Grand Palais takes you on a free interactive adventure, right from its mobile app! Available in French.

On the occasion of the exhibition devoted to Nan Goldin at the Grand Palais until June 21, 2026, Alice Leroy, lecturer, researcher and film critic, offers a series of texts exploring her work through the lens of cinema. Between slideshows and installations, a form of writing emerges that engages with memory and desire. Here, she reflects onThe Ballad of Sexual Dependency and the slideshow as a collective form.

An extraordinary project, an emblematic building, human adventures: for almost four years, director Stefan Cornic followed the major stages in the restoration of the Grand Palais, camera by hand. The result? An immersive, sensitive documentary, Les métamorphoses du Grand Palais, available now for replay on France.tv.

From December 17, 2025 to April 5, 2026, discover All About Love, a vibrant retrospective of artist Mickalene Thomas, the first African-American artist to be honored with a major solo exhibition at the Grand Palais. Tickets are now available, book your seats!

From fencing halls to basketball courts — even skateparks — the Nave of the Grand Palais has hosted a variety of sporting events, reflecting the growing enthusiasm for new sports practices in the 2000s. Let’s look back at 5 bold sporting moments that paved the way for the Grand Palais to become an Olympic venue in 2024.

Mickalene Thomas's exhibition All About Love celebrates the intimacy, sensuality and power of Black women. It owes its title to bell hooks' book,All About Love: New Visions (1999), which presents love as a force for transformation and empowerment.

This summer, the Grand Palais pulses to the rhythm of the fencing and taekwondo events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. But did you know that this iconic monument has a sporting history that spans more than a century? From gymnastics galas to horse shows, it has forged a unique relationship with the world of sport. In this Olympic year, let's relive the exploits of the Grand Palais' champions together!