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This autumn, there's no need to choose between art, games and discovery: the Grand Palais brings it all together in one place. So get your curious, dreamy, playful selves ready... and set a course for a great family vacation in the heart of Paris! Here's a sneak preview of what's in store.

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. HHere, she looks back at the connections between Nan Goldin and the New York underground cinema of the 1980s, through several collaborations and figures from the No Wave scene.

Bookings open today for the second edition of the Grand Palais d'été. From June 2, the iconic glass roof of the Grand Palais is transformed into a place of celebration and creation: exhibitions, dance, theater, performances, concerts... Book your artistic experiences and enjoy an exceptional summer!

In the heart of the Grand Palais’s Nef, a monumental presence blurs the boundaries between matter and sensation through July 26. Lights, sounds, scents, videos, and moving installations... the artist invites you to experience a different way of perceiving the world, inspired by the mysteries of quantum physics. Discover Nous, frissons d’étoiles by Laure Prouvost.

On the occasion of the exhibition devoted to Nan Goldin at the Grand Palais until June 21, 2026, Alice Leroy, teacher-researcher and film critic, offers a series of texts exploring her work through the prism of cinema. In this article, she returns to the founding figure of Barbara, the artist's late sister, whose memory irrigates her work and echoes other women in the history of cinema, also named Barbara.

On the occasion of the exhibition devoted to Nan Goldin at the Grand Palais until June 21, 2026, Alice Leroy, teacher-researcher and film critic, offers a series of texts exploring her work through the prism of cinema.Today, she reflects on Nan Goldin’s love of cinema, from her discoveries of underground film to the Hollywood figures, and shows how this eclectic love of film forms an intimate history of cinema that deeply informs her work. 

Music runs through all of artist Nan Goldin's slideshows and films, shaping their rhythm and perception. On the occasion of the exhibition devoted to Nan Goldin at the Grand Palais until June 21, 2026, Alice Leroy, teacher-researcher and film critic, offers a series of texts about her work.

At nearly 80 years old, Matisse reinvented himself: he no longer painted, but cut directly into color. With his scissors, he invented a free, direct gesture that gave birth to figures of rare power. A new creative impetus driven by the cut-out gouache technique, whose history and artworks can be discovered at the Grand Palais until July 26 ! 

Presented at the Grand Palais until August 30, 2026, the Paintings for the Temple is the most ambitious project of Hilma af Klint's artistic life. Visionary, mystical and deeply singular, the Swedish painter developed between 1906 and 1915 a monumental work of 193 paintings conceived as fragments of an ideal spiritual temple.