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, 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.
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. This text focuses on the way her slideshows reinvent montage as an open form, between memory, music and moving images.
Nan Goldin, Self Portrait at New Year’s Eve, Malibu 2006 in Memory Lost
What can families do at the Grand Palais right now?
October 3, 2025
This autumn, there's no need to choose between art, science and discovery: the Grand Palais brings them all together for you. So get your curious, your dreamers, your players ready... and discover the program for the coming weeks!
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.
Portraits of intimacy: the muses of Mickalene Thomas
February 12, 2026
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.
Vue de l'exposition « Mickalene Thomas, All About Love », Les déesses noires, au Grand Palais, Paris
Mickalene Thomas at the Grand Palais: an ode to love and black beauty!
December 17, 2025
It’s happening today! The exhibition All About Love opens its doors. With flamboyant portraits, self-assured bodies and bold expressions of femininity, Mickalene Thomas celebrates the beauty of Black women at the Grand Palais. A joyful and committed retrospective, on view until 5 April 2026.
