10 EXHIBITIONS NOT TO MISS IN FRANCE

After another summer marked by climate upheavals, France’s fall exhibitions invite us to rethink our relationship with transforming environments and to reflect on our interdependence with the natural world.

Art of Change 21 has handpicked 10 exhibitions not to be missed!

Discover more fall exhibitions abroad HERE.

On Breathing
Solo show by Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
Until October, 4 2025

The two new monumental video installations by the Finnish artist, internationally recognized for her engaged work on the exploration of the non-human, reflect her particular attention to trees. The Aulanko Nature Reserve in Finland takes center stage in this exhibition.
Find out more: On Breathing, Eija-Liisa Ahtila

Diluvium
Solo exhibition by Ugo Schiavi
Metaxu Gallery, Toulon
Until October, 4 2025

In this new exhibition, sculptor and visual artist Ugo Schiavi explores the question of humanity’s responsibility in the destruction of life, through sculptural works and a video projection.
Find out more: Diluvium, Ugo Schiavi IG Ugo Schiavi

Diluvium, Ugo Schiavi, Metaxu Gallery, Toulon, photo © Virginie Sanna

Memo. Remembering the Futures
Group exhibition by Félix Blume, Emma Bruschi, Simone Kenyon & Lucy Cash, Liselot Cobelens, Collider x The Monkeys, dach&zephir, Roberta Di Cosmo, Cian Dayrit & Cla Ruzol, Alexis Foiny, Suzanne Husky, Fernando Laposse, Sally Ann McIntyre , Neve Insular, Bubu Ogisi / Bubu Ogisi / I A M I S I G O, Yesenia Thibault-Picazo
Martell Foundation, Cognac
Until January, 4 2026

Curated by Laura Drouet & Olivier Lacrouts (d-o-t-s), the exhibition highlights the work of fifteen international artists and designers who, through the prism of memory, explore the impact of human activities on ecosystems. (Ugo Schiavi is the winner of the 2025 Art Eco-Design Award by Art of Change 21).
Find out more: Memo. Remembering the Futures, Martell Foundation, Cognac

Eldorado
Solo exhibition by Bruno Gadenne
Prima Gallery, Paris
Until September, 27 2025

In his new series of oil paintings inspired by his recent travels to Central America and Borneo, painter and explorer Bruno Gadenne evokes a luxuriant natural world and invites reflection on the relationship between humans and the tropical forest.
Find out more: Eldorado, Bruno Gadenne IG Bruno Gadenne

Eldorado, Bruno Gadenne, Prima Gallery, Paris, photo © Prima Gallery

Where Dragons Collapse
Solo exhibition by Capucine Vever
Eric Mouchet Gallery, Paris
Until October, 25 2025

In this new exhibition, Capucine Vever brings together a video installation, a series of glazed ceramic sculptures, and a set of Chinese ink drawings that make visible the slow transformations of glaciers, now more than ever subjected to anthropic forces. (Capucine Vever was awarded the Planet Art Solidaire Prize by Art of Change 21 in 2021).
Find out more: Là où s’effondrent les dragons, Capucine Vever IG Capucine Vever

I Swallow Your Tears
Solo exhibition by Théo Mercier
Mor Charpentier Gallery, Paris
Until October, 4 2025

In this new solo exhibition, French visual artist and stage director Théo Mercier presents a gallery of thirteen sculpted portraits covered with snails, exploring the relationship between culture and the passage of time.
Find out more: I Swallow Your Tears, Théo Mercier IG Théo Mercier

I Swallow Your Tears, Théo Mercier, Mor Charpentier Gallery, Paris, photo © Mor Charpentier

Photoclimat Biennale
Group exhibition by Prince Gyasi, James Molisson, Robert et Shana Parkeharrison, Juliette Agnel, Floriane de Lassée, Sarah Anne Johnson, Tim Flach, Sacha Goldberger, Jojakim Cortis et Adrian Sonderreger, Sanja Marušić
Place de la Concorde, Quais de Seine, Académie du Climat, Place Saint-Sulpice, Paris
Until October, 12 2025

Founded and curated by artists Nicolas Henry and Floriane de Lassée, Photoclimat is an engaged photography biennial dedicated to social and environmental issues. Free and held in the heart of Paris, it features a scenography entirely eco-designed. Don’t miss the exhibitions at Place de la Concorde and along the Quais de Seine.
Find out more: site internet Biennale Photoclimat IG Photoclimat

Animal!?
Group exhibition by Rosa Bonheur, Antoine Bourdelle, Louise Bourgeois, Jean‑Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Edgar Degas, Lucian Freud, Ryan Gander, Alberto Giacometti, Douglas Gordon, Francisco de Goya, Vassily Kandinsky, Marie Laurencin, Henri Matisse, Annette Messager, Germaine Richier, Kiki Smith, Dorothea Tanning, Paolo Veronese, Rebecca Warren, Huang Yong Ping
Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc Landerneau
Until November, 2 2025

Curated by Christian Alandete, this exhibition brings together more than one hundred artists and explores the place of animals in artistic representation. Among them is the French duo Art Orienté Objet, committed to animal rights and ecology since its founding in 1992.
Find out more: Animal!?, Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc

The extra-terrestrial condition
Group exhibition by Raphaël Dallaporta, Sylvie Bonnot, Benoît Géhanne, Élise Parré, Simon Zagari,Amélie Bouvier, Annabelle Guetatra, Olivain Porry, Jeanne Susplugas, Smith, Arthur Desmoulin, Stéphane Thidet
Wallonie Bruxelles Center, Paris
Until September, 27 2025

This group exhibition, presented in collaboration with the CNES Space Observatory, highlights the work of twelve artists-in-residence who invite us to rethink our relationship to space and to Earth.
Plus d’info: La condition extra-terrestre, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles

Water calling
Solo exhibition by Isabelle Daëron
Pauline Pavec Gallery, Paris
Until September, 27 2025

As an artist and designer, Isabelle Daëron explores how underground waters have shaped the topography, know-how, and collective imagination of Kyoto.
Find out more: Water calling: l’appel de l’eau, Isabelle Daëron IG Isabelle Daëron