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“What dream” by Zoe Chait
When: Through February 8
Where: Micki Meng
Why It’s Worth a Look: Zoe Chait’s meditative show echoes the haute couture ethos of reinvention. Her use of photogravure—a 19th-century printing process—transforms raw materials into transcendent images. Featuring her intimate series of SOPHIE—the late music and style icon whose avant-garde sensibilities paralleled fashion’s cutting edge—the exhibition offers a poetic counterpoint to the week’s festivities.
Know Before You Go: A newly reimagined video installation, Projection Reflected, captures tender, layered moments between Chait and SOPHIE, inviting reflection on the interplay of identity, art, and craft.
“Stephen Jones, chapeaux d'artiste”
When: Through March 16
Where: Palais Galliera
Why It’s Worth a Look: One of the most celebrated milliners of our time, Jones finally gets his due in a show that elevates the hat to high art. Displaying nearly 400 works, including over 170 hats as well as drawings and photos from Jones’s archive, the exhibition traces his transformative collaborations with iconic designers like Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Vivienne Westwood.
Know Before You Go: The show marks the first time in over 40 years that Palais Galliera has dedicated an entire show to an accessory. Expect to see Jones’s deep connections to Parisian culture and couture unfold—from the symbolism of the city itself to the quintessential elegance of Parisian women.
“Bardo” by Gerard & Kelly
When: Through March 8
Where: Marian Goodman
Why It’s Worth a Look: Gerard & Kelly bring their multidisciplinary practice to Paris for the first time with “Bardo,” an evocative exploration of architecture, queer historical figures, and sexuality. Rooted in Tibetan Buddhist notions of transition, the exhibition bridges eras—from Eileen Gray’s modernist villa to medieval manuscripts and the pulse of queer disco culture—creating a liminal space where the sacred and the profane collide.
Know Before You Go: A must-see at the exhibition is E for Eileen, a film shot at Gray’s iconic villa E-1027, which explores her life as an openly bisexual architect in pre-war Paris. Glory Hole, a striking reinterpretation of a Renaissance painting by Francesco Pesellino, features a disco ball replacing the saint’s head.
“Pop Forever, Tom Wesselmann &…”
When: Through February 24
Where: Fondation Louis Vuitton
Why It’s Worth a Look: This sweeping exhibition examines Pop art’s origins, evolutions, and enduring relevance—celebrating the movement’s timeless appeal. Featuring over 150 of Tom Wesselmann’s works, alongside 70 pieces by artists ranging from Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Ai Weiwei, visitors are taken on a vibrant journey from Pop’s Dadaist roots to its current reverberations.
Know Before You Go: Spanning four floors, the exhibition weaves a retrospective of Wesselmann’s practice into a broader thematic show. Highlights include the artist’s “Great American Nudes,” pieces from peers like Roy Lichtenstein, and new perspectives from contemporary talents like Derrick Adams. Don’t miss Andy Warhol’s Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, an explosion of color that remains a defining emblem of Pop’s playful yet profound cultural critiques.
“At One” by James Turrell
When: Through Summer 2025
Where: Gagosian, Le Bourget
Why It’s Worth a Look: This exhibition cements Turrell’s reputation as the “master of light,” introducing two new large-scale installations—All Clear and Either Or—that plunge viewers into environments of shifting color and form, dissolving the boundaries between the body and space. Turrell’s tricks of perception extend into an array of smaller projections, as well as illuminated wall pieces, complemented by archival materials from his Roden Crater project.
Know Before You Go: Don’t be alarmed to find yourself gently untethered from reality—Turrell’s use of light can be both tranquil and mind-bending.
“Éternel recommencement / Eternal Beginning” by Francis Picabia
When: Through March 12
Where: Hauser & Wirth
Why It’s Worth a Look: For the first time, Hauser & Wirth is focusing on the final phase of Francis Picabia’s life and career, marked by his return to Paris in 1945 until just before his death in 1953. Organized in collaboration with the Comité Picabia, this exhibition delves into the artist’s lesser-known post-war abstractions—works that diverge from his wartime “Nudes” in favor of textured surfaces, prehistoric-influenced motifs, and mythological references.
Know Before You Go: Among the highlights is Picabia’s controversial “Points” series, featuring dots arranged like constellations against turbulent, near-monochrome backdrops. His nods to African and Oceanic art appear in powerful, mask-like forms, while titles often borrow from Nietzsche.
“FW Pt.1”
When: Through February 22
Where: High Art
Why It’s Worth a Look: In the first installment of a two-part seasonal exhibition, High Art gathers works by Ant Łakomsk, Paul Levack, Graham Little, Beaux Mendes, Alan Michael, and Michelle Uckotter that reflect on the cultural cycles of art and fashion. The show invites viewers to consider how seasons can be both ritual and repetitive—mirroring the introspective, quieter facets of late fall and winter.
Know Before You Go: “FW Pt.1” precedes a second installment in Arles, where the conversation will delve deeper into the cycle of cultural production. Prepare for a contemplative collection of work that contrasts the frenzy of the holiday season and hints at a deeper desire for pause.
“I’M IN YOUR HANDS” by Lakwena Maciver
When: Through March 29
Where: Mariane Ibrahim
Why It’s Worth a Look: London-based artist Lakwena Maciver channels the vibrant energy of African diasporic barbershops, here exploring masculinity through a female gaze. Hand-painted typography and figurative imagery is inspired by local advertisements, and Maciver creates a futuristic framework in which to reflect on identity and transformation.
Know Before You Go: Don’t miss how Maciver’s layered references—to spiritual themes, intergenerational craft, and pop culture—offer uniquely uplifting commentary on collective heritage.
“Shelter from the cold” by Raphaela Simon
When: Through February 22
Where: Galerie Max Hetzler
Why It’s Worth a Look: In her sixth solo presentation with the gallery, Raphaela Simon interrogates our bodily autonomy, presenting fragments of human figures and abstract forms against blacked-out voids. The stark yet playful meditation stretches across 11 new paintings and one fabric structure.
Know Before You Go: The paintings’ monochromatic backdrops are punctuated by ghostly, distorted heads, icy enclosures, and soft-yet-solid fabrics. Look for Icebox and The Bathers, where heads appear trapped or submerged, plus Eishaut, a pale blue sculpture evoking the slippery feel of ice.
“Sculpture Nails” by Sylvie Fleury
When: Through February 22
Where: Thaddaeus Ropac
Why It’s Worth a Look: Themed around our cultural obsession with glamour and insatiable consumerism, Sylvie Fleury’s new exhibition reimagines luxury commodities—from Celine bags to Gucci handcuffs—as provocative sculptures.
Know Before You Go: The ground floor offers an immersive “sculpture gallery,” featuring giant hair clips, vintage Buick nods, and Slim-Fast tins reimaged in bronze. Upstairs, the gallery darkens to spotlight Fleury’s neon pieces that give a glimpse into the fashion world’s persuasive—perhaps menacingly so—undertones.
“Mary! Go Round” by Mary Stephenson
When: Through February 22
Where: White Cube
Why It’s Worth a Look: London-based painter Mary Stephenson debuts a new series of “cathartic playgrounds” that transform childhood memories, grief, and dreamlike imagery into vivid, liminal spaces. Working in thin, layered oil paint, Stephenson bridges abstraction and figuration. Expect visceral washes of color that blend the deeply personal with universal emotional states.
Know Before You Go: Look for the unorthodox use of translucent zinc white—Stephenson’s way of “painting with glass”—which creates visual veils of memory. One standout piece, Red, And Yellow, And Blue, was completed in a single burst after a personal loss.
“The Guiding Thread”
When: Through March 8
Where: Suzanne Tarasiève
Why It’s Worth a Look: Conceived as both an homage to the late gallerist Suzanne Tarasiève and a unique exercise in artistic kinship, this group show invites gallery artists—think Anne Imhof, Eva Jospin, Juergen Teller, Craig Wylie, and Dana Schutz—to showcase another artist whose work they admire. The result is a multifaceted dialogue bridging mediums, styles, and generations.
Know Before You Go: More than a memorial, the show is a testament to the gallery’s enduring vision: one of nurturing creative exchange. Expect to witness a vibrant tapestry of shared influences and personal tributes.
“Olga de Amaral”
When: Through March 16
Where: Fondation Cartier
Why It’s Worth a Look: This exhibition marks the first major European retrospective of Colombian artist Olga de Amaral’s work. The fiber art pioneer redefined textile-based work since her emergence in the 1960s. Working with materials like linen, horsehair, and gold leaf, de Amaral transforms her weaving and knotting into monumental, three-dimensional abstractions.
Know Before You Go: The show includes rare historical pieces never before seen outside of Colombia, as well as recent, vibrant works. Expect a sensory encounter—part art, part craft, part architecture—reflecting de Amaral’s revolutionary legacy in textiles.
“Giacometti / Morandi”
When: Through March 2
Where: Fondation Giacometti
Why It’s Worth a Look: Pairing two giants of post-war art—who never actually met—this exhibition spotlights the striking parallels in Alberto Giacometti’s pared-down figures and Giorgio Morandi’s meditative still lifes. Both artists shared a devotion to their studios and a profound engagement with reality, forging a broader vision of the human experience.
Know Before You Go: Curated by Françoise Cohen, the show examines how each artist revitalized a classic subject—landscape and still life for Morandi, the human figure for Giacometti—through a timeless, contemplative lens.
“Total” by Martine Syms
When: Through February 9
Where: Lafayette Anticipations
Why It’s Worth a Look: In her first French retrospective, Martine Syms transforms Lafayette Anticipations into a hybrid store-film-set-studio. The result is a “theater of the everyday” where intimate references collide with historical archives and spiritual invocations, posing urgent questions about identity in a hyper-connected world.
Know Before You Go: Curated by Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel, the exhibition draws inspiration from a broad spectrum—Black culture, feminist history, pop iconography—all refracted through Syms’s signature lens of irony and critique. Expect to ponder how the mass commercialization of culture and the constant surveillance of our image define not just our desires, but the very scripts we live by.
