Art museums and art galleries in Paris; Paris attractions, architecture, events, places, monuments, tourist guides; a comprehensive guide to websites
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Art museums in Paris
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Architecture
Architecture City Guide: Paris
ArchDaily
Paris Architecture
A database of Paris architectural styles, architects and regions. 550 Paris buildings and monuments.
Haussmann’s renovation of Paris, Wikipedia entry.
Art galleries (independent, commercial)
Agnès B – Galerie du Jour
Featuring about ten different shows per year, the gallery is renowned for its carefully selected painters, photographers and sculptors.
A.H. Fine Arts Gallery
Neo-impressionism, the school of Point-Aven, the school of Rouen, and fauvism.
Antique and Contemporary Art Gallery
Antique prints de La galerie Napoleon
ArtChic
Showing contemporary paintings and sculptures of well-known French artists.
Bernheim-Jeune Gallery
Contemporary art in one of the city’s oldest galleries.
Galerie 1900-2000
Avant garde art movements of the 20th century.
Galerie Artesepia
Old Master drawings.
Galerie Blue Square
Contemporary Russian art.
The Galerie Esther Woerdehoff
One of the few French galleries exclusively devoted to photography.
Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont
Spécialisée en art contemporain.
Galerie Meyer Lebihan
Specialises in painting and sculpture from Groupe Memoire, an association of independent artists.
Galerie Michel Rein
International contemporary artists.
Galerie Michelle Boulet
Specializes in decorative easel Trompe-l’oeil painting and works from French contemporary masters.
Galerie Vidal Saint-Phalle
European and American contemporary art.
Jeu de Paume
A leading pole for the exhibition of photographic and other images from the 19th to the 21st century. Jeu de Paume produces, co-produces and hosts exhibitions as well as film programmes, symposiums, and public activities, and also pursues a publishing programme.
Luniverre
Glass sculpture and giftware in glass and sterling silver, artist’s jewelry.
Modus
The collections at Modus showcase a range of styles, media and talents and seeks to bring back the best to Place de Vosges, the historic centre of arts in France.
Michel Caboste Gallery
19th and 20th century figurative paintings by French and foreign artists.
Perrotin
Up-and-coming artists. Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
Tanakaya
Japanese antiques; prints, paintings, books, ceramics, bronzes.
Yvon Lambert
Galerie Yvon Lambert has been showcasing pioneering artists of conceptualism (including Lawrence Weiner), minimalism (notably, Carl Andre) and land art since its opening in 1966.
Xippas
Focused on international contemporary art, the gallery has been developed as a platform for discovery and promotion of both young and established artists.
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Cemeteries
Cimetière de Montmartre
Wikipedia entry.
Cimetière du Montparnasse
Wikipedia entry.
Find a Grave. Montparnasse Cemetery
Montparnasse cemetery, Official Site
Contemporary art in Paris
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain Paris
Paris-art.com,
dedicated to covering (almost) all the contemporary art in Paris. Our site has been online for four years and is sent weekly to 44,000 subscribers. Although focused on events taking place in Paris, the Paris-art.com data base contains international references, with over 9,500 images, 2,500 artists, and 10,000 articles, announcements, bibliographies, interviews, etc.; they update the information daily.
Contemporary art exhibitions in Paris.
Art Contemporain à Paris: Musées, Galeries, Expositions.
La Gaîté lyrique
La Gaîté lyrique is a place for cultures in the digital age. You are all invited to come and visit an exhibition, attend a concert, have a drink, play a video game, and experience la Gaîté lyrique as a place that studies the present and imagines the future.
Jeune Creation
A gallery of contemporary art.
Drawings
Paris drawings, illustrations and clip art.
Fotosearch.com
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Eiffel Tower
The Official Eiffel Tower Website
Events and attractions in Paris
Performing Arts and cultural activities.
The world famous french magazine “L’officiel des Spectacles”. Discover all the current cultural and tourist activities in Paris: theatre, concert, cinema, restaurant, typical location and activities for kids in Paris and its suburbs.
Mairie de Paris
Events, music, guides, places, history (in English). Includes online magazines.
Paris Tourism Office
Office de Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris
Le Site officiel de l’Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris
A calendar of events (in French).
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Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain Paris
At once a creative space for artists and a place where art and the general public can meet, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is dedicated to promoting and raising public awareness of contemporary art. Each year, the Fondation Cartier organizes a program of exhibitions based on either individual artists or themes, and commissions work from artists, thus enriching an important collection.
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Gallery directories
Art galleries in Paris.
A guide from France Today.
Wikipedia: art museums and galleries in Paris.
Association des Galeries, Paris. Galleries in Paris
A finder’s guide to the galleries of Paris.
Guides and portals
Paris Art
Evenement culturel, agenda culturel.
Paris Wikipedia entry.
Links to Paris attractions and institutions.
Parisrama.com
Online videos, webcams, photographs, gallery guide.
Paris Tourism Office
Office de Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris
History of Paris
La Butte Montmartre
History, places of interest, famous cabarets.
The History of Paris, from the WebMuseum.
History of Paris. Paris Online
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Magazines
Montmartre
La Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre
Montmartre District travel guide.
Musée de Montmartre: histoire et vie artistique du quartier de Montmartre.
The history of Montmartre, an art history timeline from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
A videoed walking tour of Montmartre. YouTube
Place du Tertre (360 degree panorama)
Montparnasse
Montparnasse area travel guide.
Modigliani and the Artists of Montparnasse.
Monuments
Monuments, landmarks and sightseeing in Paris.
Discover Paris.com
Museums of Paris
Le Louvre. Site officiel du Musée du Louvre.
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaisme
Musée de l’Orangerie des Tuileries
Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian
Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain
Grenier des Grands Augustins (Picasso’s former studio)
Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne
Maison Européenne de la Photographie
Musee d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaisme
Musée de la Mode et du Textile
Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits
Musée et Jardin Départemental Albert Kahn
Musée Nationale de Céramique-Sèvres
Musée National des Arts et Traditions Populaires
Musée National du Moyen Age-Thermes de Cluny
Musée National Eugène Delacroix
Museums of the City of Paris Official Site
Musée d’Orsay
The museum holds mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1915, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography. It houses the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist masterpieces in the world, by painters including Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Sisley, Gauguin and Van Gogh.
Petit Palais
Musée des Beaux. Arts de la Ville de Paris
Pompidou Centre. Centre Georges Pompidou
News
News about the arts from Paris. Paris Muse
Notre Dame Cathedral . Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris
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Pavement art
Pavement art in Paris by S. Jaspert.
Parks and gardens of Paris
Parks and gardens of Paris, a list from Wikipedia.
Parks and gardens, a guide from The Paris Tourism Centre.
Timeout guide to the ‘best’ parks and gardens in Paris.
Paris Anglo.com
Understanding Paris for the Anglo visitor.
Paris Digest. A tourist portal.
Sighteseeing, getting around Paris, tours, hotels.
Photographs of Paris
Photographs of Paris
A Photographer’s Guide to Paris.
Photos of Paris
Original photos of Paris by two photographers.
Visions of Paris by Manoko & Violaine Renaudin
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Technikart
Version web du magazine branché art et cultures.