The Cité wishes you a happy new year!

In 2026, the Cité internationale des arts will continue to be the place of artistic freedom, as exemplified by our spring exhibition Freeing the Voices.

Exhibitions, open studios and public debates are just some of the opportunities for visitors to engage with a wide variety of artists and cultural professionals, while discovering their creations. 

Marais Site

↘ Restitution of the In situ residency programme     

     February 26  – March 7, 2026   
  

Freeing the Voices

   April 16 – July 11, 2026

Montmartre Site

↘ Open Studios

     February 14 – 15, 2026

     June 19 – 20 – 21,  2026

In January 2026

Exhibition

Paris des vi(ll)es | Public Intimacies

Marais Site → Galerie
Until January 24, 2026

Curators : Scénos Urbaines (François Duconseille and Jean-Christophe Lanquetin, artists and scenographers), Nataša Petrešin-Bachelez, head of artistic and cultural programming at the Cité internationale des arts, and Simona Dvorák, independent curator.

Exhibition presented as part of the Festival d’Automne 2025.

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Workshop

Workshop for Spect’actors

Marais Site
Thursday, January 15, 2026

[ accessible upon registration ]

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Carte Blanche to Olivier Marboeuf | A Rester.Étranger Vigil

On 23 January 2026
Marais Site → Galerie
Thursday, January 15, 2026

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Carrier Bags of Power – Young Joo Lee

Marais Site → Vitrine
From 21 January to 21 February 2026

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Every Wednesday, 6 to 9 pm

Événement

Open Studios

Marais Site

A central part of the programme at the Cité internationale des arts, a place where artists from all over the world, from all disciplines and all generations, live, work and research, the open studios are a weekly event where the public is invited to discover the work in progress of the artists in residence!

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Group exhibition

In the Half-Light

From February 25 to March 7, 2026
Marais Site → Galerie

With the 2025–2026 winners of the In Situ residency programme: Daniel de la Barra, Yana Nafysa Dombrowsky-M’baye, Carlos Fer, Nadia Guerroui, Zhuang Han, Alexandra Kadzevich, Martha Kotsia, Reyhan Lál, Felipe Romero Beltrán, Beatrice Zaidenberg

Curator : María Inés Rodríguez

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Appels à candidatures

Until January 18, 2026

2—12

Every year, the Cité internationale des arts launches a residency program untitled 2—12, open to all artistic disciplines

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Until January 30, 2026

Galang

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Until January 30, 2026

Fondation Bernard Grau x Cité internationale des arts

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Residency News

Fondation H x Cité internationale des arts

Paritana Prize 2025

Winner of the 2025 Paritana Prize, Chloé Soafaniry Ramanankasina has been awarded a three-month residency to develop her project Renouer les tresses de son identité. 

This work is on display at the Fondation H in Paris until January 24, 2026.⁠

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Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec - CALQ x Cité internationale des arts

CALQ x Cité internationale des arts

In 2025, the CALQ (Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec) and the Cité internationale des arts have strengthened their long-standing partnership with the launch of three new residency programmes, enabling Frédérique PAX Dumas, Kama La Mackerel, and Lya Olivia Thomassie to be welcomed into residence for three months.

This is part of a historic and fruitful collaboration that has already welcomed more than one hundred artists for six-month residencies. The most recent being Nelson Hendricks.

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