Open Studios

Open Studio by Terence Teo, October 2025, Cité internationale des arts © Maurine Tric / Adagp, Paris 2025

Open Studios → Marais Site

A unique place to live and work for artists of all nationalities, disciplines, and generations, the Cité internationale des arts offers the public special opportunities to meet the residents and have direct and free access to the creative process in all its diversity.

Every Wednesday from 6 pm to 9 pm, the Cité opens its doors on the Marais site and invites professionals and amateurs alike to discover the works and ongoing research of 6 to 10 artists in residence.

As part of the weekly Open Studios, the Cité internationale des arts invites a partner to curate an evening.

On May 27, from 6 to 9 pm, 17 artists from the Institut français x Cité internationale des arts residency programme will open the doors to their studios at the Marais site of the Cité internationale des arts in Paris. For this fourth edition, the Institut français and the Cité internationale des arts have invited independent curator Alexia Pierre to propose an evening programme.

Find out more about the Open Studios “Curated by” Institut français.

Programme for the May 27, 2026 Open Studios

With the artists

Khalid Alarabi

Qatar

Ruangsak Anuwatwimon

Rayya Badran

Lebanon

Anna Calleja

Malta

Omnia Elsayed Ali Habib Elamir

Arnaud Ferron

Germany

Alaa Itani

Lebanon

Raheel Khan

United Kingdom

Tiago Alexandre Teixeira Mestre

Portugal

Lô Politi

Brazil

Parilojithan Ramanathan

Sri Lanka

Sherine Salla

Egypt

Pamela Suasti

Ecuador

Wolfgang Tillmans

Germany

Open Studios → Montmartre Site

For this latest edition of the Open Studios | Les Rencontres de Montmartre at its Montmartre site, the Cité internationale des arts invites you to meet the artists-in-residence and discover their work.

Over three days, the public is invited to discover the work of some thirty artists from diverse backgrounds and with varied practices, who are hosted for residencies lasting from two months to a year, through studio visits, readings, screenings, performances, and concerts.

This event is organised in partnership with the Art Explora Foundation and the Académie des beaux-arts.

Detailed programme coming soon !

With the artists

Kamal Aljafari

Palestine