Cité Internationale des Arts

Nonprofit Private Foundation

Artist residency

The Cité internationale des arts, the world’s largest arts residence, has been bringing together more than 300 artists of all origins and generations in the heart of Paris since 1965, giving them the opportunity to carry out a creative or research project in all disciplines.

Open calls

D-0

Application deadline: 8 February 2026

Baya

With our partners: Institut français d'Algérie, Sacem, Camargo Foundation, Friche La Belle de Mai, Triangle-Astérides, Fraeme, Ministère de la Culture

D-15

Application deadline: 23 February 2026

Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem x Cité internationale des arts

With our partner: Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

D-18

Application deadline: 26 February 2026

Atelier Holsboer ↗ Open call available on our partner's website

With our partner: Mondriaan Fund

D-21

Application deadline: 1 March 2026

EMΣΤ x Cité internationale des arts

With our partner: EMΣΤ National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens

D-53

Application deadline: 2 April 2026

Académie des beaux-arts x Cité internationale des arts

With our partner: Académie des beaux-arts, France

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Not to be missed

Carrier Bags of Power – Young Joo Lee

“The works in Carrier Bags of Power were made after my daughter’s birth. Pregnancy and childbirth made me aware that each of us is shaped by a lineage: our mothers - their bodies, love, endurance, and struggles. Women’s bodies are carrier bags: vessels of life, memory, and care, not instruments of conquest." – Young Joo Lee

From 21 January to 21 February 2026

Marais Site → Vitrine

Coming soon

Open Studios | Les Rencontres de Montmartre

For this year’s open days at its Montmartre site, the Cité internationale des arts invites you to discover the practice and work in progress of artists in residence.

From 14 February to 15 February 2026

Montmartre Site

In the Half-Light

Alongside the 2025–2026 laureates, In the Half-Light presents works by Daniel de la Barra, Yana Nafysa Dombrowsky-M’baye, Carlos Fer, Nadia Guerroui, Zhuang Han, Alexandra Kadzevich, Martha Kotsia, Reyhan Lál, Felipe Romero Beltrán, and Beatrice Zaidenberg.

From February 25 to March 7, 2026

Marais Site → Galerie

1965 → 2025

In 2025, the Cité internationale des arts will celebrate its 60th anniversary, marking six decades of commitment to artistic creation, creative freedom, and the mobility of artists from around the world.

Coupure presse issue de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, édition du 6 au 12 mars 1957. Photographie issue du fonds d’archives de la Cité internationale des arts

A renovated auditorium

With 128 seats, this modernised space has become a central venue for events, meetings, debates and artistic performances.

Designed in keeping with the spirit of the place, the renovation focused on five major issues: thermal performance, environmental friendliness, accessibility, comfort, and the integration of new artistic equipment. The project was led by architect Maria Godlewska, a former resident of the Cité in the 1980s and 1990s.