Paris · Art
Nuit Blanche
One night when the museums stay open until dawn and the city fills with installations, all free
Invented in Paris in 2002 and copied by dozens of cities since: for one night in autumn, museums stay open until the morning, installations appear in public buildings, swimming pools, churches and metro stations, and all of it is free.
The metro runs all night on the route, which is the practical detail that makes the whole thing work.
Paris
While you are in Paris
MuseumBook aheadParis · 1st arrondissement
Musée du Louvre
A royal palace turned into the first public museum of the republic, and the most visited on earth
MuseumParis · 7th arrondissement
Musée d'Orsay
A Beaux-Arts railway station holding the world's best collection of impressionism
MuseumParis · Tuileries
Musée de l'Orangerie
Two oval rooms built to Monet's specification to hold the Water Lilies
Art
More art festivals
FebMexico City · Art
Zona Maco
Latin America's largest art fair, and a week in which the whole city programmes against it
Apr / MayFreeBerlin · Art
Gallery Weekend Berlin
Fifty galleries open together on one weekend, free, with the whole city in attendance
Apr to NovVenice · Art
La Biennale di Venezia
The oldest and largest international exhibition, with a whole city as its floor plan