The musée Jacquemart-André, the Grand Palais, the musée d'Orsay and the Petit Palais have opened their major autumn exhibitions within a fortnight, from 11 to 23 September 2026. A Venetian master, Cézanne's legacy, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty and an Impressionist long overshadowed by Manet: four unrelated subjects sharing the same calendar, running until the second half of January 2027. Enough to spread across several stays, or fit two into a single day.

Tintoretto at the musée Jacquemart-André

Jacopo Robusti, known as Tintoretto, had never been the subject of a retrospective in France. The musée Jacquemart-André fills that gap from 11 September 2026 to 24 January 2027, with around forty paintings and works on paper tracing the Venetian master's entire career and his influence on nineteenth-century French painting.

The compact format is an asset: in a mansion on boulevard Haussmann, forty works can be taken in without fatigue. Full price €19, at 158 boulevard Haussmann (8th arrondissement). Open 10am to 6pm Monday to Thursday, until 10pm on Friday, 10am to 7pm on Saturday and Sunday: the Friday late opening is the best option once weekends fill up.

"Cézanne et nous" at the Grand Palais

From 23 September 2026 to 17 January 2027, the Grand Palais presents Cézanne et nous, co-produced with the Centre Pompidou and the musée d'Orsay-Orangerie. Around 180 works, nearly seventy of them by Cézanne himself, the rest by the artists he influenced: Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, Mondrian, Joan Mitchell, Bridget Riley and Peter Doig.

It's the largest of the four, and the one requiring the most time. Full price €19, reduced price €16. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 7.30pm, with a late opening on Friday until 10pm, closed Monday. The entrance is on square Jean Perrin, 3 avenue du Général Eisenhower (8th arrondissement).

Auguste Bartholdi at the musée d'Orsay

From 15 September 2026 to 31 January 2027, the musée d'Orsay devotes Auguste Bartholdi. La Liberté éclairant le monde to the Alsatian sculptor and the making of the Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the United States. A virtual reality experience spread over nearly 700 m² extends the visit.

One point worth knowing before booking: the same autumn season, Orsay is also hosting another major exhibition, devoted to Mary Cassatt, l'indépendante. The two shows don't necessarily follow the same calendar: Cassatt's programme and dates are covered in the news article dedicated to it, worth checking before planning your visit.

Museum admission is announced at €16 online (€14 at the ticket desk), subject to confirmation. The same caveat applies to opening hours, given as Tuesday to Sunday, 9.30am to 6pm, with a late opening on Thursday until 9.45pm, and to the requirement to book a time slot: the museum's official page is authoritative, best to check it before setting off.

Eva Gonzalès at the Petit Palais

Eva Gonzalès (1847-1883), Édouard Manet's only acknowledged pupil, who died at 34, had never had a major retrospective. The Petit Palais devotes one to her from 15 September 2026 to 24 January 2027, with nearly a hundred paintings, pastels and prints.

It's the most affordable of the four: €14 full price, €12 reduced, free for under-18s. Avenue Winston-Churchill (8th arrondissement), Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm, with late openings on Friday and Saturday until 8pm. Timed ticketing has no separate page: entry details appear on the exhibition's own page.

Planning the tour from the 9th arrondissement

Three of these museums are in the 8th arrondissement, the fourth in the 7th. Better still: the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais face each other across avenue Winston-Churchill, making it possible to see Cézanne in the morning and Eva Gonzalès in the afternoon, with lunch in between.

From 41 rue de Clichy, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, Liège is the nearest metro station and line 13 does almost all the work: Miromesnil, two stops further, then a short walk to the musée Jacquemart-André; Champs-Élysées-Clemenceau for the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais; Invalides for the musée d'Orsay, finishing on foot or via the RER C connection. Staying close to Paris transport mainly changes one thing: you can drop back to leave your things between two visits without losing the afternoon.

To fit two exhibitions into the same day without relying on the metro, a taxi or private hire car remains the more flexible option; our guide to transport apps shows which ones work best in Paris.

There's no need to see everything at once: "Cézanne et nous" closes on 17 January 2027, Tintoretto and Eva Gonzalès on the 24th, Bartholdi on the 31st. To plan the order of your visits around your dates and the day of the week, the reception desk and the digital concierge are happy to advise.