It's more than a century since tourist-choked Montmartre was the centre of artistic activity in Paris. But now the north of Paris is again where the action is - albeit a couple...
104 rue d'AubervilliersFor years, Claude Berri was best known as one of France's most successful film directors and producers, but the 74-year-old is now making a name for himself in another field:...
8 rue RambuteauJean Nouvel's glass and steel building, an exhibition centre with Cartier's offices above, is as much a work of art as the installations inside. Shows by artists and...
261 bd RaspailIn the ground-floor gallery, well thought out exhibitions specially conceived by top artists and designers introduce children to aspects of modern art, design and architecture,...
Rue St-MartinThis austerely beautiful chapel, designed by Libéral Bruand and completed in 1677, features an octagonal dome in the centre and eight naves in which the sick were separated...
47 bd de l'HôpitalThe city's most prestigious fine arts school resides in what remains of the 17th-century Couvent des Petits-Augustins, the 18th-century Hôtel de Chimay, some 19th-century...
14 rue BonaparteThe Pastis firm promotes modern art with the Prix Paul Ricard, where young French artists are shortlisted by an independent curator for an annual prize.
12 rue Boissy d'AnglasDesigned by Le Corbusier in 1923 for a Swiss art collector, this house shows the architect's ideas in practice, with its stilts, strip windows, roof terraces and balconies,...
8-10 square du Dr-BlancheThe Fondation provides a chic setting for eclectic exhibitions, from Etruscan antiquities to folk art.
34 av de New-YorkAlong with the Jeu de Paume, the former Patrimoine Photographique forms part of the two-site home for the Centre National de la Photographie.
62 rue St-AntoineThe Centre National de la Photographie moved into this site in 2005. The building, which once served as a tennis court, has been divided into two white, almost hangar-like...
1 pl de la ConcordeFounded by collector Antoine de Galberg, and set in a former printworks, the Red House is an independently run space that alternates monographic shows of contemporary artists'...
10 bd de la BastilleProbably the capital's best photography exhibition space, hosting retrospectives by Larry Clark and Martine Barrat, along with work by emerging photographers. The building, an...
5-7 rue de FourcyThe former covered market in the shadow of Sacré-Coeur specialises in art brut, art outsider and art singulier from its own and other collections.
2 rue RonsardThis vast exhibition centre, spread over different halls, hosts all manner of trade and art fairs. Many, such as the Foire de Paris and art fair FIAC, are open to the public.
1 pl de la Porte de Versailles