Vedettes de Paris, a partner of Beaux-Arts de Paris, chose Elina Kuhlich, an artist graduating in 2023, to design a work of art and decorate the hull of the electric-powered cruise boat “Le Paris-Montparnasse” that sails on the Seine. The resulting work is a dynamic composition representing several animal species that inhabit the river Seine.

As part of the school's policy to encourage sustainable transport, Beaux-Arts de Paris, in partnership with the CycloCube association, is offering students, teachers, and staff a bicycle repair workshop at Saint Germain des Près site. 


The CycloCube association provides repair tools and spare parts and mobilizes its community of volunteers to assist participants.
These workshops, led by volunteers, will take place every Tuesday from 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. starting September 9, 2025.


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Anne

Bourse

Cheffe d'Atelier

Anne Bourse was born in Lyon in 1982. She lives and works in Saint-Denis.

Her work is characterized by swirling lines and letters, reminiscent of cartoonish cartoons or psychedelic frescoes, which invade the surface of books, clothing, and papers of all kinds. Although her practice encompasses various media, including painting, drawing, and textile and textual productions, it is primarily driven by the continuous movement of self-expression.

Her recent solo exhibitions include: Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole (MAMC+) (FR), Kunsthalle Bremerhaven (DE), Galerie Édouard Manet, Gennevilliers (FR), Crèvecœur, Paris (FR). His work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions, notably at the 24th Pernod Ricard Foundation Prize, Paris (FR), the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR), Villa Empain, Brussels (BE), Frac Corsica, Corte (FR), Scheusal, Berlin (DE), Créduc, Ivry-sur-Seine (FR), CAC Brétigny, Brétigny-sur-Orge (FR), and Frac Île de France, Paris (FR).

 

 

The teams at Beaux-Arts de Paris were deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of Sylvain Amic, President of the Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie, on August 31. Sylvain Amic was a passionate professional who believed strongly in the social and democratic role of museums.This is deeply sad news that affects us particularly.
 

Fourteen student artists from the Fresco & Art in Context program at Beaux-Arts de Paris created works specifically designed for the Trinitaires Church in Metz, drawing inspiration from their discovery of the forests on the outskirts of the city.

An invitation from Viviane Zenner (Galerie des Jours de Lune) in partnership with the city of Metz.

It is with sadness and emotion that we learned of the passing of Alain Bonfand.


Born in 1957, Alain Bonfand taught art history and theory at Beaux-Arts de Paris for over thirty years, from 1986 to 2017. He was appointed professor emeritus in 2022.

Beaux-Arts de Paris is taking part in the Journées européennes du patrimoine 2025. Come and discover our listed buildings and the treasures they contain!

An exceptional day to discover the School's emblematic sites on a guided or self-guided tour: Cour d'Honneur, Chapelle des Petits-Augustins, Cour du mûrier, Amphithéâtre d'Honneur and the Library.

Wolfgang

Tillmans

Guest professor

Since the beginning of his career, Wolfgang Tillmans has questioned the possibility of producing images and has infused photography with a new subjectivity. He explores traditional genres such as portraiture, still life, and landscape with a constant interest in the limits of the visible. Issues of existing values and hierarchies are thus raised through a play of associations combining intimacy and social criticism. Through the use of various genres, subjects, techniques, and exhibition concepts, Tillmans broadens conventional approaches to photography and raises fundamental questions related to image creation in an increasingly visually saturated world.

From Saturday 20 September 2025 to Sunday 21 September 2025

10:30am - 5:30pm

Beaux-Arts de Paris

14 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris

ENTRÉE LIBRE

Beaux-Arts de Paris is taking part in the Journées européennes du patrimoine 2025. Come and discover our listed buildings and the treasures they contain!

An exceptional day to discover the School's emblematic sites on a guided or self-guided tour: Cour d'Honneur, Chapelle des Petits-Augustins, Cour du mûrier, Amphithéâtre d'Honneur and the Library.

From tuesday 21 october 2025 to sunday 1 february 2026

Wednesday to Sunday 1pm - 7pm

Cabinet d'arts graphiques

14 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris

“The exhibition highlights the two major artists invited to France by Francis I - the Florentine Rosso and the Bolognese Primatice - but differs from exhibitions devoted to their drawings or to the Fontainebleau worksite in its focus on the engravers who were associated with them on site, and who were not only skilful interpreters of the compositions of these two masters, but also inventors of forms and experimenters with the new etching technique, which they profoundly renewed.”

Éric de Chassey, Directeur des Beaux-Arts de Paris


Through a selection of some 50 works, this exhibition highlights the exceptional collection of drawings and prints by École de Fontainebleau held by Beaux-Arts de Paris. It provides an opportunity to (re)discover the art of maniera that developed at the Château de Fontainebleau and then spread to France under the impetus of Rosso Fiorentino and Francesco Primatice, two Italian artists in the service of Francis I and then Henry II.

The works on display evoke the genesis of the château's painted and sculpted decorations, from the Galerie François I to the Galerie d'Ulysse, and are complemented by etchings produced at Fontainebleau in the 1540's. This innovative corpus, the result of an unprecedented project in France, raises numerous questions, notably concerning the distribution of models, material organization, formal research and the technical trials and tribulations of the artists.

Some of the works on show are previously unseen, and the vast majority have not been shown to the public for over 30 years. A rare drawing from Rosso's French period, Pandora Freeing the Plagues from her Box, is one of the major pieces in the exhibition. Beaux-Arts de Paris collection of drawings relating to 16th-century art in France is one of the largest and most remarkable in France, alongside those of the Musée du Louvre and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. With almost 400 works, Beaux-Arts de Paris holds the second largest collection of Bellifontaine prints in France after the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and one of the largest in the world alongside the British Museum. Beaux-Arts de Paris owes this wealth to the contributions of passionate collectors from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as to the generosity of contemporary patrons, in particular the Association des Amateurs de Dessins des Beaux-Arts de Paris.

The Fontainebleau project is an example of artistic ferment and effervescence, a symbol of transnational artistic collaboration whose modernity has marked the history of art in Europe. Today, this exceptional moment is reflected in the activities of Beaux-Arts de Paris, where the conservation, study and transmission of heritage play a central role in contemporary teaching.


CURATORS
Hélène Gasnault and Giulia Longo, respectively curator of drawings and curator of prints and photographs at Beaux-Arts de Paris.

PRACTICAL INFOS
Exhibition from Tuesday, October 21, 2025 to Sunday, February 1, 2026
Wednesday to Sunday, 1pm-7pm
€2, €5 or €10 - the choice is yours!

CLOSURES
The exhibition will be closed from Saturday 20 December 2025 to Tuesday 6 January 2026 inclusive.