Invasion aquatique

Nominated for the 2026 Marcel Duchamp Prize, artist Josèfa Ntjam has developed a practice that blends sculpture, performance, photomontage, film, and sound.

Gathering the raw material for her work from the Internet, natural science books, and photographic archives, she uses the method of assemblage—of images, words, sounds, and stories—to deconstruct hegemonic discourses on the notions of origin, identity, and race.

Ibrahim Mahama, one of the most influential multidisciplinary artists of his generation, has established himself on the international stage with his installations created from collected materials, archives, and fragments of industrial heritage, which he reactivates to shape new imaginaries. 

Beaux-Arts de Paris is taking part in the 2026 European Heritage Days – come and discover our buildings, which are listed as historic monuments, and the treasures they hold!

Two exceptional days to explore the School’s iconic sites on your own or on a guided tour: the Main Courtyard, the Petits-Augustins Chapel, the Mulberry Tree Courtyard, the Main Amphitheater, and the Contemporary Art Library.

À première vue is back this summer and is giving the galleries in Saint-Germain-des-Prés free rein to display the works of young artists who have graduated from Beaux-Arts de Paris in their shop windows.

As part of the Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles, a preview event featuring a talk, presentation and book signing of Joseph Rozé – How do you imagine 2025? published by Beaux-Arts de Paris Éditions, at the Maison des Treilles in Arles, in the presence of the artist and Violette d’Urso, who wrote the foreword.

Joseph Rozé is an artist who graduated from the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2026; his practice lies at the intersection of analogue photography and video.

Falando de amor is an immersive site-specific exhibition conceived by fourteen student artists from the Fresco & Art in Context programme at Beaux-Arts de Paris, created specifically for the Espace Niemeyer to mark Nuit Blanche 2026.

Falando de amor is a romantic dialogue with the fluid, futuristic architecture of this iconic building of the Modernist movement, a true demonstration of the technical possibilities offered by concrete, steel and glass that foreshadows 21st-century architecture.