In Aix-en-Provence, the temporary exhibitions hosted by museums and cultural venues invite visitors to experience moments of emotion and discovery.
From great masters of art history to emerging talents and contemporary installations, the city offers a rich and varied programme of exhibitions all year round.
Art galleries in the historic centre also showcase inspiring exhibitions — perfect for art lovers and the simply curious alike.
Discover here the must-see exhibitions currently on in Aix-en-Provence.
Vasarely et l’architecture
Projet pour une révolution
Vasarely and Architecture. Project for a Revolution
Fondation Vasarely
Until to 1 November 2026
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Vasarely Foundation, discover an exceptional exhibition dedicated to Victor Vasarely’s architectural vision. Project for a Revolution. Vasarely and Architecture reveals the origins of the Architectural Centre, the artist’s iconic building conceived as a true work of art integrated into the urban environment. Through prestigious loans from the Centre Pompidou, the FRAC Centre-Val de Loire and the Fernand Léger National Museum, the exhibition traces Vasarely’s pioneering ambition: to take art beyond museum walls and transform everyday living spaces.
Preparatory studies, scale models, rare documents and major artworks illustrate this artistic and architectural adventure, from the influence of the Bauhaus to the utopian projects of the Polychrome City of Happiness. The exhibition also highlights Vasarely’s exchanges with other leading figures of 20th-century art and architecture, including Yona Friedman, Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Mathias Goeritz and André Bloc.
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Free with the Aix-en-Provence City Pass. |
Paul McCartney, photographe 1963-1964
Eyes of the Storm
Musée Granet
4 July 2026 to 3 January 2027 – Pre-sales open
The Musée Granet’s summer exhibition is dedicated to the photographs of Paul McCartney. Fascinated by photography from an early age – having first experimented with a family Kodak Brownie camera – the artist offers an intimate and previously unseen perspective on a pivotal period in his career, capturing with spontaneity his travels, behind-the-scenes moments, and the excitement surrounding a meteoric rise to fame.
Structured around eight key chapters, the exhibition follows a chronological journey through the years 1963–1964: from Liverpool and London to Paris, from New York to Washington, and on to Miami and the final days of the tour. Through more than 250 photographs, many taken candidly, Paul McCartney documents the group’s extraordinary ascent and the emergence of a global phenomenon.
Presented as part of the celebrations marking 200 years of photography and included in the Rencontres d’Arles – Grand Arles Express programme, this exhibition offers a unique immersion in an iconic era, marked by artistic vitality, modernity, and a spirit of discovery.
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Free with the Aix-en-Provence City Pass. |
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Caumont – Centre d’Art
From 5 November 2026 to 21 March 2027
To mark the bicentenary of the birth of photography, Caumont-Centre d’Art, in partnership with the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, presents its major winter exhibition dedicated to Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004), one of the 20th century’s defining figures, famously dubbed ‘the eye of the century’.
This exhibition offers a unique immersion into his work through the lens of his deep attachment to Europe. Featuring a rich selection of over 200 photographs—combining iconic masterpieces such as Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare with rare or previously unseen prints—visitors will trace the journeys of a staunch European from the 1930s to the end of his life.
The exhibition invites you to travel through a continent undergoing transformation and reconstruction, whilst casting a profoundly humanist eye on the faces, traditions, and everyday moments that shape Europe’s identity. An unmissable cultural event!
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Free with the Aix-en-Provence City Pass. |
