The temporary exhibitions
Every year, two exhibitions of international scope examine an era, a civilization, a major artist or particular themes that are of universal importance in the history of art and humanity.
Each exhibition offers completely new displays and a fresh layout, providing visitors with a novel, original experience. The exhibitions are accompanied by a varied programme of events ranging from live performances, concerts and talks to film screenings and discussions, as well as numerous activities adapted to audiences of all kinds.
Thanks to the excellence of its displays, which are educational and accessible to all, the Louvre-Lens plays a leading role in international cultural seasons.
Booking in advance is not required but if you would like to benefit from a ticketed access, you can purchase your ticket online.
#expoBernarVenet
L’hypothèse de la gravité - Bernar Venet
11 July 2021 -
10 January 2022
Le pavillon de verre
L’Hypothèse de la gravité est une exposition monographique de l’artiste contemporain Bernar Venet. Une œuvre monumentale envahit les 1 000m² du lumineux Pavillon de verre et reconfigure le paysage intérieur et extérieur du musée.
Rome
06 April 2022 -
25 July 2022
La Galerie des expositions temporaires
During the temporary closure of the Louvre, the Roman rooms are moving to the Louvre-Lens!
This exhibition at the Louvre-Lens offers a vast retrospective of the Roman civilization, from its legendary founding in 753 BC to the fall of the empire in AD 476.
#lesLouvredePicasso
LES LOUVRE DE PABLO PICASSO
13 October 2021 -
31 January 2022
La Galerie des expositions temporaires
They loved and influenced each other, fell out and made up again. The exhibition Les Louvre de Pablo Picasso tells the story of an encounter between two titans: on the one hand, one of the most famous artists of all time, and on the other, one of the greatest museums in the world. Picasso and the Louvre, the Louvre and Picasso – this tumultuous relationship, which has lasted for more than a century, has marked the histories of the artist and of the museum. Featuring a double itinerary, with more than 450 works and documents, mixing paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, engravings, photographs and archives, the exhibition looks at this unusual story. It offers a new perspective on Picasso, the man and the artist, as well as on the Louvre.
#ExpoIntimeEtMoi
Intime et moi
04 December 2022 -
27 March 2023
Le pavillon de verre
As part of its 10th anniversary, the museum has initiated a pioneering project in the museum world: entrusting a group of young adults in a situation of professional and social reintegration with the entire production of an exhibition. For 19 months, the young curators, accompanied by the museum's teams, imagined and designed an exhibition on the place of art in the intimate.
Fantastic Animals
27 September 2023 -
22 January 2024
La Galerie des expositions temporaires
Dragons, griffins, sphinxes, unicorns, phoenixes: present as early as Antiquity, fantastic animals inhabit the tiniest recesses of our contemporary world, from films and cartoons to everyday objects.
By turns images of terror or admiration, expressions of our hidden unconscious and our anxieties, these often hybrid creatures contain within them a fundamental ambiguity. Who are they? Where do they come from? What do they mean?
#expoPaysage
Landscape.A window on nature
29 March 2023 -
24 July 2023
La Galerie des expositions temporaires
This exhibition at the Louvre-Lens addresses this question from the perspective of art. From the Renaissance to the present day, artists have been revisiting Creation myths in their own way through painting, by representing the sky, earth, sea, light and darkness.
SUBTERRANEAN WORLDS
27 March 2024 -
22 July 2024
La Galerie des expositions temporaires
What is happening underground? What do these worlds that have been firing our imaginations
since the dawn of time look like?
#expoExils
EXILES
25 September 2024 -
20 January 2025
La Galerie des expositions temporaires
This autumn, the Louvre-Lens museum explores the links between creation and the feeling of exile. Featuring more than 200 works, this exhibition is conceived as an immersive experience, highlighting artistic, pictorial, literary, poetic and philosophical creation, building bridges between ancient art and contemporary creativity.