City guideParis · Sat 17 – Sun 18 October
Paris this weekend: the Motor Show and Van Gogh at Louis Vuitton
The Motor Show’s last weekend, Gustave Fayet’s collection, Remember Me at the Bourse de Commerce, Belmondo, Anne-Sophie Pic’s new table and a half marathon.
The weekend at a glance
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Saturday · 17 October
Sunday · 18 October
All weekend · Saturday and Sunday
Saturday
17 October
Sat 10:00–19:00Free on Sat, booking full
Exhibition · Fondation Louis Vuitton
Gustave Fayet at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Gustave Fayet collected Van Gogh, Gauguin and Redon early, and designed rugs, textiles and ceramics himself. The Fondation Louis Vuitton shows 767 works and documents, including Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, not seen in France since 1937.
On Saturday entry is free from 10:00 to 19:00 for LVMH’s Journées Particulières. Bookings are full, but a few walk-ins may be let in; otherwise tickets are €18.
Sat 12:00–13:30 and 19:00–21:00Lunch €210, dinner €260
Restaurant · Palais-Royal
Anne-Sophie Pic’s restaurant at the Fondation Cartier
Anne-Sophie Pic, whose restaurant in Valence has three Michelin stars, has moved her Paris table into the new Fondation Cartier on the rue de Rivoli, facing the Louvre. It opened on 18 September, replacing La Dame de Pic.
On Saturday lunch is served from 12:00, last orders 13:30, with menus of five or seven courses from €210; dinner from 19:00 is seven courses at €260. Book ahead, and dress smartly.
Sunday
18 October
SunFree to watch
Run · Bois de Vincennes
The Bois de Vincennes half marathon
On Sunday more than 5,000 runners take on the Semi-marathon du Bois de Vincennes, 21.1 km in two loops through the woods on the eastern edge of Paris, past the château, the lakes and the Parc Floral.
It’s free to watch: find a spot by the lakes or near the château. Afterwards, stay for a walk around Lac Daumesnil or the Parc Floral.
All weekend
Saturday and Sunday
Sat 9:00–22:00, Sun 9:00–18:30€22 online at weekends, €13 ages 7–17
Fair · Porte de Versailles
The Paris Motor Show at Porte de Versailles
The Mondial de l’Auto, the Paris Motor Show, began in 1898 and is one of the oldest car shows in the world. This year it fills the halls of Paris Expo at Porte de Versailles with new models and concept cars.
This is its last weekend: Saturday 9:00 to 22:00 and Sunday until 18:30. Tickets are €22 online at weekends; book a time slot, as tickets are checked against it.
Sat and Sun, 11:00–19:00€14, €10 reduced
Exhibition · Bourse de Commerce
Remember Me, photography at the Bourse de Commerce
For photography’s 200th birthday, the Pinault Collection hangs about 700 photographs by more than 70 artists, from Henri Cartier-Bresson and Lee Miller to Irving Penn and Cindy Sherman. Barbara Kruger, who gave the show its title, fills the rotunda.
Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00 at the Bourse de Commerce, by Les Halles. Tickets are €14; there is no fixed route, so start with the rotunda.
Sat and Sun, 11:00–20:00€14, €7 under 18
Exhibition · Bercy
Jean-Paul Belmondo at the Cinémathèque française
Five years after his death, the Cinémathèque française gives Jean-Paul Belmondo a big exhibition, Belmondo, le Magnifique. Photographs, posters, drawings and his own archives follow him from Godard’s Breathless to the stunts he did himself.
Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 20:00, at Bercy. Tickets are €14, €7 under 18. You can film yourself doing a stunt in front of a green screen, and guided tours start at 16:30.
Saturday
Sat 10:00–19:00
Gustave Fayet at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Gustave Fayet collected Van Gogh, Gauguin and Redon early, and designed rugs, textiles and ceramics himself. The Fondation Louis Vuitton shows 767 works and documents, including Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, not seen in France since 1937.
On Saturday entry is free from 10:00 to 19:00 for LVMH’s Journées Particulières. Bookings are full, but a few walk-ins may be let in; otherwise tickets are €18.
Fondation Louis Vuitton Sat 12:00–13:30 and 19:00–21:00
Anne-Sophie Pic’s restaurant at the Fondation Cartier
Anne-Sophie Pic, whose restaurant in Valence has three Michelin stars, has moved her Paris table into the new Fondation Cartier on the rue de Rivoli, facing the Louvre. It opened on 18 September, replacing La Dame de Pic.
On Saturday lunch is served from 12:00, last orders 13:30, with menus of five or seven courses from €210; dinner from 19:00 is seven courses at €260. Book ahead, and dress smartly.
Anne-Sophie Pic Paris Sunday
Sun
The Bois de Vincennes half marathon
On Sunday more than 5,000 runners take on the Semi-marathon du Bois de Vincennes, 21.1 km in two loops through the woods on the eastern edge of Paris, past the château, the lakes and the Parc Floral.
It’s free to watch: find a spot by the lakes or near the château. Afterwards, stay for a walk around Lac Daumesnil or the Parc Floral.
All weekend
Sat 9:00–22:00, Sun 9:00–18:30
The Paris Motor Show at Porte de Versailles
The Mondial de l’Auto, the Paris Motor Show, began in 1898 and is one of the oldest car shows in the world. This year it fills the halls of Paris Expo at Porte de Versailles with new models and concept cars.
This is its last weekend: Saturday 9:00 to 22:00 and Sunday until 18:30. Tickets are €22 online at weekends; book a time slot, as tickets are checked against it.
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles Sat and Sun, 11:00–19:00
Remember Me, photography at the Bourse de Commerce
For photography’s 200th birthday, the Pinault Collection hangs about 700 photographs by more than 70 artists, from Henri Cartier-Bresson and Lee Miller to Irving Penn and Cindy Sherman. Barbara Kruger, who gave the show its title, fills the rotunda.
Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 19:00 at the Bourse de Commerce, by Les Halles. Tickets are €14; there is no fixed route, so start with the rotunda.
Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection Sat and Sun, 11:00–20:00
Jean-Paul Belmondo at the Cinémathèque française
Five years after his death, the Cinémathèque française gives Jean-Paul Belmondo a big exhibition, Belmondo, le Magnifique. Photographs, posters, drawings and his own archives follow him from Godard’s Breathless to the stunts he did himself.
Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 20:00, at Bercy. Tickets are €14, €7 under 18. You can film yourself doing a stunt in front of a green screen, and guided tours start at 16:30.
Cinémathèque Française