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Echoing Black Paris

Programming in Paris and abroad

Numerous art, culture, and educational venues in Paris and Île-de-France are hosting events that resonate with the "Black Paris" exhibition and its themes. Discover the full program below.

 

Or let yourself be guided through contemporary Black Paris, tracing the African diaspora and Afro-descendant influences, with a curated selection of cultural venues, restaurants, and designer boutiques—brought to you with the expertise of Little Africa.

Events

Exhibitions:

 

Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière

George Hallett, William Melvin Kelley, James Barnor, March 19th–May 17th, 2025

 

Galerie Éric Dupont

Kézi Willys, April 10th–May 10th, 2025
Terrence Musekiwa, May 17th–July 24th, 2025

 

Galerie Hauser & Wirth
Frank Bowling. Collage, March 22th–May 25th, 2025

 

Galerie Lelong & CO
Alison Saar, May 15th–July 11th, 2025

 

Galerie Loeve & Co
Roland Dorcély S.o.s, 1961, March 13th–April 26th, 2025

Alex Burke, April 29th–June 7th, 2025

 

Galerie Maïa Muller
Hassan Musa. "Autoportraits avec idées de couleur", March 13th–April 19th, 2025

 

Galerie Mitterrand
Agustín Cárdenas. "La Mémoire du futur", April 2nd–May 29th, 2025

 

Galerie Marian Goodman
Steve Mc Queen, May 24th–July 26th, 2025

 

Galerie Mariane Ibrahim
Lorraine O’Grady, April 3rd–May 31th, 2025

 

Galerie Strouk

2 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris:
"Vénus Noire, un hommage artistique à Joséphine Baker", March 13th–April 26, 2025

5 rue du Mail, 75002 Paris:

"Maquis Nina. Le panthéa noire", by Ami Weickaane, April 2–6th, 2025

 

Galerie Rabouan Moussion
Jonathan Potana. "Je devrais vivre", May 17th–July 1st, 2025

 

Little Africa Village
BIRTHMARK by collective Popout together, February 28th–March 28th, 2025

 

In around twenty Parisian galleries

"Traversées africaines", May 13th–June 1st, 2025

Talks and performances:

 

Columbia Global Center Paris & Institute for Ideas and Imagination
Carte blanche to Robert O’Meally, May 20th, 2025

 

Centre Wallonie Bruxelles
"Paris Pluriversel": The poet Bernard Dadié. Carte blanche to Franck Hermann Ekra, May 23th, 2025

 

Cité internationale des arts
Round table, May 21th, 2025

 

Fondation Pernod Ricard
Carte blanche to Skye Arundhati Thomas, April 5th, 2025

 

Ground Control
May 14th and 21th, 2025

 

Hangar Y, Meudon
Paris–New Orleans, June 15th, 2025

 

Maison européenne de la photographie
Carte blanche AFRIKADAA, March 22th, 2025

 

Reiffers Art Initiatives
June 7th, 2025


Cinema:

 

L'Archipel

Cycle "Paris noir", April 17th, 19th, May 19th, June 2nd and 3rd, 2025

 

Maison européenne de la photographie

Babylon, Franco Rosso, March 27th, 2025
The Harder They Come, Perry Henzell, April 17th, 2025
Shaft, Gordon Parks, April 24th, 2025


Concerts and evenings:

 

Cité de la musique-Philharmonie de Paris
Week-end "Caraïbes", May 15-18th, 2025

 

La Bellevilloise
Tribute to the "Bals Noirs", April 27th, 2025


Places

Must-visit places

Cultural venues and art galleries:

 

Cité de l’Immigration (Palais de la Porte Dorée)
293 Avenue Daumesnil, 75012 Paris


Galerie Carole Kvasnevski
39 Rue Dautancourt, 75017 Paris

 

Galerie Mariane Ibrahim
18 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris

 

Little Africa Village
6 bis Rue des gardes, 75018 Paris

 

Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
37 Quai Branly, 75007 Paris

 

Union pour la Jeunesse internationale
2-4 Boulevard Marguerite de Rochechouart, 75018 Paris


Bookshop:

 

Présence Africaine
25bis Rue des Écoles, 75005 Paris

Gastronomy and festive venues:

 

Bizz'art
167 Quai de Valmy, 75010 Paris

 

Jah-Jah By Le Tricycle
11 Rue des Petites Écuries, 75010 Paris

 

La Chope des Artistes
48 Rue Albert Thomas, 75010 Paris

 

La Rhumerie
166 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris

 

L’Embuscade
47 Rue de la Rochefoucauld, 75009 Paris

 

New Soul Food Le Maquis
4 Rue Pierre Fontaine, 75009 Paris

 

Waly Fay
6 Rue Godefroy Cavaignac, 75011 Paris


Fashion:

 

Marché Noir
18 Rue Perrée, 75003 Paris

Districts:

 

Château d’Eau 
Metro, line 4: Château d’Eau
Metro, lines 8/9: Strasbourg Saint-Denis

 

La Goutte d'Or
Metro, lines 4/2: Barbès-Rochechouart
Metro, line 4: Château Rouge, Marcadet-Poissonniers