
Suzanne Valadon @Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou’s monograph dedicated to Suzanne Valadon (1865-1938), features the work of one of the most emblematic, daring, and important artists of her generation.
Working at the dawn of the cubist and abstract art movements, Valadon ardently defended the need to paint reality and to represent bodies—nudes both female and male—without artifice or voyeurism.

“Christian Krohg (1852-1925) The People of the North” @Musée d’Orsay
Musée d'Orsay presenting a retrospective of the popular Norwegian painter Christian Krohg. Through an in-depth overview of his artistic career, the exhibition highlights his links with the political and social struggles of his time. The exhibition also explores Krohg's relationship to the art of his time, particularly during his stays in Paris, and his search for immediacy that places his work at the crossroads of modernity, between naturalism and impressionism.

“Art in the Street: A Short History of Advertising Posters in France” @AFMO Online Lecture
Every month, on the third Saturday, Christophe Boïcos and Anne Catherine Abecassis take turns and host a conference. Based on the Musée d’Orsay’s Spring exhibition, Art in the Street (L’Art est dans la rue), the March 2025 lecture will explore the history, role, and ideological import of advertising posters in France.

The Frick Collection reopening
While Monet's Water Lilies have long been regarded as a prime example of abstract painting, the artist's use of blurring in these aquatic scenes has not been fully explored. Whereas Monet's contemporaries attributed the blurred aesthetic to the artist's visual impairment, many today consider it a deliberate artistic choice. The Musee de l'Orangerie's spring exhibition, Out of Focus [Dans le flou], focuses on blurring as a key to understanding not just Monet’s work, but a broader shift in modern and contemporary art.

“Out of Focus” @Musée de l’Orangerie
While Monet's Water Lilies have long been regarded as a prime example of abstract painting, the artist's use of blurring in these aquatic scenes has not been fully explored. Whereas Monet's contemporaries attributed the blurred aesthetic to the artist's visual impairment, many today consider it a deliberate artistic choice. The Musee de l'Orangerie's spring exhibition, Out of Focus [Dans le flou], focuses on blurring as a key to understanding not just Monet’s work, but a broader shift in modern and contemporary art.

Private dinner @MuséeOrsay
Join us for an elegant dinner in celebration of the Musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie.

“Provence, in the footsteps of Cézanne and Van Gogh”
Discover the artistic heart of Provence on a VIP trip through the charming streets of Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Saint-Rémy, and Camargue, where art, music, and stunning architecture come alive at every turn.

“Alphonse Mucha” @AFMO Online Lecture
Every month, Christophe Boïcos and Anne Catherine Abecassis take turns and host a conference. This lecture will explore the life and work of Alphonse Mucha, whose posters are featured in the Musée d’Orsay’s exhibition, “Art in the Street.”

“Art in the Street” @Musée d’Orsay
“Art in the street” is the first exposition at the musée d’Orsay devoted to the development of the illustrated color poster at the end of the 19th century.

Springtime Open House @MuséeOrsay
Every year, members and patrons are invited to an open house evening to celebrate French-American friendship and discover the two spring exhibitions at the Orsay.

“Christian Krohg (1852-1925) The People of the North” @Musée d’Orsay
Musée d'Orsay presenting a retrospective of the popular Norwegian painter Christian Krohg. Through an in-depth overview of his artistic career, the exhibition highlights his links with the political and social struggles of his time. The exhibition also explores Krohg's relationship to the art of his time, particularly during his stays in Paris, and his search for immediacy that places his work at the crossroads of modernity, between naturalism and impressionism.

“Paul Cézanne” @AFMO Online Lecture
Every month, Christophe Boïcos and Anne Catherine Abecassis take turns and host a conference. In conjunction with AFMO’s Spring trip to Provence, this lecture will explore the life and work of the artist Paul Cézanne.

Nouvelle Athenes walking tour
The district that is today the 9th arrondisement became in the Romantic age (1820-1848) the heart of literary, musical, theatrical and artistic Paris and came to be called the “New Athens”. The painters Théodore Géricault, Eugène Delacroix, Gustave Moreau, Théodore Chassériau, Horace Vernet, Paul Delaroche, the writers Alexandre Dumas & Victor Hugo, the ballet star Marie Taglioni, the opera singer Pauline Viardot, the great actor François-Joseph Talma, the actresses Catherine-Joséphine Duchesnois & Mademoiselle Mars, the famous courtesan La Paiva and many more lived here. The notorious writer George Sand lived with her lover, Frédéric Chopin, in the London-inspired Square d’Orléans which is part of our walk.

“Out of Focus” @Musée de l’Orangerie
While Monet's Water Lilies have long been regarded as a prime example of abstract painting, the artist's use of blurring in these aquatic scenes has not been fully explored. Whereas Monet's contemporaries attributed the blurred aesthetic to the artist's visual impairment, many today consider it a deliberate artistic choice. The Musee de l'Orangerie's spring exhibition, Out of Focus [Dans le flou], focuses on blurring as a key to understanding not just Monet’s work, but a broader shift in modern and contemporary art.

“Worth, Inventing haute couture” @Petit Palais
The Petit Palais presents first exhibition dedicated to the Worth fashion house. Founded by Charles Frederick Worth, it was the embodiment of French refinement and savoir-faire for nearly a century.
This unprecedented retrospective, presented in the 1,100 square meters of the Petit Palais grand galleries, features more than 400 works, including clothing, accessories, objets d’art, paintings and graphics, forming an immersive fresco that highlights not only the creations of the House of Worth but also the illustrious names associated with the maison.

AFMO Annual Gala Weekend
Our annual benefit weekend returns, with a diverse program of private conversations, experiences, and visits celebrating fine art, creation, savoir-faire, and heritage.
The gala evening will be held at the Musée d’Orsay on October 25, 2025 featuring an elegant cocktail reception and dinner prepared by Alain Ducasse and his team inspired by the Museum’s exhibitions.

“Lucas Arruda. Qu’importe le paysage” (Avant-Garde young patron tour) @Musée d’Orsay
This event for young patrons is part of AFMO’s Avant-Garde program.
The exhibition Lucas Arruda. Qu’importe le paysage at the Musée d’Orsay is the first monographic exhibition at a French museum to be devoted to this emblematic figure on Brazil’s contemporary art scene. A true master of pictorial gesture, he has developed his work around light, consistently depicting landscapes and taking a rigorous approach that leads him from figuration to abstraction.

Art Paris @Grand Palais
Art Paris returns to the newly-renovated Grand Palais for its 27th edition. This year, the event will showcase 170 modern and contemporary art galleries from 25 countries representing more than 900 artists.

“Art in the Street” @Musée d’Orsay
“Art in the street” is the first exposition at the musée d’Orsay devoted to the development of the illustrated color poster at the end of the 19th century.

Art on Paper: the Archives and Collections @Fondation Custodia
The Fondation Custodia, located in the Hôtel Lévis-Mirepoix and the Hôtel Turgot, is France’s largest center for art on paper. Founded in 1947 by collectors Frits and Jacoba Lugt, it preserves a vast collection of drawings, prints, and artists’ letters. The Fondation features an extensive art history library with 130,000 volumes, focusing on Western art from 1450 to 1900, particularly Northern Schools of the Golden Age.

“Art in the Street” (Avant-Garde young patron tour) @Musée d’Orsay
This event for young patrons is part of AFMO’s Avant-Garde program.
“Art in the street” is the first exposition at the musée d’Orsay devoted to the development of the illustrated color poster at the end of the 19th century.

Salon du Dessin @Palais Brongniart
The 2025 edition of Salon du Dessin, a highly regarded international fair that has gained a prominent position in the world of art collecting, returns to the newly-renovated Grand Palais. Collectors, specialists, curators, scholars, and enthusiasts from all over the globe attend this event, which showcases over 1000 exceptional drawings.

“Trompe-l’oeil, from 1520 to the present day” @Musée Marmottan Monet
The Musée Marmottan Monet’s exhibition “Trompe-l’oeil, from 1520 to the present day” traces the history of the representation of reality in the arts and seeks to pay tribute to a little-known facet of the Museum’s collections, while shining a light on Jules and Paul Marmottan’s penchant for this pictorial genre.

“Chiharu Shiota. The Soul Trembles” @Grand Palais
The Grand Palais’ latest exhibition, Chiharu Shiota. The Soul Trembles. is dedicated to the poetic work of Chiharu Shiota, a Japanese artist world-renowned for her monumental installations of interlacing wool yarn—giant canvases which often envelop objects from her everyday life and invite viewers on a majestic, dreamlike journey.
Co-organised with the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, this exhibition is the largest ever devoted to the artist in France. Covering over 1,200 square metres, it offers a sensitive experience. With seven large-scale installations sculptures, photographs, drawings, performance videos and archive documents related to its staging project, the exhibition represents an opportunity for visitors to familiarise themselves with Shiota’s career, which spans over twenty years.

“The 100th anniversary of the International Art Deco exhibition in Paris” @AFMO Online Lecture
Every month, on the third Saturday, Christophe Boïcos and Anne Catherine Abecassis take turns and host a conference, followed by a short Q&A session. The conference will be recorded live, and available online for one month.
This lecture will explore the 100th anniversary of the International Art Deco exhibition in Paris.


“Bruno Liljefors, Wild Sweden”@Petit Palais
Presented to the French public for the first time, Bruno Liljefors is a key figure on the Scandinavian art scene of the late 19th century. Petit Palais' exhibition "Wild Sweden" aims to reveal Liljefors' pictorial virtuosity and original contributions to the construction of the imaginary of Swedish nature.

“The Story of Monet’s Waterlily Series"”
The Orangerie Water Lily remain one of the greatest achievements of painting of the first half of the twentieth century, in many ways the ultimate masterpiece of Claude Monet’s long career. This lecture will explore the negotiations, political intrigue, doubts and discouragement that preceded the unveiling of these monumental creations.

“Pop Forever, Tom Wesselmann &… ”@Fondation Louis Vuitton
The Fondation Louis Vuitton’s exhibition Pop Forever, Tom Wesselmann &… ” is dedicated to Pop Art , one of the major artistic movements of the 1960s whose presence continues to assert itself on all continents and for all generations.

“Caillebotte. Painting men” @Musée d’Orsay
From urban workers and sportsmen to gentlemen on balconies and intimate male nudes, Caillebotte’s paintings of men challenged the social and sexual norms of his era. Bringing together about 70 significant paintings, pastels, sketches, photographs, and documents, the Musée d'Orsay's autumn exhibition, Caillebotte. Painting Men, explores this recurring motif in the artists’ work.

“Caillebotte, the Man”
Realistic and organized, generous and modest, Gustave Caillebotte's personality is fascinating. A man of many interests who, far from being vain, gave his all to everything he undertook, which was made possible by the financial wealth he inherited from his family. The meeting of man and artist is fascinating, and it is this man that we invite you to discover through this lecture.

“Harriet Backer (1845-1932). The music of colors” @Musée d’Orsay
The Musée d’Orsay’s retrospective of Backer’s work—the first to take place in France—explores her contributions to the Norwegian art scene and its connection to the Parisian avant-garde.

“Heinz Berggruen, a dealer and his collection” @MuséeOrangerie
The Musée de l’Orangerie’s autumn exhibition features the collection of German art dealer and collector Heinz Berggruen. The vibrant exhibition, Heinz Berggruen, a dealer and his collection, showcases works by Picasso, Klee, Matisse, and Giacometti through monographs and thematic displays, which reflect Berggruen's personal affinities and choices.

“Caillebotte. Painting men” @Musée d’Orsay
From urban workers and sportsmen to gentlemen on balconies and intimate male nudes, Caillebotte’s paintings of men challenged the social and sexual norms of his era. Bringing together about 70 significant paintings, pastels, sketches, photographs, and documents, the Musée d'Orsay's autumn exhibition, Caillebotte. Painting Men, explores this recurring motif in the artists’ work.

FAB Paris @Grand Palais
FAB is the only general trade fair dedicated to Fine Arts in Paris, with the objective of restoring Paris to a major place on the art market.

Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes @Neue Galerie
Join us for a private tour of the Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes and highlights of the permanent collection at the Neue Galerie, New York.

“Paris Street, Rainy Weather: The Impressionists and Haussmann’s Paris”
In our lecture we will follow the evolution of the depictions of modern Paris from the 1860s through the Impressionist era (1874-1886) concluding with the Belle Epoque (1890-1910) when the subject becomes a standard staple of commercial art. Manet, Monet, Caillebotte, Renoir, Pissarro and Seurat are some of the best known modern masters we will be looking at along with the lesser known, but key Paris painters of the era: Forain, de Nittis, Béraud, Lhermitte and Luce.
Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery
The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery commemorates the birthplace of American combat aviation, and serves as a symbol of the Franco-American comradeship during World War I.

Paris Photo @Grand Palais
We invite you to join us on a guided tour of the Paris Photo art fair, the largest international art fair dedicated to the photographic medium and is held each November in the heart of Paris. Since 1997, the Fair’s mission is to promote and nurture photographic creation and the galleries, publishers and artists at its source.

“Harriet Backer (1845-1932). The music of colors” @Musée d’Orsay
The Musée d’Orsay’s retrospective of Backer’s work—the first to take place in France—explores her contributions to the Norwegian art scene and its connection to the Parisian avant-garde.

“Heinz Berggruen, a dealer and his collection” @MuséeOrangerie
The Musée de l’Orangerie’s autumn exhibition features the collection of German art dealer and collector Heinz Berggruen. The vibrant exhibition, Heinz Berggruen, a dealer and his collection, showcases works by Picasso, Klee, Matisse, and Giacometti through monographs and thematic displays, which reflect Berggruen's personal affinities and choices.

“Caillebotte. Painting men” @Musée d’Orsay
From urban workers and sportsmen to gentlemen on balconies and intimate male nudes, Caillebotte’s paintings of men challenged the social and sexual norms of his era. Bringing together about 70 significant paintings, pastels, sketches, photographs, and documents, the Musée d'Orsay's autumn exhibition, Caillebotte. Painting Men, explores this recurring motif in the artists’ work.

AFMO Annual Gala Weekend
Our annual benefit weekend comes back, with a new selection of exclusive private tours, behind-the-scene visits, elegant cocktails and receptions in Paris.
The gala evening will be held at the Musée d’Orsay on October 19, 2024.
Registration will open in late June. Benefactors and above levels will enjoy priority registration.
For more information, please click HERE.

“Paris 1874: A Conversation” @Villa Albertine
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition, the National Gallery of Art Washington presents Paris 1874: the Impressionist Moment. Join the National Gallery Curator Mary Morton with art historians Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen (NYU's Institute of Fine Art) and Joachim Pissarro (MoMA and CUNY) for an evening of dialogue about this groundbreaking exhibition.

A Walk through Montparnasse
The walk will take us past artist's studios (Man Ray, Picasso) and villas of the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, some of the finest 1930's apartment buildings in Paris.

“Camille Monet: The First Muse of Impressionism”
Camille Doncieux (1847-1879) worked as an artist’s model when she first met Claude Monet in Paris in March 1865. She became the great love of his life and the only woman or figure he consistently painted in his entire career. Camille posed for many of Monet’s iconic paintings of his early career, including Luncheon on the Grass (1865-66), Women in a Garden (1866), The Poppies (1873) and Woman with a Parasol (1875).