Mode, Cleopatra, Cézanne… This summer again, France and the world offer us a beautiful plurality of exhibitions to discover on vacation or after work. Selection of 7 presentations that succeed in making us travel to another universe.
The mysterious and magnetic Cleopatra
Until January 11, 2026, the Arab World Institute, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, presents the exhibition “The Mystery of Cleopatra”. The course explores the myth of the queen of ancient Egypt, between historical reality and modern artistic representations. This icon of power and beauty is to (re)discover through paintings, archaeological objects, sculptures or even costumes. One can admire, for example, the works The Death of Cleopatra by Jean-André Rixens (1874), Cleopatra trying poisons… by Alexandre Cabanel (1883/1887) and the Egyptian currency of 50 piastres (2021).
The Haute Couture of Worth
Le Petit Palais celebrates the father of Haute Couture until September 7: Charles Frederick Worth (1825-1895), a British couturier considered as the inventor of this apotheosis of fashion. The exhibition “La Maison Worth: Inventing Haute Couture” returns to the highlights of the great textile with more than 400 pieces, including court dresses, wedding and prom pieces, accessories, perfumes and other designs and objects. From the Second Empire to Art Deco and the revolution of modern silhouettes, the presentation plunges us into the universe of an extraordinary stylistic empire.
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