Cultural offers museums

Photo de 3 personnes jambes nues de dos
Chicago, Beach, 1948 - 1952 © Yasuhiro Ishimoto‎

LE BAL - Yasuhiro Ishimoto exhibition

As an Inalco student, you'll receive 20% off the purchase of a ticket for the Yasuhiro Ishimoto au Bal exhibition, from October 14 to November 17, 2024. A code will be sent via the newsletter Culture et loisirs.

From June 19 to November 17, 2024, LE BAL presents a remarkable figure in the history of Japanese photography, yet little known in France: Yasuhiro Ishimoto (1921-2012). For the first time in Europe, the exhibition, organized in close collaboration with the Ishimoto Yasuhiro Photo Center at the Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan, brings together 169 rare prints, most of them vintage and made by Ishimoto himself. The exhibition focuses on the first decades of his work, between Chicago and Japan. A key figure of the 1950s and 1960s, he would be considered "visually bilingual" for his ability to combine the formal approach of the New Bauhaus with the quintessence of Japanese aesthetics.

Image d'archive de Femmes juives du sud oranais, Algérie, vers 1860
Femmes juives du sud oranais, Algérie, vers 1860 © MAHJ‎

Museum of Jewish Art and History

The MAHJ offers students in the Hebrew Studies department free admission to the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions on presentation of a school certificate at the ticket office.

Rouleau tissé du Dit du Genji, Itarô Yamaguchi (1902-2007), MA12236 (détail)
Rouleau tissé du Dit du Genji, Itarô Yamaguchi (1902-2007), MA12236 (détail) © RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Thierry Ollivier‎

Guimet Museum

As an Inalco student, you benefit from free access to the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions of the Musée Guimet.

Gravure sur bois
HONG SEON WUNG (né en 1952), Fleurs de Camélia, 2011 Gravure sur bois, 142 x 121 cm. M.C. 2023-12. Don de l’artiste, 2023. Paris Musées © Musée Cernuschi, musée des Arts de l’Asie de la Ville de Paris‎

Paris Museums

As an Inalco student, you benefit from free admission to all museums in the Paris Musées network (permanent collections and temporary exhibitions). See our suggested visit below.

Permanent visits to the Catacombs of Paris

Vanishing existence. Photographs by Kosuke Okahara, at Musée Cernuschi, from September 17 to December 8, 2024
The Musée Cernuschi presents a selection of photographs by Japanese artist Kosuke Okahara from his series Vanishing existence (Existence évanescente).

L'or des Ming. Fastes et Beautés de la Chine Impériale (14e - 17e siècle), at Musée Guimet, from September 18, 2024 to January 13, 2025
As codified as it was refined, the art of female adornment at the Ming imperial court is among the most delicate and singular of Chinese goldsmithing.

Lê Phô, Mai-Thu, Vu Cao Dam. Pioneers of Modern Vietnamese Art in France, at Musée Cernuschi, from October 11, 2024 to March 9, 2025
This autumn, Musée Cernuschi presents the first major retrospective in France of three pioneers of modern Vietnamese art, Lê Phô (1907-2001), Mai-Thu (1906-1980) and Vu Cao Dam (1908-2000). The exhibition brings together 150 works by the three artists, tracing their careers from their training at the Hanoi School of Fine Arts to the end of their long careers in France from 1937.

Wayang kulit. Shadow theater from Java and Bali, at Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, from November 12, 2024 to March 23, 2025
From Java to Bali, between shadow and light: deciphering one of Indonesia's oldest theatrical traditions, wayang kulit, a popular and timeless art.