Paris celebrates spring with pharaohs, fashion and surrealism: This season’s must-see exhibitions

Ornaments worn by lords as part of the Machu Picchu exhibition at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, April 16 – September 4. © Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine

The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the tables are full at Paris’s trademark café terraces. Spring has clearly sprung in the French capital and, after being kept away for almost two full years as a result of the pandemic, tourists have returned in droves. Paris is ready to welcome them back with a tantalising array of pharaohs, fashion, feminists, surrealists and Peruvian treasure. Here is a selection of the most anticipated art exhibitions in Paris over the coming months.

1 - Pharaoh of the Two Lands, Louvre Museum (April 28 – July 25)