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“In Limoges, there is only porcelain anyway…” Really? Yes, but not only that! The world capital of porcelain has much more to offer in terms of art and history than you might imagine. If you like to be surprised, you've come to the right place! Fine arts, fire arts, French history, but also humorous drawings... Limoges is full of exhibitions highlighting French and international talent. And what about the places that host these exceptional works? They are worth the detour on their own, as they are a feast for the eyes. So, are you ready to discover the must-see exhibitions of the year?
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Exposition – Faire Moderne ! 1925, Limoges Art Déco – Musée des Beaux-Arts
Le cahier de Danièle Kahn, la guerre à hauteur d’enfant cachée
Exposition : Étrangers et soldats coloniaux dans l’armée française
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Museum of Fine Arts
Make it modern! 1925 Limoges Art Deco – from October 17 to March 9, 2026
In 2025, Limoges celebrates the 100th anniversary of the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris marking the birth and global influence of the style Art Deco. The exhibition Make Modern presents more than 400 works in enamel, porcelain, stained glass, tapestry and music from major public collections and private loans. They illustrate the collective momentum that made 1925 a key date in the decorative and industrial arts and which continues to inspire artists in Limoges and Limousin.
Bernardaud Foundation
Odysseys – Omar Victor Diop – from June 20, 2025 to March 28, 2026
Born in 1980 in Dakar, Omar Victor Diop develops a unique work combining visual arts, photography and fashion, nourished by historical and contemporary references. With Odyssey, the new exhibition of the Bernardaud Foundation, the artist signs his first three-dimensional creation: a porcelain self-portrait, opening a new stage in his career. This unprecedented collaboration gives rise to a monographic retrospective where Diop's emblematic photographs interact with the delicacy of porcelain
Adrien Dubouché National Museum
Earth Energies – December 12, 2025 to May 25, 2026
Omnipresent, energy shapes ceramic creation, from raw material to the final work. Across three spaces, the exhibition invites you to a journey to the heart of the Earth, discovering resources and their power, then in a heroic story retracing gestures and techniques related to fire controlFinally, it explores a universe where objects and works of art are charged with emotional, aesthetic and spiritual energies.
Arts and Fine Arts
FRAC Art Library
Exhibitions at the Frac – until May 23
Discover three exhibitions at the Frac-Artothèque Nouvelle-Aquitaine in Limoges:
- Julie Chaffort – For the Skin | From January 22 to March 28, 2026
Explore the unique place of animals in Julie Chaffort's work, in dialogue with the human and plant presences in her films. She invites us to shift our perspective in order to renew our perceptions and question our relationship to otherness.
- Laureline Galliot – Shrouded Scenery | From January 22 to May 23, 2026
As part of the Frac-Artothèque Artist and Know-How program with the CCI Limoges Haute-Vienne, Laureline Galliot designed a hybrid installation intended for the Frac's "balcony," the work deploys the metaphor of a skeleton under the skin through textiles, prints, 3D shapes and mapping.
- Cross-creations – Dear creatures | From January 22 to May 23, 2026
It is a sensitive journey through life, where humans recognize themselves in their connections with animals and the strange. Through fragmented bodies and multiple mediums, a shared intimacy emerges, made of traces, gestures, and memories.
History and memories
Resistance Museum
Foreigners and colonial soldiers in the French army – from October 20 to March 16, 2026
In 2024, France celebrated key dates in military history: the 110th anniversary of the start of the Great War (1914) and the 80th anniversary of the Liberation (1944). In this context, this exhibition retraces the history of foreigners and colonial soldiers having served in the French army, since early 19th century and throughout the 20th century, whose flows have influenced migration history, and as memory issues today.
Resistance Museum
Danièle Kahn's notebook, the hidden war from a child's perspective – from November 14, 2025 to May 18, 2026
Le Resistance Museum presents the Danièle Kahn's notebook, which tells The daily life of a Jewish child hidden during World War II. At 12, she escaped the roundups after her family was arrested and was protected by the inhabitants of a village in Burgundy. Her diary blends drawings and stories to bear witness to the war as seen through the eyes of a child: fear, resilience, and the discoveries of a new rural world. The exhibition also addresses theHidden children, roundups, Drancy, Auschwitz, the resistance and the role of the Righteous Among the Nations.
Humor and caricature
International Center for Caricature, Press Cartoon and Humor
Wolf and his many talents – from October 13, 2025 to August 14, 2026
The International Center for Caricature is dedicating a major exhibition to Wolf, one of the most great political cartoonists of the 20th centurySatirical and biting, he humorously and accurately skewered the flaws of society, from the powerful to the ideologues, while maintaining a a benevolent gaze upon the peopleArchitect, decorator, sculptor and colourist, Loup was a multi-talented artist.
Limoges and Limousin, capital of Art Deco
For six months, museums and emblematic places come alive with a variety of events to mark the centenary of the 1925 International Exhibition of Decorative Arts.
Exhibitions not to be missed in the surrounding area
Find out more about the many talents and skills that populate Limousin, as well as the many spaces that host national and international artists and their works, making the region shine through its attraction to art in all its forms.
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