Five Must-See Summer Exhibitions in Parisian Galleries

Parisian galleries are presenting five standout exhibitions this summer, featuring conceptual artist Charles Gaines at Hauser & Wirth, Lucio Fontana's ceramics at Karsten Greve, Javier Calleja's pop characters at Almine Rech, a collaborative show by Mark Whalen and Salomón Huerta at Ruttkowski;68, and Azucena González's Mediterranean paintings at The Curators. Gaines's first Paris show, 'Ciphering African Acacias and Supreme Court Decisions' (June 10–September 26, 2026), combines photographs of Tanzanian acacias with plexiglass grids and a musical score based on US Supreme Court rulings. Fontana's ceramics (April 24–September 5, 2026) span the 1930s–1960s, including 'Torso Italico' and playful animals from Albisola. Calleja's 'Curiously' (May 30–July 25, 2026) features cartoonish figures with oversized eyes and text t-shirts. Whalen and Huerta's 'Lumbre' (July 5–August 1, 2026) responds to the 2025 California wildfires that destroyed both artists' homes, with Huerta's paintings of swimming pools and Whalen's bronze and glass objects. González's 'La sieste des cigales' (July 9–August 1, 2026) evokes 1960s–70s European cinema through luminous Mediterranean scenes.