News and events near the Hotel Jardin Le Bréa, located between Gare Montparnasse and the Luxembourg Gardens

Spotlight on cartoonist Philippe Geluck and his iconic character "The Cat"

The Musée Maillol is devoting an exhibition to cartoonist Philippe Geluck and the humorous comic strip character that made him such a success: "The Cat". In the first part of the exhibition, visitors can discover original drawings, sketches, watercolors, plates, serigraphs and objects linked to the creation of the famous cat. In the second part, Philippe Geluck, who also curates the exhibition, confronts the works of renowned artists, from Andy Warhol and Gustave Courbet to Pablo Picasso, Banksy and Johannes Vermeer. On view from 14 November 2025.

Opening dates and times:

From November 14, 2025, to May 3rd, 2026

Open every day from 10:30am to 6:30pm
Wednesday evenings until 10pm

Admission:

Standard (18+ years)  €16,90
Youth (6 – 18 years): €12,90
Child (< 6 years): free

Reduced price:

Senior (65+ years): €14,90
Teacher*: €14,90
Student*: €12.90
Person with a disability: €12,90
Each person with a disability can be accompanied free of charge by another person (ticket to be collected directly from the exhibition reception desk).
Jobseeker *: €12,90.

* Upon presentation of a justificative document

How to get to Maillol Museum from the Hôtel Jardin Le Bréa?

59-61 Rue de Grenelle,75007 Paris

- From the Hôtel Jardin Le Bréa, take metro line 12 at Notre-Dame-des-Champs (5 min walk), towards Mairie d'Aubervilliers, stop at Rue du Bac station, the Maillol museum is then a 4 min walk away,

or take bus line 83 at Guynemer-Vavin (5 min walk), towards Invalides and get off at the stop Charlotte Pierrand. Then, Maillol Museum is only 2 min walk.

The total travel time from our hotel via the two routes is approximately 10 minutes.

You can also go there by foot. The Maillol museum is only 20 min walk from our hotel ! All you need to do, is walk down the Raspail Boulevard until you reach Grenelle street. Then, look for the number 59-61.

Practical information :

https://museemaillol.com/

Musée Maillot, Paris
© Philippe Geluck 2025

The Petit Palais continues its exploration of the world of Finnish painters with a retrospective dedicated to Pekka Halonen.

For the first time in France, the Petit Palais pays tribute to Pekka Halonen (1865-1933), one of the major figures of the golden age of Finnish painting. With this unprecedented retrospective, the museum continues its exploration of the great foreign artists for whom Paris, at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, was a fundamental catalyst. Pekka Halonen completed his training in Paris with Paul Gauguin, whose pupil he was in 1893. Born in Lapinlahti, a town in central-eastern Finland, in Northern Savonia, and coming from a peasant background, Pekka Halonen was immersed from an early age in this primitive land, whose authenticity he would never cease to recreate. He tirelessly painted the spectacle of nature, following the rhythm of the seasons and the changing light. The majestic symphony of snow, which fascinated the artist, was his favorite field of experimentation, which he pursued to the point of abstraction.

Opening dates and times:

From November 4, 2025, to February 22, 2026

Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Late night opening until 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays

Closed on Mondays

Admission:

Full price: €17
Reduced price: €15
Free: under 18s

How to get to the Petit Palais from the Hôtel Jardin Le Bréa?
Petit Palais - Av. Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris

- From the Hôtel Jardin Le Bréa, take metro line 12 at Notre-Dame-des-Champs (5 min walk), towards Mairie d'Aubervilliers, Concorde station, the Petit Palais museum is then a 13 min walk away,

or take bus line 83 at Guynemer-Vavin (5 min walk), towards Invalides and get off at the same stop, Invalides. Then, you just have to cross the Alexandre III bridge (8 min walk) and you will arrive at the Petit Palais. 

The total travel time from our hotel via the two routes is approximately 20-30 minutes.

Practical information :

https://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en

Pekka Halonen, Winter Landscape in the Sun, 1911, Finnish National Gallery Collection.

Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki
© Pekka Halonen 2025 

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs celebrates in Paris the 70th anniversary of the creation of the House of Dior, presenting the sublime exhibition "Christian Dior, Couturier du Rêve" ("Designer of the Dream) from 05 July 2017 to 07 January 2018.