A Marais Gallery Afternoon: Perrotin, Templon, Lunch and Drinks

Start at Perrotin on rue de Turenne, have lunch in the Marais, then walk west to Templon’s two nearby spaces. This gives you several exhibitions in one afternoon without spending most of it on the Métro. Finish with a drink if you still feel like being out.

The appeal is the change of scale from a major museum: you can spend time with one exhibition, notice what interests you and move on when you’re ready. Choose the shows before deciding how many stops to make. Two exhibitions you want to see are a better afternoon than six gallery addresses.

• Use Tuesday through Saturday for this route. These are the regular opening days posted by Perrotin Marais and Templon Paris. Exhibition changeovers can still affect access.
• Check the exhibition’s branch as well as its title. Perrotin has several Paris spaces; Templon also has galleries outside France. A listing on the gallery website is not automatically on this walk.
• Keep the September selections separate from the permanent route. The exhibitions below have end dates. For later trips, use the linked calendars to choose their replacements.

Perrotin Marais, 76 rue de Turenne. Start here before lunch. Its location page lists Tuesday–Saturday opening from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., along with the current exhibitions and a free guided-tour booking link.

Use the exhibition page to decide which rooms you want to see. If the artist is unfamiliar, read the short introduction and pick one question to keep in mind. What material keeps recurring? Does the scale change how you respond? You don’t need to understand the whole exhibition before entering it.

There is an important access distinction: the historic rue de Turenne space has no lift. Perrotin identifies its space at 10 impasse Saint-Claude as wheelchair accessible, but you need to check which exhibition is shown there. Don’t substitute the address and assume the same work will be on view.

The Perrotin store is also at 76 rue de Turenne. It’s a useful last stop here if you’d like a book or print to remember the visit. Keep shopping until after you’ve seen the exhibition so you know which artist you want to look up.

Breizh Café Le Marais, 109 rue Vieille-du-Temple. Choose it for a sit-down lunch of savory buckwheat galettes followed by a sweet crêpe. It fits between the eastern galleries and the walk toward Beaubourg.

Paris by Mouth’s review favors the complète: ham, cheese and egg, with crisp buckwheat edges. That is the order to start with if you want a straightforward savory lunch. Read the current menu for additions and seasonal alternatives; the recommendation comes from the review, not a visit by Carmen.

If you prefer to keep moving, use the Marais shopping guide for the Merci café option and shift lunch earlier, before Perrotin. That changes the order slightly but keeps the afternoon in the same neighborhood.

Templon has spaces at 30 rue Beaubourg and 28 rue Grenier Saint-Lazare. Both post Tuesday–Saturday hours of 10 a.m.–7 p.m. They are close enough to pair on foot, so compare the exhibitions and visit whichever interests you more first.

Through October 31, 2026: Robin Kid at Beaubourg

Permanent Display runs September 5–October 31, 2026, at the Beaubourg space. The gallery frames it around the way media and commercial culture recycle memories and familiar American imagery.

This is the choice if advertising, television and internet culture interest you. Look for what feels recognizable before reading the interpretation. Does the image still mean what you first thought it meant when it is moved into this setting?

Through October 24, 2026: Anthony Caro at Grenier Saint-Lazare

The Kenwood Series runs September 5–October 24, 2026. Templon describes thirteen sculptures combining stoneware, stone and steel, with suggestions of bodies and landscape.

Choose this if you want to spend time looking at materials and forms. Move around a work where the gallery permits it, and see how the balance changes from another side. That is an experience a photograph won’t give you. The contrast with Robin Kid makes these two shows an interesting pairing without requiring a long journey between them.

After those dates, check Templon’s exhibition calendar before following this part of the plan. The addresses remain useful; the September exhibitions won’t.

Bar Nouveau on rue des Haudriettes is a nearby option for a drink. Our Paris cocktail guide explains the upstairs bar and the separate downstairs tasting experience. Pick the ordinary bar visit if you just want somewhere to talk about what you’ve seen.

For a shorter version, choose Perrotin and lunch, or the two Templon spaces and a drink. For a fuller trip, place this alongside the Paris museum itinerary. Gallery exhibitions give you a different sort of art day from working through the Louvre or Orsay.