By no means comprehensive, just a few things that may be of interest.
Paris
Through 9 January 2012 — “Edvard Munch: l’Oeil moderne” (Edvard Munch: the Modern Eye), Centre Pompidou (Métro Rambuteau, Hôtel de Ville or Châtelet), www.centrepompidou.fr
Through 9 January 2012, “La Cité Interdite au Louvre – Empereurs de Chine et Rois de France” (The Forbidden City at the Louvre – Emperors of China and Kings of France), Musée du Louvre (Métro Palais Royal), www.louvre.fr
Through 15 January 2012 — “Beauté, Morale et Volupté dans l’Angleterre d’Oscar Wilde” (Beauty, Morality and Sensual Pleasure in the England of Oscar Wilde), Musée d’Orsay (Métro Solférino), www.musee-orsay.fr
Through 16 January 2012 — “Fra Angelico et les Maîtres de la lumiere” (Fra Angelico and the Masters of Light), Musée Jacquemart-André (Métro Miromesnil or Saint-Philippe-du-Roule), www.musee-jacquemart-andré.com
Through 22 January 2012 (exhibition prolonged) — “Matisse, Cézanne, Picasso…l’Aventure des Stein” (Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso…The Adventure of the Steins), Grand Palais (Métro Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau), www.rmn.fr
Through 22 January 2012 (exhibition prolonged) — “Françoise Petrovich au musée de la Chasse et de la Nature,” Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Métro Rambuteau ), www.chassenature.org
Through 29 January 2012 – “Samouraï” (Samurai), Musée du Quai Branly (Métro Alma-Marceau), www.quaibranly.fr
Through 26 February 2012 — “Cezanne et Paris” (Cezanne and Paris), Musée du Luxembourg (Métro Luxembourg), www.museeduluxembourg.fr
Through 19 March 2012 — “Fantin-Latour, Manet, Cezanne: Hommage à Delacroix” (Fantin-Latour-Manet, Cezanne: Homage to Delacroixà, Musée Eugène Delacroix (Métro St-Germain-des-Prés or Mabillon), www.musee-delacroix.fr
Through 2 September 2012 — “Les Histoires de Babar” (The Stories of Babar), Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Métro Tuileries or Palais-Royal), www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr
Through September 2012– “Poèmes en cristal: De Gallé à Lalique, la verrerie Art Nouveau du Petit Palais” (Poems in Crystal: From Gallé to Lalique, the Art Nouveau Glass of the Petit Palais), Petit Palais (Métro Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau), www.petitpalais.paris.fr
2 February 2012 - 15 November 2013 — “Trompe-L’oeil: Imitations, pastiches et autres illusions” (Trompe-l’oeil: Imitations, Pastiches and Other Illusions), Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Métro Tuileries or Palais-Royal), www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr
8 February – 28 April 2012 — “Doisneau, les Halles, ” Hôtel de Ville de Paris, Salon d’accueil (Métro Hôtel de Ville), www.paris.fr
8 March – 5 August 2012 – “J.M. Sert, le Titan à l’oeuvre (1874 – 1945″ (J.M Sert, the Work of the Titan), Petit Palais (Métro Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau), www.petitpalais.paris.fr
9 March – 16 September 2012 — “Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs,” Musée de la Mode et du Textile (Métro Tuileries or Palais-Royal), www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr
13 March – 1 July 2012 — “Degas et le nu” (Degas and the Nude), Musée d’Orsay (Métro Solferino), www.musee-orsay.fr
21 March – 16 July 2012 — “Beauté animale – de Dürer à Jeff Koons” (Animal Beauty — from Dürer to Jeff Koons), Grand Palais (Métro Champs-Elysées-Clémenceau), www.rmn.fr
25 April – 29 July 2012 — “Eugène Atget, Paris,” Musée Carnavalet (Métro Saint-Paul or Chemin Vert), www.carnavalet.paris.fr
16 May – 25 August 2012 — “Paris, vu par Hollywood” (Paris, Seen by Hollywood), Hôtel de Ville de Paris, Salle Saint-Jean (Métro Hôtel de Ville), www.paris.fr
12 June – 9 September 2012 — “Misia, reine de Paris” (Misia, Queen of Paris), Musée d’Orsay (Métro Solférino), www.musee-orsay.fr
20 September 2012 – 10 September 2013 — “Van Cleef & Arpels,” Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Métro Tuileries or Palais-Royal), www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr
25 September 2012 – 20 January 2013 — “Impressionisme et la Mode” (Impressionism and Style), Musée d’Orsay (Métro Solférino), www.musee-orsay.fr
Lyon
Through 2 January 2012 — “Ainsi soit-il: Collection Antoine de Galbert” (So Be It: The Antoine de Galbert Collection), Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, www.mba-lyon.fr
30 March – 2 July 2012 — “Emile Guimet et l’Egypte antique” (Emile Guimet and Ancient Egypt), Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, www.mba-lyon.fr
Giverny
1 April – 15 July 2012 — “Maurice Denis, l’Eternel Printemps” (Maurice Denis, the Eternal Spring), Musée des Impressionnismes Giverny, www.mdig.fr
London
15 February – 15 July 2012 — “Picasso and Britain,” Tate Britain, www.tate.org.uk
Liverpool
22 June – 28 October 2012 – “Turner Monet Twombly,” Tate Liverpool, www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/exhibitions/TurnerMonetTwombly
Madrid
Through 12 February 2012 — “Bethe Morisot: The Woman Impressionist,” Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, www.museothyssen.org
9 October 2012 – 13 January 2013 — “Voyage to the Exotic: Homage to Gauguin,” Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, www.museothyssen.org
Moscow
Through 12 January 2012 — “Paul Poiret, King of Fashion,” The Kremlin Museum, The Assumption Belfry and One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch’s Palace, www.kreml.ru
Montreal
12 October 2012 – 20 January 2013 — “Une histoire de l’impressionisme: Chefs-d’oeuvre de la peinture française du Clark” (A History of Impressionism: Masterpieces of French Painting from the Clark) Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, www.mbam.qc.ca
New York
Through 2 January 2012 — “Stieglitz and His Artists, Matisse to O’Keeffe” Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tisch Galleries, 2nd Floor, www.metmuseum.org
Through 8 January 2012 — “Picasso’s Drawings, 1890 – 1921: Reinventing Tradition,” The Frick Collection, www.frick.org
28 February – 3 June 2012 — “The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avant-Garde,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, www.metmuseum.org
4 May – 23 September 2012 — “Edouard Vuillard: A Painter and His Muses, 1890 – 1940,” The Jewish Museum, www.thejewishmuseum.org
Permanent Collection: Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art, www.metmuseum.org
Philadelphia
Permanent Collection, Rodin Museum, Benjamin Franklin Parkway at 22nd Street, www.rodinmuseum.org
Washington, D.C.
Through 8 July 2012 — “A New Look: Samuel F.B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre,” National Gallery of Art, West Building Main Floor. See www.nga.org
5 February – 6 May 2012 — “Picasso’s Drawings, 1890-1921: Reinventing Tradition,” National Gallery of Art, West Building, Ground Floor. See www.nga.org
Permanent Collection, “Small French Paintings,” East Building, National Gallery of Art, www.nga.gov
Permanent Collection, “Matisse Cutouts,” National Gallery of Art, East Building Tower. To protect the pigments and color, viewing hours are limited. See www.nga.gov
Richmond
Through 18 March 2012 — “The Jewels of Jean Schlumberger,” Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, www.VMFA.museum
Charlotte
Through 26 February 2012 — “Chanel: Designs for the Modern Woman,” The Mint Museum Randolph, www.mintmuseum.org
Atlanta
Through 29 April 2012 — “Picasso to Warhol,” High Museum of Art, www.high.org
Dallas
Through 12 February 2012 — “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier,” Dallas Museum of Art, www.dm-art.org
Fort Worth
11 March – 17 June 2012 — “The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Clark,” Kimbell Art Museum, www.kimbellart.org
San Francisco
Through 22 January 2012 — “Pissaro’s People” Legion of Honor Museum, www.famsf.org/legion
24 March – 19 August 2012 — “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” de Young Fine Arts Museum, www.deyoungmuseum.org
Los Angeles
Permanent Collection: “Neoclassical, Romantic and Symbolist Sculpture and Decorative Arts,” West Pavilion, Getty Center, www.getty.edu/museum
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