100% L'EXPO
A snapshot of the emerging creative scene – 8th Edition
Since its launch in 2018, 100% L’EXPO has offered a demanding and curated overview of emerging French artists, with free and open access for all. Each year, La Villette gives carte blanche to a selection of recently graduated artists, inviting them to take over the Grande Halle with new, bold and engaged works. Conceived as a professional springboard, 100% L’EXPO represents, for many of these artists, their first experience of a large-scale collective exhibition.
The 2026 edition of 100% L’EXPO, expanded for the first time to include any artist who has earned a national higher diploma in visual arts within the past five years, brings together around thirty recent graduates from nineteen of France’s forty art schools.
An eclectic snapshot of the emerging scene
Neither a contemporary art fair nor a thematic exhibition, 100% L’EXPO offers a panorama of contemporary practices, where forms, techniques, media, and narratives intersect and converse.
As an active supporter of emerging artists, La Villette provides a platform for artistic proposals that question our relationship with the world and explore what it means to create art today.
What artistic, political, and societal issues shape the early careers of artists under 30? How has their perception of their social role as artists evolved in recent years? What challenges, opportunities, and possibilities do they face? These are just some of the questions that animate over 3,000 m² of the Grande Halle from April 8 to 26, 2026.
A program of performances and live art accompanies the exhibition, with two highlights this year: Lululululeesh by Palestinian artists Marah Haj Hussein and Nur Garabli, presented on April 9 and 10, and a major performance weekend on April 18 and 19.
Departing every 30 minutes · Free, no reservation required
EXHIBITED ARTISTS
CHARLOTTE ALVES • ÉMELINE AMETIS • MERYAM BENBACHIR • PRISCILLA BENYAHIA • JOSÉPHINE BERTHOU • ONDINE BERTIN • JULIA BONICH • LOU CHENIVESSE • CLARA CIMELLI • TATIANA DA SILVA VAZ • ALEXANDRE ESPAGNOL • ELISA FLORIMOND • TAMARA GAVRILOV • MEHDI GÖRBÜZ • YUNYI GUAN • CÉSAR AND NORA KACI • JULIEN KIRRMANN • BAHAR KOCABEY • DAHLIA KOUM SAM • FANETTE LAMBEY • LUCILE LANCE • ELOUAN LE BARS • TANGUI LE BOUBENNEC • JOSHUA LETERREUX • GERMAIN MARGUILLARD • JOSHUA MERCHAN RODRIGUEZ • LÊ HOÀNG NGUYÊN • ANICET OSER • SIMON PETIT FORT • JORDAN ROGER • VALENTIN SAEZ • ZOÉ SAUDRAIS • ISADORA SOARES BELLETTI • BAPTISTE THIÉBAUT JACQUEL • ORA YERMIA
École supérieure d’art d’Aix-en-Provence, École européenne supérieure de l’image Angoulême – Poitiers, École nationale supérieure d’art de Bourges, École européenne supérieure d’art de Bretagne, École supérieure d’art et design Le Havre-Rouen, École nationale supérieure d’art et de design de Limoges, École supérieure des beaux-arts Montpellier Contemporain, École nationale supérieure d’art et de design de Nancy, École supérieure d’art et design Toulon Provence Méditerranée
École nationale supérieure de la photographie Arles, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon, Beaux-arts de Marseille, Haute école des arts du Rhin Mulhouse – Strasbourg, École des beaux-arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire, Villa Arson Nice, Beaux-arts de Paris, École nationale supérieure d’arts de Paris-Cergy, École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs – Paris PSL, Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing
Artists were selected by a jury composed of Corentin Darré – artist; Alexia Abed – art critic and independent curator; Marion Vasseur Raluy – director of CAC Brétigny; Inès Geoffroy – curator of 100% L’EXPO at La Villette.
With a renewed commitment to supporting artists, La Villette organizes training sessions and networking events to encourage exchanges between artists and professionals.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Culture & Diversity Foundation partners with 100% L’EXPO to showcase the work of two young artists who participated in the Equal Opportunities programs and graduated from art schools.
This year again, ADAGP supports 100% L’EXPO by providing aid to all participating artists and awarding the 2026 Visual Arts Revelation prize to one winner.
Finally, for the second consecutive year, the French Institute in Spain (Madrid) invites 100% L’EXPO to present artists from the previous edition as part of the ARCO contemporary art fair, taking place from March 4 to 8, 2026.
More information: ifema.es/en/arco/madrid
100% L’EXPO is open to any artist holding a DNSEP (National Higher Diploma in Visual Arts) from a French national art school, obtained within the last five years.
The call for applications for the 2027 edition will be launched during the opening of the 2026 edition.
Details available on lavillette.com, starting April 8, 2026.
Cultural action and Mediation
As part of its Artistic and Cultural Education (EAC) policy, La Villette will welcome in 2025/26 more than 16,000 pupils and participants from social-sector organizations or healthcare and medico-educational institutions, as well as 2,000 university students.
ADAGP
For the 2nd consecutive year, ADAGP supports the artists of 100% L’EXPO.
Founded in 1953, ADAGP is a French society for the collection and distribution of authors’ rights. It operates in the field of visual arts. The ADAGP Visual Arts Revelation, in partnership with 100% L’EXPO, highlights the work of an emerging artist exhibiting as part of this event at La Villette. The winner receives €5,000 as well as a dedicated presentation on ADAGP’s display walls, accompanied by a critical text or photographs of their work. As part of this partnership, ADAGP also provides a financial grant to all artists participating in the 2026 edition of 100% L’EXPO as a supplement to their remuneration.
THE CULTURE & DIVERSITY FOUNDATION Since its creation in 2006, the Culture & Diversity Foundation has been designing and directly implementing, together with its cultural and educational partners, programs that promote equal opportunities in access to leading cultural institutions. These programs aim to inform young people about higher education in the arts and culture, assist them in preparing for entrance exams, support them throughout their studies, and accompany them until their professional integration. For the fourth consecutive year, the Culture & Diversity Foundation is partnering with 100% L’EXPO to present and promote the creations of Tamara Gavrilov and Ora Yermia, young artists who have participated in the Equal Opportunities programs and graduated from art schools.
100% L’EXPO – MADRID
The expo goes international in Madrid The French Institute in Spain celebrates 100% L’EXPO during the major international ARCO fair in Madrid. A selection of artists from the 2025 edition will present their works in the exhibition gallery of the French Institute in Madrid, an exhibition integrated into the VIP circuit of the fair. This collaboration between La Villette and the French Institute in Spain aims to support young French artists by giving them the opportunity to showcase their talent internationally.
Departing every 30 minutes · Free, no reservation required
Practical information
Grande Halle
Metro
Line 5 - Porte de Pantin station
Tramway
Line 3b - Porte de Pantin station
Bus
Bus 75, 151 - Porte de Pantin stop
Parking
Q-Park
Philharmonie
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - La Villette
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - Conservatoire
Parking
Cité des Sciences
Bike GH
Vélib' docking points
Bike racks
Electric bikes
A battery container is located in front of the Grande Halle.
- Accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM). Please contact 01 40 03 75 75
- Partially accessible to deaf individuals, depending on the programming.
- Partially accessible to individuals with hearing aids, depending on the programming.
- Partially accessible to visually impaired and blind individuals.
- Accessible to individuals with psychological, cognitive, and intellectual disabilities.
- Several dining options are available in the park before or after the show. Discover them HERE.
Access to the venue is subject to security checks.
- The following items are prohibited: all glass containers, sharp or blunt objects, weapons of any kind or replicas, animals (except guide dogs for the visually impaired), large luggage or bags, and batteries for electric bikes or scooters. Security staff have the final say on which items are allowed inside.
- Bringing food into the performance hall is not permitted.
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