Paris Art & Street Art – From Museums to the Streets

Paris is a city where art doesn’t stay still.

This Starbook Art & Street Art experience invites you to explore Paris as a living, evolving gallery — where modern art, contemporary creativity and street expression coexist naturally.

As we walk through inspiring neighborhoods, you’ll discover murals, graffiti, hidden artworks and unexpected details, alongside key references to modern and contemporary art. I’ll share stories about artists, movements, and the emotions behind the works — always connected to the city, its people, and its energy.

Because street art is constantly changing, the itinerary may adapt according to new creations and what the city reveals on the day of the tour. Each walk is unique, spontaneous, and shaped by the present moment.

This is not a classic guided tour.
It’s a creative walk, intimate and human, designed for curious travelers who want to feel Paris rather than just see it.

📍 STOP 1 — Centre Pompidou (Meeting point)

Theme: Breaking the rules

• Introduction to modern & contemporary art in Paris
• Why Pompidou changed everything (architecture, freedom, provocation)
• Talk about Paris as a city that constantly reinvents art
• Outside artworks, urban life, street energy

🗣️ Tone: contextual, accessible, inspiring
🎯 Goal: set the artistic mood

🚶‍♀️ STOP 2 — Stravinsky Fountain

Theme: Art in the public space

• Jean Tinguely & Niki de Saint Phalle
• Movement, colors, joy vs chaos
• Art outside museums: for everyone
• Contrast between playful art & historic Paris

📸 Great photo stop

🚶‍♀️ STOP 3 — Le Marais backstreets

Theme: Contemporary galleries & hidden creativity

• Walk through quieter streets
• Spot small galleries, concept stores, creative spaces
• Talk about today’s Parisian artists & art market
• How fashion, design & art mix in Paris

🗣️ Anecdotes, real Parisian life, creative economy

🧱 STOP 4 — Street Art Spot (rotating walls)

Theme: Ephemeral art

• Murals, paste-ups, stencils
• Artists like Invader, JR (depending on what’s visible)
• Street art as freedom, protest, poetry
• Why some works disappear overnight

🎯 Key idea: Art doesn’t have to last to be powerful

☕ STOP 5 — Arty café break (optional)

Theme: Art & everyday life

• Short pause in a creative café
• Talk about artists’ routines, cafés as inspiration
• Parisian lifestyle & creative rituals

(optional add-on)

🚶‍♀️ STOP 6 — Alternative streets (towards Beaubourg / Marais edge)

Theme: Raw expression

• Graffiti vs street art
• Who decides what is art?
• Institutional vs underground culture
• Paris compared to Berlin / London / NYC

🗣️ More personal, reflective discussion

🧠 FINAL STOP — Quiet corner / square

Theme: Feeling Paris

• Recap of the walk
• Art as emotion, not knowledge
• How Paris keeps inspiring creators
• Recommendations: galleries, museums, neighborhoods to explore alone

🖤 End with a poetic note, not a lecture

✨ Optional extensions

• ➕ 1h street art focus (Belleville or 13th district)
• ➕ Pompidou interior visit
• ➕ Photo walk
• ➕ Wine or coffee ending

✨ Important note about the itinerary

This itinerary is intentionally flexible.
Street art is alive, ephemeral, and constantly changing — some artworks appear overnight, others disappear without warning.

For this reason, the route may slightly change depending on the day, new creations, and the artistic energy of the city. Each tour is unique, shaped by what Paris chooses to reveal that day.

No two walks are ever the same.