At the Arc de Triomphe, “La Tempête” is on view from September 9 to October 4

An installation throughout the monument’s visitor route

The Arc de Triomphe will host “La Tempête,” a monumental installation by Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau conceived as part of Paris Design Week and the European Heritage Days. The exhibition will run from September 9 to October 4, 2026 and will occupy the mezzanine, the Hall of Palms, the attic room and the terrace. The project is therefore not confined to a temporary gallery space: it accompanies visitors through several levels of the monument.

Presented as an immersive experience, “La Tempête” offers a contemporary reinterpretation of this iconic site. The works created by the artist punctuate the ascent, from the base to the summit, seeking to reveal the monument’s history and architecture from a new perspective. Visitors thus pass through a sequence of interventions that make the climb to the terrace both a sensitive and spectacular experience.

Contemporary design in dialogue with heritage

The installation begins with a dialogue between contemporary design, fine craftsmanship and French heritage. In a scenography described as unprecedented, Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau treats the Arc de Triomphe as both an exhibition space and the material of a journey. The project therefore combines the monument’s commanding presence with works designed to accompany its interior circulation and the ascent toward the terrace.

This presentation is part of an annual event that turns Paris into an open-air creative route. Paris Design Week brings together designers, fine craftspeople, galleries, publishing houses and cultural institutions, highlighting new forms of creation, expertise and exchanges between heritage, innovation and the arts and crafts. At the Arc de Triomphe, these ideas take the form of a route integrated into the monument visit.

Access included with monument admission

The installation is announced as part of the monument’s permanent visitor route, and access is included in the monument admission ticket for the relevant spaces: the mezzanine, the Hall of Palms, the attic room and the terrace. The Arc de Triomphe website also presents the event as a temporary exhibition and specifies that no events are scheduled in connection with it.

The announcement is aimed at all audiences. It places “La Tempête” among the monument’s cultural offerings for autumn 2026, alongside other events announced for September and October. The project stands out, however, through its deployment within the visitor spaces themselves, rather than through a programme of associated talks or meetings.

Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau, between gallery work and creation

Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau is presented as a French creator at the intersection of design, art and exceptional craftsmanship. After beginning his career in French cinema as a producer and development executive, he turned to design and founded Galerie Pradier-Jeauneau, located at 32 rue de Verneuil in Paris.

Through this gallery, he champions a vision of design described as sensitive, narrative and committed. His work includes exhibitions, furniture editions, collaborations with Monoprix, Isabelle Stanislas and Carine Roitfeld, as well as appearances at international fairs such as PAD Paris and the Salone del Mobile in Milan. These different formats shed light on the cross-disciplinary ambition of “La Tempête.”

In 2024, he launched his first furniture collection as a designer. This approach to collectible design places each piece in dialogue with heritage, cinema, literature and collective memory. The world associated with him notably blends references to The Phantom of the Opera, Pierrot le Fou and Pierre Chareau, balancing visual poetry with formal radicalism.

After “Le Labyrinthe,” a new monumental scale

The Arc de Triomphe is not Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau’s first monumental intervention. In 2025, he presented “Le Labyrinthe” at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris, his first monumental solo project. Conceived as an immersion in a poetic and contemporary labyrinth, the installation paid tribute to French creation and major narratives, from Daedalus to the present day.

With “La Tempête,” the creator continues his desire to blur the boundaries between gallery, museum, theatre and waking dream. But the project changes scale: it is woven into the route through a national monument, from its interior rooms to its highest point. The visit itself becomes the medium of the installation, rather than simply a way of accessing it.

A terrace and an olfactory trail linked to the project

The exhibition also includes the FERMOB terrace at the top of the monument. Its presence extends the route to the highest level of the Arc de Triomphe and makes the terrace one of the spaces explicitly associated with “La Tempête.” The project thus announces an intervention that does not stop at the rooms of the permanent visitor route.

An olfactory trail created by BDK Parfums also accompanies the installation. This sensory dimension is added to the works and scenography deployed throughout the monument. Partners named include Dedar, Farrow and Ball, L’OR Espresso, Monoprix, Pierre Frey and Schott NYC, while several fine craftspeople take part in the project, including Atelier Coudray, Duvelleroy, Fonderie d’Art Macheret, Lit National, Manufacture Pinton, Manufacture Prelle, Phelippeau Tapissier and Verrerie Soisy sur École.

An autumn event at the Arc de Triomphe

Listed on the Paris Design Week programme, “La Tempête” opens on September 9 and runs until October 4, 2026. It also coincides with the European Heritage Days, held at the Arc de Triomphe on September 19 and 20, 2026. For nearly a month, the installation therefore offers an artistic route integrated into the spaces normally explored during a visit.

For visitors, the event’s distinctive feature lies in this complete journey: the mezzanine, the rooms and then the terrace become stages in a single proposition. “La Tempête” does not simply display objects as part of Paris Design Week: throughout the ascent, it brings design works, artisanal expertise and the architecture of the Arc de Triomphe into dialogue.