Mary Cassatt Orsay 2026—titled Mary Cassatt. Being Independent / L’indépendante—opens Tuesday 6 October 2026 through 31 January 2027 at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. It is the first solo retrospective devoted to the American Impressionist (1844–1926) at a French national museum, co-organised with the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This ADVANCE Art guide locks dates, scale, ticket bands, and why the show matters before the opening-week spike—without twinning Renoir National Gallery, Salman Toor Courtauld, or Gemäldegalerie Portraits hubs.
Dates, venue, and headline facts
Item — Detail
Exhibition — Mary Cassatt. Being Independent / L’indépendante
Venue — Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Dates — 6 October 2026 – 31 January 2027
Works — ~80 (paintings, pastels, prints)
Partners — National Portrait Gallery (London); MFA Boston
Full price — €16 (typical listing)
Reduced — €13; €12 Thursday late after 6pm
Closed — Mondays (museum weekly close)
The title stresses independence: Cassatt’s personal path inside and beside Impressionism, not a generic movement survey. Roughly eighty works let visitors follow one hand across painting, pastel, and printmaking.
Why this retrospective matters
Cassatt’s name runs through Impressionist history, yet no French national museum had previously given her a monographic hang. The Orsay show corrects that with Atlantic-scale loans—legal immunity from seizure was reported for cultural goods from sixteen foreign institutions across the loan window—making a second identical gathering unlikely. London and Boston co-organisation explains how works scattered between Europe and the United States can sit in one Paris sequence.
Tickets, hours, and when to go
Orsay timed tickets are the practical choke point: book a day and slot through the official ticket office. Weekends, Toussaint half-term, and the festive period will be busiest after 6 October. Weekday openings at 9.30am and Thursday late opening (museum open until ~9.45pm; €12 after 6pm on listed pricing) are the breathable windows. Exhibition admission typically includes permanent collections subject to capacity—plan half a day if you continue into the Impressionist galleries.
People also ask: will the show travel to London or Boston?
It is co-organised with the National Portrait Gallery and MFA Boston, but as of late summer 2026 reporting only the Paris presentation (6 Oct 2026–31 Jan 2027) is confirmed. Treat any future London/Boston dates as unannounced until those museums publish them.
Why ADVANCE now (spike ~6 October)
“Mary Cassatt Orsay,” “Mary Cassatt Being Independent,” and “Musée d’Orsay Cassatt tickets” climb in the final week before opening. A sourced dates–tickets–partners explainer ranks ahead of thin “what’s on in Paris” roundups.
Related Sunday Profile Art exhibitions
Deepen Art exhibitions with our live Salman Toor Courtauld 2026 (https://www.thesundayprofile.com/salman-toor-courtauld-2026) (opens 2 Oct) and Renoir and Love National Gallery 2026 (https://www.thesundayprofile.com/renoir-and-love-national-gallery-2026) (opens 3 Oct)—autumn Impressionist-adjacent hubs without twinning this Cassatt primary keyword.
Sources and caveats
Dates, first French solo framing, ~80 works, NPG/MFA partners, and ticket bands: Musée d’Orsay programme listings and detailed Paris visitor guides published August–September 2026. Loan-immunity reporting: News Tank Culture. Final ticket products and timed-slot rules can shift—recheck billetterie.musee-orsay.fr in the week of 6 October.