Hotels near Bourse de Commerce

The Bourse de Commerce started life as a circular grain exchange built between 1763 and 1767. Its first wooden dome burned down on 16 October 1802, the iron-and-glass replacement went up in the 1888 to 1889 rebuild, and the dome was listed as a historic monument on 15 January 1975. Tadao Ando, with NeM / Niney et Marca, dropped a concrete cylinder 9 m high and 30 m across into the rotunda, and the Pinault Collection opened the result in May 2021 after a renovation costing about 195 million dollars.

For collectors and gallerists in town for the fair, this is one of the two or three addresses that get visited regardless of what is hanging. That works against you on Saturday 24 October, when the Grand Palais empties into the 1st arrondissement and the cylinder gallery becomes a slow shuffle. Friday evening is the fix: a late opening to 21:00 every Friday, two hours after the fair closes. Two caveats: no free permanent collection, and the central gallery is one enormous room, so a thorough visit takes about 75 minutes rather than half a day.

Metro line 1 to Louvre-Rivoli leaves a 400 m walk, about five minutes; line 4 to Les Halles and RER A, B and D at Chatelet-Les Halles are similar. Hours are 11:00 to 19:00, closed Tuesday, with the Friday late night to 21:00 and another on the first Saturday of each month. Full admission is 15 euros, reduced 10, under-18s free with a booking. The Fondation Cartier is 700 m west, an eight-minute walk.

Pro Tip: Walk in at 19:00 on Friday 23 October, the minute the Grand Palais shuts, and use the Friday late night to 21:00. Buy the 15-euro ticket online for a timed slot; the rotunda queue on rue de Viarmes moves slowly once it forms.