Paris+ par Art Basel: Mixing French Culture With Modern And Contemporary Art

September 23, 2022

Written by Janet Morais and Amândio Pereira

Art Basel, together with its parent company MCH Group, announced that it has been awarded a seven-year contract to stage a new contemporary and Modern art fair at the prestigious Grand Palais in Paris, following a public competition initiated by the Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais in December last year. Launching in October 2022, this new project of international stature will build bridges with France’s cultural industries – from fashion and design to film and music – to create a flagship event that radiates throughout the city and is firmly embedded in Paris and its cultural scene. The new fair will initially take place at the Grand Palais’s temporary venue, the Grand Palais Éphémère, located in the historic heart of Paris on the Champ-de-Mars, until the restoration of the Grand Palais is completed in 2024.

©Patrick Tourneboeuf pour la Rmn – GP, 2021 architecte Jean-Michel Wilmotte

‘With its incomparable history and contemporary dynamism, Paris is uniquely positioned as a pivotal epicenter of the international cultural scene,’ says Marc Spiegler, Global Director, Art Basel. ‘We aim to build on Paris’s unparalleled standing as a global metropolis to help create a vibrant week that even further amplifies the city’s international resonance as a cultural capital.’

Art Basel brings to this project its 50-year history of creating the world’s leading art fairs in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Defined by its host city and region, each Art Basel show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. As in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong, Art Basel will work closely with Paris’s museums, private institutions, galleries, and other cultural spaces, to create an active cultural program from morning to night, all week, and throughout the city.

©Patrick Tourneboeuf pour la Rmn – GP, 2021 architecte Jean-Michel Wilmotte

By combining the history of Art Basel and the cultural heritage of Paris, their ambition is to launch a new event that brings together artists, collectors, curators, and gallery owners from all over the world and unites Parisian cultural actors beyond the Grand Palais. To deliver this ambitious new project for Paris, Art Basel will establish a new French entity and employ a dedicated team on the ground, as well as work closely with France’s gallery community and ensure their strong representation in the fair’s Selection Committee. In addition, Art Basel intends to develop an identity and a brand specific to the Parisian fair.

Photo by Aliki Christoforou Courtesy Art Basel

The inaugural edition of Paris+ par Art Basel will bring together 156 leading French and international galleries to present exceptional artworks across all media – from painting and sculpture to photography and digital works. From curated presentations of 20th-century masterpieces to solo booths by emerging artists, Paris+ par Art Basel will present a global showcase of the highest quality, firmly embedded in Paris and its cultural scene. A strong line-up of galleries from France will be joined by exhibitors from across Europe, Africa, Asia, North, and South America, and the Middle East, including several first-time participants to any Art Basel show, such as Galerie Anne Barrault, Christian berst art brut, Magnin-A, Salle Principale, and We Do Not Work Alone from Paris; Efremidis and Heidi from Berlin; Galerie Cécile Fakhoury with spaces in Abidjan, Dakar, and Paris; LC Queisser from Tbilisi; Seventeen from London; Chris Sharp Gallery from Los Angeles; and Tim van Laere Gallery from Antwerp.

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Clément Delépine, Director, Paris+ par Art Basel says: ‘I am truly honored to announce the outstanding list of exhibitors taking part in the inaugural edition of our show in Paris. The composition of the gallery list reflects our commitment to create a show that is both specific to its host city and has a strong global resonance.’

‘The galleries selected for our debut in Paris embody Art Basel’s long-standing tradition of juxtaposing high-quality historical work with avant-garde material,’ says Marc Spiegler, Global Director, Art Basel. ‘Equally important to us, the galleries that make today’s Paris so dynamic are present in large numbers, across many market sectors, giving this show a singularly Parisian personality.’

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