Art Paris

ART PARIS SEPTEMBER 2020

An act of resistance and the first cultural event in Paris after the holiday period.

Postponed, then reinvented in a digital version, with the support of the majority of our galleries and the very strong commitment of our collectors eager to support the art scene, Art Paris 2020, the modern and contemporary art fair, is reborn at the Grand Palais from September 10 to 13. It will be the first major cultural event in September in Europe since 6 months..

112 galleries will be present, including 25 foreign galleries hailing from Korea, Canada, the Ivory Coast and Peru for the most far flung among them, in addition to our European neighbours with galleries from Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, Italy, Holland, Portugal and Switzerland.
The 2020 selection, which counts 36% of first-time participants, is also marked by the arrival of major galleries such as Perrotin, Jeanne Bucher Jaeger and Karsten Greve in association with Caroline Smulders, who will be joining the fair’s faithful exhibitors that include Nathalie Obadia, Templon, Lahumière and Paris-Beijing. A prominent place has also been reserved for a young generation of gallerists including Pauline Pavec, Arnaud Faure Baulieu, Eva Hober and 193 Gallery, thereby illustrating Art Paris’s vocation to be a place for discovery.
The 22nd edition features two main themes. In the first, Gaël Charbau has selected 19 artists as part of a subjective and critical overview of the French art scene that is based around the notion of narrative and the juxtaposition of unique and universal stories. The second theme around the Iberian Peninsula highlights Spanish and Portuguese art from the 1950s to the present day.
Elsewhere, Art Paris is encouraging the presentation of monographic exhibitions (around nineteen this year), whilst also supporting young galleries and emerging artists in its “Promises” sector, which counts 14 galleries from Abidjan, Brussels, Lima, Lisbon, Sofia, Marseille and Paris.