For its return to the Grand Palais, Art Paris is inaugurating a cycle of around ten round tables and meetings relating to the programming of the 2025 edition which will take place on stand B0.

Thursday 3 April 2025

3pm – 4.15pm
Sophie Ryder in conversation with Jon Benington

A discussion between British artist Sophie Ryder and exhibition curator and writer Jon Benington about Ryder’s monumental installation for the main entrance to Art Paris 2025 presented by GOWEN (Geneva).
^{Discussion in English}

4.30pm – 6pm

The fertile crossover between art and design and the revival of the decorative arts

A panel discussion moderated by Jean-Paul Bath, co-curator of the French Design Art Edition sector and director of Le FRENCH DESIGN
With guests, designer Patrick Jouin (founder of Patrick Jouin ID and co-founder of Jouin Manku), René-Jacques Mayer (Head of Creation, Research and Distribution), Martin Pietri (founder of Manufactures EMBLEM Paris and President of the Groupement Haute Facture at French Living in Motion), designer Mathieu Lehanneur (creator of the Olympic flame) and designer Pauline Leprince.

Friday 4 April 2025

2.30pm – 4pm
NEUMA, The Forgotten Ceremony
Presented by Villa Hegra
A panel discussion moderated by Arnaud Morand, co-curator of NEUMA, The Forgotten Ceremony with guests Feriel Fodil (director, Villa Hegra), artists Sarah Brahim and Ugo Schiavi and Wejdan Reda, co-curator of NEUMA, The Forgotten Ceremony
^{Discussion in French and English}

4.15pm – 5.30pm
A discussion between Cuban American artist Rafael Domenech, and art critic and exhibition curator Jérôme Sans
^{Discussion in English}

6pm – 7.30pm
A woman’s take on outsider art

A discussion between artist Annette Messager, who was invited by Galerie Christian Berst to curate its stand at Art Paris 2025, French academic, art critic and novelist Philippe Dagen and Christian Berst, founder and director of the gallery of the same name

Saturday 5 April 2025

2.30pm – 4pm
The present-day infatuation with painting. What place does painting have in French cultural institutions today and what support does it receive? How visible is it and what factors influence this?
A panel discussion moderated by Numa Hambursin, general director of MO.CO (Montpellier Contemporain) and guest co-curator of Immortal: A Focus on Figurative Painting in France at Art Paris 2025 with Cécile Debray, President of the Musée National Picasso Paris and Thomas Lévy-Lasne, artist

4.15pm – 5.45pm
As part of the Her Art Prize launched by Marie Claire and Art Paris with the support of Maison Boucheron

4.15pm : The place of women in contemporary art and creativity

A panel discussion moderated by art consultant, exhibition curator and Marie Claire writer Marion Vignal with guests Laetitia Bauduin (chairwoman of Christie’s Contemporary Art Department), Nathalie Ernoult (cultural heritage officer MNAM – Centre Pompidou), Hélène Poulit-Duquesne (CEO Boucheron) and Eléonore Besse (Art Historian and Project Manager for the Direction of AWARE)

5pm : A discussion around the winner of the first Her Art Prize for women artists

6pm - 7.30pm :The time of painting in the face of the rapid flow of images today

A panel discussion moderated by author and art historian Amélie Adamo and guest co-curator of Immortal: A Focus on Figurative Painting in France at Art Paris 2025 with artists Jean Michel Alberola, Marcos Carrasquer, Julien Des Monstiers and Nazanin Pouyandeh

Sunday 6 April 2025

2.30pm – 4pm
Painting from life: being present in the world?

A panel discussion moderated by author and art historian Amélie Adamo and guest co-curator of Immortal: A Focus on Figurative Painting in France at Art Paris 2025 with artists Vincent Bioulès, Damien Cabanes, Mathieu Cherkit and Axel Pahlavi

4.30pm – 6pm
The revival of surreal and dreamlike elements in painting – introspection meets social issues

A panel discussion moderated by author and art historian Amélie Adamo and guest co-curator of Immortal: A Focus on Figurative Painting in France at Art Paris 2025 with artists Pat Andrea, Marcella Barceló, Robert Combas and Laurent Proux.