Photography ArtFair Art Paris 2024

The 26th edition of Art Paris 2024 will be held from April 4 to 7 at the Grand Palais Éphémère.

135 modern and contemporary art galleries from 25 countries will be present for the occasion.

Art Paris 2024 will feature two themes: Fragile Utopias and Art & Craft, curated by Éric de Chassey and Nicolas Trembley respectively. The Promises for Young Galleries and Solo Show sectors explore new talents and revisit historic figures to be rediscovered. In 2024, Art Paris is further committed to supporting the French art scene by launching the Prix BNP Paribas Banque Privée with BNP Paribas Banque Privée, the fair’s official premium partner. A look at the French scene, with an endowment of 30,000 euros.

Fragile utopias.
A look at the French scene by Éric de Chassey

Éric de Chassey, Director General of the Institut national d’histoire de l’art, professor at the École normale supérieure de Lyon and curator, presents his vision of the French art scene through a selection of 20 artists from participating galleries on the theme Fragiles utopies. As Éric de Chassey, who will write a text presenting the work of each selected artist, points out, “The visual arts are not just about representation or decoration. They also propose models for perception, thought and action: utopias under construction. These can be embodied in all forms and mediums, but in a period marked by doubt and the end of great systems, they often take on a provisional, precarious character: they are fragile utopias.”

Selected artists :
Jean-Michel Alberola (b. 1953) – Templon / Yto Barrada (b. 1971) – Polaris / Cécile Bart (b. 1958) – Galerie Catherine Issert / Alice Bidault (b. 1994) – Pietro Spartà / Pierrette Bloch (1928-2017) – Galerie Zlotowski / Nicolas Chardon (b. 1974) – Oniris. art / Mathilde Denize (b. 1986) – Perrotin / Nathalie Du Pasquier (b. 1957) – Yvon Lambert / Philippe Favier (b. 1957) – Galerie 8+4 / Elika Hedayat (b. 1979) – Aline Vidal Paris / Sarah Jérôme (b. 1979) – H Gallery / Benoît Maire (b. 1978) – Nathalie Obadia / Vera Molnár (1924-2023) – Galerie Verart Véronique Smagghe / Michel Parmentier (1938- 2000) – Loevenbruck / Juliette Roche (1884-1980) – Pauline Pavec / Edgar Sarin (b. 1989) – Galerie Michel Rein / Daniel Schlier (b. 1960) – Galerie East / Assan Smati (b. 1972) – Nosbaum Reding / Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908- 1992) – Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger / Raphaël Zarka (b. 1977) – Mitterrand

Art & Craft
by Nicolas Trembley

Entrusted to Nicolas Trembley, art critic and independent curator, the Art & Craft theme, which borrows its title from the pioneering Arts and Crafts movement born in the UK at the end of the 19th century, addresses the way in which both modern and contemporary artists have invested and continue to invest the field of craft skills (ceramics, glass, tapestry etc.), linking gesture to thought. A selection of some twenty international artists was made from among the participating galleries, leading to a thematic tour of the fair and the writing of a text presenting the work of each artist selected.

According to Nicolas Trembley, “At the beginning of the 20th century, the visual arts included practices affiliated with the applied arts, but the emergence of a more conceptual contemporary art has to some extent dethroned these historical processes. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, with the development of a more globalized art emphasizing minority uses or groups, we have witnessed the emergence of works whose techniques are traditionally linked to those of craftsmanship, just as we are rediscovering works by both historical and contemporary artists whose processes borrow from artisans.”

Selected artists :
Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) – Richard Saltoun / Joël Andrianomearisoa (b. 1977) – Almine Rech / Jean-Marie Appriou (b. 1986) – Perrotin / Thomas Bayrle (b. 1937) – Galerie East / Karina Bisch (b. 1974) – Lahumière / Saloua Raouda Choucair (1916-2017) – Saleh Barakat / Michele Ciacciofera (b. 1969) – Galerie Michel Rein / Daniel et Grégory Dewar et Gicquel (b. 1976 and 1975) – Loevenbruck / Elizabeth Garouste (b. 1946) – Galerie Ketabi Bourdet / GE BA – Galerie Françoise Livinec / Josef Grau-Garriga (1929-2011) – Galerie Claude Bernard / Sheila Hicks (b. 1934) – Galerie Frank Elbaz / Jérôme Hirson (b. 1984) – Galerie Le sentiment des choses / Patrick Kim-Gustafson (b. 1986) – Marguo / Jacqueline Lerat (1920-1992) et Jean Lerat (1913-1992) – Capazza / Barbara Levittoux-Świderska (1933- 2019) – Richard Saltoun / Oceania – anonymous sculpture made in 1920 – Galerie Jeanne Bucher Jaeger / Shiro Tsujimura (b. 1947) – Galerie Le sentiment des choses / Jeanne Vicerial (b. 1991) – Templon / Jane Yang-D’Haene (b. 1968) – Bienvenu Steinberg & J

Solo Show: sixteen solo exhibitions
Scattered throughout the fair, these solo shows allow the public to discover or rediscover the work of modern (Jean Hélion or Jacqueline et Jean Lerat), contemporary (Gilles Barbier, Erwin Olaf or Samantha Mc Ewen…) or emerging artists (Leyla Cardenas, Lucia Hierro, Katia Kameli…).

Solo show artists :
Gilles Barbier (1965) – Huberty & Breyne
Leyla Cardenas (1975) – Galerie Dix9 – Hélène Lacharmoise
Stijn Cole (1978) – Irene Laub Gallery
Fathi Hassan (1957) – Nil Gallery
Jean Hélion (1904-1987) – Galerie Patrice Trigano
Lucia Hierro (1987) – Fabienne Levy
Ellande Jaureguiberry (1985) – Galerie 22,48 m2
Katia Kameli (1973) – 110 Galerie Véronique Rieffel
Mohamed Lekleti (1965) – Galerie Valérie Delaunay
Jacqueline (1920-2009) et Jean (1913-1992) Lerat – Galerie Capazza Samantha McEwen (1960) – Modesti Perdriolle Gallery
Giulia Marchi (1976) – Labs Contemporary Art
Erwin Olaf (1959-2023) – Galerie Rabouan Moussion
Pauline Rose Dumas (1996) – Galerie Anne Laure Buffard
Ben Walker (1974) – Soho Revue
Sophie Zénon (1965) – Galerie XII

Grand Palais Éphémère

Place Joffre 75007 Paris

Opening (by invitation) Wednesday April 3, 11am-9pm

Opening hours

Thursday April 4, noon to 8pm Friday April 5, noon to 9pm Saturday April 6, noon to 8pm Sunday April 7, noon to 7pm

Admission prices

Thursday & Friday
30 € / 15 € for students and groups Saturday & Friday
35 € / 20 € for students and groups Free admission for children
under 10 years of age

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