Le Grand Palais Éphémère.
Champs de mars, Paris.
Wilmotte & associés architectes
@Patrick Tourneboeuf/RMN_GP / Tendance Floue

PARIS+ par Art Basel 

156 leading galleries for its inaugural edition

The first edition of Paris+ par Art Basel will bring together 156 premier galleries from 30 countries and territories – including 61 exhibitors with spaces in France – in a new flagship event that further augments Paris’s standing as a cultural epicenter.

The fair will extend beyond the Grand Palais Éphémère through a program of collaborations with Paris’s cultural institutions and its city-wide sector Sites, including publicly accessible works in such emblematic settings as, the Jardin des Tuileries – Domaine national du Louvre, Place Vendôme, Musée national Eugène-Delacroix and Chapelle des Petits-Augustins des Beaux-Arts de Paris.

Paris+ par Art Basel will take place at the Grand Palais Éphémère from Thursday, October 20 to Sunday, October 23, 2022, with the Preview Day on Wednesday, October 19

Galerie Papillon
Berdaguer&Péjus, Jack Spicer speaking, 2022
©Courtesy The artists and Galery Papillon

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.

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,’saysMarc Spiegler, GlobalDirector,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.’

Galerie Max Hetzler
Grace Weaver, Untitled (Couple in a Parking Lot), 2022
© Grace Weaver / Courtesy Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin | Paris | London

GALERIES

The main sector of the fair will feature 140 of the world’s leading galleries presenting the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawings, installation, photography, video, and digital works. 

GALERIES ÉMERGENTES

Dedicated to emerging galleries across the globe, Galeries Émergentes will feature 16 solo presentations. Exhibitors include Antenna Space from Shanghai; Instituto de Visión from Bogotá and New York; LC Queisser from Tibilisi; Marfa’ from Beirut; Parliament from Paris; Galeria Dawid Radziszewski from Warsaw; sans titre (2016) from Paris and Veda from Florence.

Official Partner of the Galeries Émergentes sector is Groupe Galeries Lafayette. one artist from Galeries Émergentes will be chosen by a specially appointed jury to exhibit at Lafayette Anticipations the following year.

Jessy Razafimandimby, du thé au bout des lèvres, 2022
©Courtesy the artist and sans titre, Paris

CITY-WIDE SECTOR SITES AND HIGHLIGHTS OF OF PARIS  INAUGURAL EDITION

Paris+ par Art Basel’s sector for site-specific projects Sites will present over 20 publicly accessible works and interventions in emblematic settings throughout the city

‘La Suite de l’Histoire’, an exhibition curated by Annabelle Ténèze, Director of Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse, will go on show in the Jardin des Tuileries – Domaine national du Louvre and the musée national Eugène-Delacroix as part of Sites

A site-specific installation by Alicja Kwade – the artist’s largest to date – will be on view on Place Vendôme, curated by Jérôme Sans

Omer Fast will present his multilayered installation ‘Karla’ in the Chapelle des Petits-Augustins des Beaux-Arts de Paris

A dynamic program of Conversations, curated by Pierre-Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou, will take place at the Bal de la Marine, a docked boat next to the Eiffel Tower

Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel
León Ferrari, Sem título, 2006
©Courtesy Fundación Augusto y León Ferrari Arte y Acervo.

SITES

Sites is dedicated to artistic projects taking place in the heart of Paris. For its first edition, Sites will take place in emblematic settings throughout the city, including the Jardin des Tuileries – Domaine national du Louvre, where 25 sculptures and installations will be exhibited, as well as Place Vendôme, Musée national Eugène–Delacroix and Chapelle des Petits–Augustins des Beaux–Arts de Paris. 

Clément Delépine, Director, Paris+ par Art Basel says:

‘I am truly delighted with the scale and ambition of our inaugural edition of Sites and the vibrant Conversations program. Both sectors are accessible to all, extending our programming throughout the city to a broad audience beyond our fair visitors. While Sites and Conversations take place outside of the fair premises, conceptually they sit at its very center, providing new impulses to contemporary cultural discourse.’

Sites at the Jardin des Tuileries – Domaine national du Louvre and at musée national Eugène–Delacroix Organized in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre and curated by Annabelle Ténèze, Director of Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse, the exhibition titled ‘La Suite de l’Histoire’, brings together large–scale works in the scenic grounds of the Jardin des Tuileries and a solo project by artist Thaddeus Mosley in the landscaped garden at the musée national Eugène–Delacroix.

The exhibition examines the multi–layered history of the Jardin des Tuileries, including its political and public dimensions, through the work of artists whose practices often subvertand reimagine the role of art in the public realm. Set in a place in which history, architecture and nature converge, the exhibition invites visitors to revisit the gardens in a new way.

Air de Paris
Emma McIntyre, (No Title Yet), 2022
© Photo Ed Mumford
©Courtesy the artist and Air de Paris, Romainville

Annabelle Ténèze, Paris+ par Art Basel Curator of Sites at the Jardin des Tuileries – Domaine national du Louvre and at the musée national Eugène–Delacroix, says:

‘La Suite de l’Histoire’ brings together contemporary creations linked to new artistic practices in thepublic space. In the Jardin des Tuileries, a place of history, a space of nature in the city and a popular attraction, and in the musée Delacroix, over 20 works emancipate themselves from the tradition of monumental elevation and question the narratives in suspense. The artists, proposing alternative monuments, turning the forms of sculpture upside down or inhabiting the garden in a different way, reveal the possible continuations of history; ‘La Suite de l’Histoire’.’

Laurence des Cars, Présidente–Directrice of the Musée du Louvre says:

‘I am thrilled about this inaugural exhibition, which reflects an emboldened presence of contemporary art in the Tuileries, and is embedded in the renewal of our autumnal sculpture project in the gardens. Since the 17th century, the garden has been a place for the public and for creativity. Annabelle Ténèze, whose work at the musée d’art contemporain de Rochechouart and the Abattoirs in Toulouse I have followed closely, has perfectly mastered the technical and curatorial challenges at hand to propose an exhibition that features works by artists from different generations and backgrounds. The Tuileries garden, like the Louvre and the musée Delacroix, is a place filled with life in all its forms. With this exhibition, we will be able to write La Suite de l’Histoire’ together.’

Galerie Lelong & Co.
Jean Dubuffet, L’Aléatoire, 1967/68
© Fondation Dubuffet, ADAGP, Paris 2022

HIGHLIGHTS

– Danish artist Nina Beier‘s ‘Guardians’ (2022), an installation of four toppled marble lions laying on the ground and covered with patches of seeds, attracting the garden’s birds. The work is presented by Croy Nielsen and Standard (Oslo).

 – An installation by Mexican, New York–based artist Raúl de Nieves, composed of three beaded sculptures and titled ‘Musicians’ (2020) presented by Morán Morán, Company Gallery, and Fitzpatrick Gallery.

 – French American artist Niki de Saint Phalle‘s sculpture ‘Blue Obelisk with Flowers’ (1992) presented by Georges–Philippe & Nathalie Vallois.

 –‘The Green Pavilion’ (2022) by French architect and artist Odile Decq, an homage to the Renaissance greenhouse as a space for protection of rare species and social interaction, presented by Galerie Philippe Gravier.

 – German artist Judith Hopf’s ‘Phone User 4 (outdoor)’ (2022), a concrete sculpture of a human–sized figure holding a smartphone, addressing the fraught relationship between people and their mobile devices.

 – A sculpture by Austrian artist Franz West titled ‘Lemurenköpfe (Lemure Heads)’ (1992/2000), first displayed at documenta IX in Kassel in 1992 and presented by David Zwirner.

The exhibition will continue at the musée national Eugène Delacroix, which will host a presentation of works by African American artist Thaddeus Mosley, marking the sculptor’s first solo museum exhibition in France. Mosley introduces an installation comprising recent sculptures, ranging in size from miniature to monumental. Heavily carved pieces are balanced against one another in multi–part sculptures, which are contrasted by smaller, mask–sized, tabletop sculptures. Mosley’s work is presented by Karma.

Perrotin
ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, On Target, Fig. TBC, 2022
©Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin

Sites at Place Vendôme

At Place Vendôme, German–Polish artist Alicja Kwade will present ‘Au cours des Mondes’ (2022), curated by Jérôme Sans. This new installation, her largest to date, is a set of spheres, a recurring motif for the artist, in dialogue with infinite staircases. A veritable initiatory journey in the public space, the installation questions our relationship to knowledge, the universe, and the mechanisms of power. The work is presented by kamel mennour.

Sites at Chapelle des Petits-Augustins des Beaux-Arts de Paris

Omer Fast’s exhibition ‘Karla’ (2022) will be on view at Chapelle des Petits-Augustins des Beaux-Arts de Paris. It features a holographic projection exploring the eponymous character’s job for a big tech company, as well as ghost-like sculptures and copies of Max Beckmann’s self-portrait. Together, these elements respond to the 16th-century sculptures permanently on view in the chapel, exploring the inherently ambiguous nature of concepts such as authenticity, time, and reality. ‘Karla’ is presented by gb agency.

The Sites sector is supported by David Yurman, a celebrated American jewelry company founded in New York by David Yurman, a sculptor, and his wife, Sybil, a painter and ceramicist – both proud benefactors of the arts.

Evan Yurman, President of David Yurman says:

‘We are pleased to partner with Paris+ par Art Basel in their inaugural year to support their public art project ‘Sites’ in Paris – a city that, like our hometown of New York, is defined by art and artists. We at David Yurman feel connected to the city’s history, its people, its art, and are excited to be a part of this project with Paris+ to help amplify the French capital’s artistic roots.’

From October 20 to 23, students from the École du Louvre will be available between 3pm and 5.30pm at all four locations of the sector to guide visitors.

Galerie Nathalie Obadia
Benoît Maire, Peinture de nuages, 2022
©Courtesy the artist and Gallery Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Bruxelles

CONVERSATIONS

Curated by Pierre-Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou, and located in the atmospheric Bal de la Marine, a docked boat next to the Tour Eiffel, the Conversations program will provide a platform for dynamic dialogues between leading figures from the artworld and the broader cultural sphere.

The Conversations program features 32 speakers across nine panels, bringing together leading artists, gallerists, collectors, curators, museum directors, and critics. Topics range from what erotic counter-readings of art history the queer art scene can offer to a discussion on how Pan-Africanism as an aspiring poetic and decolonial movement is being revitalized by a new generation of DJs, fashion designers and artists.

Conversations highlights

 – What’s Next for the French Art Market?’ with gallerists Mariane Ibrahim, Thaddaeus Ropac, and High Art’s Romain Chenais. Moderated by Farah Nayeri, Culture Writer at The New York Times

 – ‘Artists’ Influencers’ with artist Hervé Télémaque, author Françoise Vergès, and Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries

 – ‘Sex and Art along the Seine’: with artist Tarek Lakhrissi, author Bruce Benderson, and Mathieu Potte-Bonneville, Director, Departement culture et creation, Centre Pompidou. Moderated by independent curator Juliette Desorgues

 – ‘Dandyism in the 21st Century?’ with artist and gallerist Emily Sundblad, playwright, producer, writer and actor Jeremy O. Harris, film and theatre director Ulrike Ottinger. Moderated by Luca Lo Pinto, artistic Director MACRO, Rome.

Running from October 20 to 22, Conversations is free to the public and will be livestreamed on Art Basel’s Facebook channel. The program will be held in English and French with

simultaneous translation.

LGDR
Alexander Calder, Black Disc with Flags, c. 1939
© 2022 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

CULTURAL PARTNERS IN PARIS

Visitors to Paris during the show week will be offered a range of outstanding exhibitions by the city’s leading museums. Major exhibitions coinciding with Paris+ par Art Basel include:

Centre Pompidou Paris – MNAM

‘Alice Neel
‘Gérard Garouste‘
‘Patti Smith‘
‘Giuseppe Penone Dessins‘

Fondation Louis Vuitton

‘The dialogue Claude Monet – Joan Mitchell’
‘Joan Mitchell Retrospective’

Jeu de Paume and Le Bal

‘Renverser ses yeux. Autour de l’arte povera, 1960–1975 : photographie, film, vidéo‘

Lafayette Anticipations

‘Cyprien Gaillard: ‘Humpty \ Dumpty’

Le Louvre
‘Les Choses: Une histoire de la nature morte depuis la Préhistoire‘

 Le Palais Galliera

‘Frida Kahlo, Au–delà des apparences’

Le Plateau – Frac Île–de–France

‘Judith Hopf, Énergies’

Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris

‘Oskar Kokoschka. Un Fauve à Vienne‘
‘Francisco Tropa, Le poumon et le Cœur’
‘Zoe Leonard Al rio/To the River

Musée de l’Orangerie

‘Mickaelene Thomas’
‘Sam Szafran. Obsessions d’un peintre’

Musée des Arts Décoratifs

‘Shocking ! Les Mondes Surrealistes d’Elsa Schiaparelli’
‘Année 80. Mode, Design & Graphisme en France’

Musée d’Orsay

‘Edvard Munch. Un poème de vie, d’amour et de mort’
‘Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899)’

Musée Picasso

‘Farah Atassi. Artiste et Modèle’
‘Maya Ruiz–Picasso, fille de Pablo’
‘Nouveaux Chefs d’œuvre. La dation Maya Ruiz–Picasso’

Palais de Tokyo
‘Humpty \ Dumpty’

Pinault Collection – Bourse de Commerce

‘Anri Sala’
‘Une seconde d’éternité‘

Partners

Paris+ par Art Basel’s Associate Partners are Louis Vuitton and Tezos, with Audemars Piguet as Show Partner. Paris+ par Art Basel is also supported by David Yurman as Official Partner of Sites, groupe Galeries Lafayette as Official Partner of the Galeries Émergentes sector, BMW as Official Automotive Partner and Vitra as Official Furniture Partner.

The Show’s Host Partners are Sanlorenzo, Lalique and Guerlain with Maison Ruinart as Official Provider.

Le Grand Palais Éphémère.
Champs de mars, Paris
Wilmotte & associés architectes
@Patrick Tourneboeuf/RMN_GP/Tendance Floue

PARIS+ par Art Basel

October 20 to 23, 2022

Grand Palais Éphémère

PARIS, FRANCE