For the very first time, the Petit Palais is opening its doors to urban artists such as Shepard Fairey, Invader, D*Face, Seth, Cleon Peterson, Hush, Swoon, Vhils, Inti, and Add Fuel, inviting them to partake in a subtle dialogue with its permanent collections and its architecture.
The first major retrospective in Europe of Olga de Amaral, a key figure of the Colombian art scene and of textile art. The exhibition brings together nearly eighty works made between the 1960s and now. Beyond the vibrant goldleaf pieces for which the artist is renowned, the exhibition reveals her earliest explorations and experimentations with textile, as well as her monumental works.
The Lebanese artist presents works made with photography and AI to bring childhood memories and fictional elements to discuss normative masculinity and re-examine his queer boy desires. The edgy contemporary-art foundation run by the Galeries Lafayette group also presents the solo show of the Los Angeles-born artist Martine Syms, whose works are an exploration of society’s expectations of Black women and Black artists in particular.
A collective exhibition on the upcoming contemporary Chinese art scene with works by 21 artists. The opening of China to the world, environmental upheavals and the transformation of lifestyles in Chinese society are all topics addressed by this young generation of artists, born in the late 1970s through to the early 1990s, as China experienced a great economic boom.
To experience a piece by James Turrell is something spiritual. If you haven’t seen one of his light pieces, make sure to include Almine Rech Matignon space in your stay in Paris. In the “Glassworks” series, the Texan artist creates a unique shape through which light and colours develop gradually using LED technologies. No words can actually describe what you see!
At the same time, Gagosian - one of the greatest galleries in the world, will be showcasing the largest show of Turrell in Europe in decades at its space just outside of Paris at Le Bourget.
Dedicated to image-based work, OFFSCREEN is composed of solo show presentations of international avant-garde, historical and contemporary artists, working with installations and experimental practices across the eight levels of this building with its emblematic Art-Deco facade.
Tenth Edition of the fair and curated platform with a selection of international galleries presenting artists from across Asia and its diaspora, and an ambitious public program featuring commissioned site-specific installations, performances, conversations and artist workshops.
Carten Höller’s latest large-scale sculpture Giant Triple Mushroom, will be on display at Place Vendôme in Paris. Standing nearly three meters tall, the artwork merges enlarged cross-sections of three distinct mushroom species into one hybrid form.
To enhance the flow between the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, the Avenue Winston Churchill will be pedestrianized for the duration of the fair and will host public artworks by John Chamberlain, Yayoi Kusama, and Jean Prouvé. The Hôtel de la Marine majestic inner courtyard is a new location for the Public Program of Art Basel Paris this year, hosting “Aeolian” by the Greek artist Takis.