After welcoming almost 70, 000 visitors to the “ephemeral” Grand Palais, Art Paris ‘ 26th model shut its doors on April 7. This significant Modern & Contemporary art fair will return to the renovated Grand Palais next year ( spring 2025 ).
The good ended with a eloquently favorable outcome despite a lower attendance than the 2023 model (especially due to the Paris workout ) and sluggish purchasing at the beginning despite the general tepidity of the overall artwork business so far this year. Over the final two weeks of the show, sales increased significantly, with European collectors and institutions making a significant contribution. Additionally, according to the Art Paris organizers, there were more professionals and collectors from 32 nations, primarily in Europe, by 10 %.
Photo Art Paris 2024© Marc Domage
Figures for Art Paris 2024: 70, 000 visitors, 136 experiencing galleries from 25 states, 40 % international cooperation, 60 % French museums, nearly a thousand artists, 18 guitar shows.
Regarding the powerful upsizing of Art Paris, there are sympozies. The most effective classic in its history was hailed by all the media and visitors, according to the most recent press release from the festival’s organizers. The fair is also becoming the gathering point of the European scene in a Paris that is experiencing an imaginative renaissance, according to the communiqué, “is also gaining momentum, without actually losing its local and metropolitan DNA made of discoveries and curiosity.”
The presence of essential artists, both Modern and Contemporary, the appeal of the single exhibitions, which enables an in-depth exploration of the work of around twenty well-known and emerging artists, and the fair’s commitment to young talents, through its Promesses section totally dedicated to galleries under six years old and to” emerging creation” have been highlighted by the art press. Each gallery in the Promesses sector had the opportunity to showcase up to three artists, and the fair’s participation costs were covered up to 45 %.
Continua library’s hall. Photo Art Paris 2024© Marc Domage
Another chance that paid off was the particular emphasis on French artists who traveled through Fragile utopias, which Éric de Chassey, the director of the National Institute of Art History ( INHA ), orchestrated. Fragile utopias offered a vision of the French scene through 21 selected artists, both historical ( Vieira Da Silva, Juliette Roche, Sonia Delaunay, etc. ) and contemporary ( Yto Barrada, Nathalie du Pasquier, Raphaël Zarka, Sara Jerôme, etc. ). Contemporary artist Nathalie Du Pasquier ( represented by the Yvon Lambert gallery ) won the first BNP Paribas Banque Privée prize, worth 30, 000 dollars. This award honors the distinctive path of a feminine artist, who is still unfulfilled in France and whose cross and multidisciplinary practice has a strong following among the younger generation of contemporary artists.
Thanks to the route titled” Arts and Craft” proposed by Nicolas Trembley, which highlights works in materials like ceramics, glass, or textiles that are arousing new interest from collectors at all levels, crafts ( as in Arts &, Crafts ) were also given pride of place within the Contemporary scene. A highly diverse selection of these works was showcased by galleries that included Dewar &, Gicquel ( Lovenbruck gallery ) and Magdalena Abakanowicz ( Michel Saltoun gallery ).
Joseph Grau-Garriga ( 1929-2011 ). Tierras del Sur, 1971. Textiles. Claude Bernard Gallery – Art &, Craft Tour. Photo Art Paris 2024© Marc Domage
Overall, the 26th edition of Art Paris was successful in supporting the French picture admirably, with the exception of a large number of French attendees and significant support for local artists ( but not just ), while also preserving and upholding a spirit of discovery.