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We recently heard a lot of questions about fairs: are they obsolete or an acceptable model? Art is an essential component in the balance of the existence of many people. Acquiring it to perpetuate the emotion aroused, sharing it with loved ones is a need that requires satisfaction and fairs such as Art Paris offer this opportunity while supporting the work of galleries and the artists they represent.

The 2020 selection, which brings together 112 galleries from 15 countries including 36% of new participants, sees the arrival of important brands such as Perrotin, Yvon Lambert, Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Karsten Greve associated with Caroline Smulders who join the faithful like Nathalie Obadia, Templon, Lahumière or Paris-Beijing. A special place has also been reserved for a talented young generation of gallery owners who affirm the vocation of discovering Art Paris.

Two themes run through this 22nd edition: a subjective and critical look at the French scene with a selection of 18 artists entrusted to Gaël Charbau around the notions of story, singular and universal stories, a thematic thread on the Iberian Peninsula highlights the Spanish and Portuguese art from the 1950s to the present day.

In addition, Art Paris encourages the presentation of monographic exhibitions, twenty-one this year, while supporting young galleries and emerging creation within the “Promises” sector which brings together 14 galleries from Abidjan, Brussels, Lima, Lisbon, Sofia, Marseille and Paris.

Finally, this 22nd edition of Art Paris, which combines regional exploration of European art from the post-war period to the present day and a cosmopolitan look at other geographies such as Africa, is the last at the Grand Palais which is closing its doors. doors in 2020.

Art Paris will be the first art fair to invest in April 2021 the ephemeral Grand Palais at the Champ de Mars, a spectacular temporary 21st century structure imagined by the architect Jean Michel Wilmotte, which will host Parisian events until the reopening of the Grand Palais on the occasion of the 2024 Olympic Games. A magnificent sign of hope in these uncertain times that we are going through.

Art Paris 2020: the first major cultural and back-to-school market meeting in Europe

Postponed, then reinvented in digital version, with the support of the majority of our galleries and the unwavering commitment of our collectors eager to support the art scene, Art Paris 2020, the modern and contemporary art fair, is reborn at the end of the summer at the Grand Palais in a physical version from September 10 to 13. It will be the first major cultural and market event in Europe.

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Reinforced sanitary conditions and a varnishing spread over five days

The Grand Palais, whose glass roof rises 45 meters in height, offers exceptional volumes and the plan of the fair has been revised with wider aisles to accommodate 112 galleries. In addition, the gauge was lowered to 3 people at time T under the canopy. Thus, the opening of September 000 was shortened and spread over five days in the morning from September 9 to 10 from 13 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Support and promote the work of galleries

This edition of the resistance is part of a desire to support and promote the work of galleries. According to Guillaume Piens, general curator of Art Paris, “It is now, more than ever, that galleries must work and meet their collectors. It is also important for their artists. Art Paris has the advantage of being above all a local and regional fair with a large majority of French galleries and an audience that comes 75% from Île-de-France and the regions of France. »Also, very favorable conditions were granted to the participating galleries by the company France Conventions, organizer of Art Paris: postponement of the sums already paid on the September edition, balance of the participation postponed until two months after the fair , 15% “solidarity” discount on the price of stands and creation of a solidarity fund, supplied by ticket sales, intended to finance the participation of 14 young galleries less than six years old.

Art Paris 2020: a renewed edition with 112 galleries, including 24 international ones, marked by the arrival of major brands and a new wave of young galleries

For this 22nd edition, 112 galleries are present, including 24 foreign Korea, Canada, Ivory Coast and Peru, for the most distant countries, will be represented with Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland.

The 2020 selection, which has 36% of new participants, sees the arrival of important brands such as Perrotin, Jeanne Bucher Jaeger, Karsten Greve associated with Caroline Smulders, who join the faithful like Nathalie Obadia, Templon, Lahumière and Paris-Beijing. A special place has also been reserved for a young generation of gallery owners such as Pauline Pavec, Arnaud Faure Baulieu, 193 Gallery, who affirm the vocation of discovering Art Paris.

A look at the French scene: common and unusual stories

Art Paris supports the French scene by associating the subjective, historical and critical gaze of an exhibition curator with the selection of specific projects by French artists, proposed by the participating galleries. Under the title Common and Uncommon Histories, Gaël Charbau, independent curator and art critic, delivers his perspective on the French scene by bringing together 18 artists, mostly born in the 1980s, whose works highlight the notions of story, singular and universal stories. According to Gaël Charbau, who was also invited to write a text on each artist to present their work, “it seems that we can thus give an overview of our common history by crossing that, unusual, of these artists (Henni Alftan , Léa Belooussovitch, Abdelkader Benchamma, Elsa & Johanna), for the most part still in the first part of their career. And while keeping, of course, an eye on some of their elders (Roland Flexner, Sophie Calle, Hervé Télémaque). "

A thematic thread on the Iberian Peninsula

A thematic thread on the Iberian Peninsula highlights Spanish and Portuguese art from the 1950s to the present 18 galleries will present some 50 artists, modern masters like Joan Miró, Maria Helena Vieira Da Silva, Júlio Pomar, Antoni Tàpies, to artists contemporaries such as Miguel Branco, Rui Moreira or Jorge Queiroz, while emphasizing figures to be rediscovered such as Darío Villalba.

"Solo Show": 21 monographic exhibitions

21 personal exhibitions, scattered around the fair, allow the public to discover or rediscover in depth the work of modern, contemporary or emerging artists.

“Promises”, a sector dedicated to young galleries and emerging creation

Placed voluntarily in the center of the Grand Palais, “Promesses” welcomes 14 young galleries from Abidjan, Brussels, Lima, Lisbon, Sofia, Marseille and Paris. Many are making their debut at Art Paris this year, offering a forward-looking perspective on European (notably Bulgarian, with Structura Gallery) and African scenes with Afikaris, 31 Project, Véronique Rieffel and Septieme Gallery, not to mention Latin America, represented by Younique and the young French scene with Double V, Intervalle or Ségolène Brossette. These galleries, less than six years old, each present between one and three emerging artists and benefit from financial assistance from the fair to support their participation.

In Paris in September

The program of the VIP 2020 route gives access to the best of the artistic news of the City of Light Among the highlights: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Paris! at the Center Pompidou, Erwin Wurm at the European House of Photography, James Tissot (1836-1902). The modern ambiguity at the Musée d'Orsay, Esprit es-tu là? The painters of the beyond at the Musée Maillol, La vie moderne - A new route through the collections at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris or even Less than thirty years !!, at the Galerie du jour agnès b., La Fab.

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Pratical information

Open to the public

• Thursday September 10 from 12 p.m. to 20 p.m.
• Friday September 11 from 12 p.m. to 21 p.m.
• Saturday September 12 from 12 p.m. to 20 p.m.
• Sunday September 13 from 12 p.m. to 20 p.m.
• Admission price : 28 € / 14 € for students and groups
• Professional varnishing September 9 from 11 a.m. to 20 p.m., reserved only for VIP and Prestige card holders
• Professional pre-opening from 10 to 13 September from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., reserved for holders of the Daily Preview, VIP and Prestige card

Access

Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris

Metro: Champs-Elysées Clemenceau (lines 1, 13), Franklin D Roosevelt (lines 1, 9)

RER: Line C / Station: Invalides

Bus: Lines 28, 42, 52, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93, 63

Access avenue Winston-Churchill for people with reduced mobility

Vélib stations: 1 avenue Franklin D Roosevelt (near the Palais de la Découverte), Avenue Dutuit (near the Petit Palais)

Taxis

Taxi rank at the Rond-point des Champs-Elysées: +33 (0) 1 47 63 00 00

Blue Taxis: +33 (0) 1 49 36 10 10

G7 taxis: +33 (0) 1 47 39 47 39

Parking

Champs-Elysées roundabout
3-5, avenue Matignon, Paris 8th

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