What to Know about Paris+ par Art Basel This Week
Paris+ par Art Basel returns to the Grand Palais Éphémère from October 20—22, with special preview days on October 18 and 19. The fair’s second edition welcomes 154 galleries from 33 territories and countries, presenting inspiring artworks from the 20th century to the present day. Art will be displayed across a main gallery floor and the Galeries Émergentes sector, accompanied by a program of conversations and a citywide roster of exhibitions and installations.
“I am delighted that the fair’s unique profile will be further emboldened by the outstanding presentations of this year’s participating exhibitors,” said Clément Delépine, Director, Paris+ par Art Basel. “The 2023 show will confirm the defining features of Paris+ par Art Basel: a wealth of exceptional works by Modern and contemporary artists, a high density of precisely conceived presentations, a commitment to the French gallery community, and a lively Galeries Émergentes sector in tune with contemporary discourse, supported generously by the Galeries Lafayette group.”
O Bastardo, “Salão da tia Nenê,” 2022, courtesy of the artist and A Gentil Carioca.
Nearly All Paris+ par Art Basel 2023 Presenters are Returning from the Inaugural Edition
A total of 139 presenters are returning for the second year of Paris+. Encompassed within the central platform, Galeries, find highlight presentations by returning spaces like Pace Gallery sharing intergenerational dialog by a group including Jean Dubuffet, Torkwase Dyson, Loie Hollowell, and Agnes Martin; LambdaLambdaLambda and Hannah Hoffman dually presenting artists like Dominique Knowles, Nora Turato, and Hana Miletić, an exhibition of historic Surrealism on view with Galerie 1900-2000, and a focus on outsider artists like Paulina Peavy and Karla Knight from Andrew Edlin Gallery.
Meanwhile, the solo presentations from emerging galleries attending for the second year in a row include standout booths like a video installation by Joey Holder on view with seventeen, Parliament’s debut of ceramic sculptures by Charlotte Dualé, an investigation of the lives of transgender people in Lebanon by Mohamad Abdouni, presented by Marfa’, an exhibition of Séquoia Scavullo with sans titre, and LC Queisser’s showcase of Georgian artist Elene Chantladze.
Franz Erhard Walther, “Sechs Ummantelungen,” 1998, photo by François Doury, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Jocelyn Wolff.
Newcomers at This Year’s Edition of Paris+ par Art Basel
Throughout both the Galeries and Galeries Émergentes platforms at Paris+ are first-time art spaces like P.P.O.W, bringing a dual showcase of historic works by queer American artists Peter Hujar and David Wojnarowicz; Bank, presenting a video work by Lu Yang; paintings evoking sound by Tomasz Kręcicki on view with Galeria Stereo; gallery Blum exhibiting sculptures of the self-taught Lonnie Holley; and a group show of Latin American and international names sourced from the gallery roster of kurimanzutto.
More Programming Highlights
On the schedule of conversations, Pierre-Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou have curated talks like a dialogue with Isaac Julien, “10 Things to Know About Buying Art in 2023,” and “Drag and Camp: the Aesthetic of Excess.” Also worth looking out for outside of the central Paris+ par Art Basel booths are Urs Fischer’s five-meter-high sculpture Wave, displayed at Place Vendôme with Gagosian; satellite programming at The parvis de l’Institut de France and Palais d’Iéna; and a group exhibition installed in the Jardin des Tuileries – Domaine National du Louvre, which has been curated by Annabelle Ténèze, the incoming Director of the Louvre-Lens Museum,and made possible in partnership with the Musée du Louvre.
Chen Zhen, “Le Produit naturel / Le Produit artificiel,” 1991, © ADAGP, Paris, courtesy of Galleria Continua.
Valentine Hugo, “Untitled – Tradescantia andersoniana,” 1935, courtesy of Galerie 1900-2000.
