When Art Baselthe most important Swiss modern and contemporary art fair, announced its takeover of the Parisian exhibition calendar, it was a small earthquake for the art system. After a first edition which began somewhat quietly and a second which, instead, marked an evident improvement, today Paris – thanks to this but also to a renewed energy in the cultural sector – is fully the nerve center of European art; a role achieved also thanks to well-structured taxation, the presence of museums and galleries of the highest caliber and a policy of public funding linked to art like few other countries. This “Place to be”, which takes place from 18 to 20 October 2024, this year takes the new name of Art Basel Paris (instead of the previous Paris Plus), declaring, under the direction of Clément Delépine, a + 27% of participating galleries, for a total of 195 exhibitors from 42 countries. After the Olympic Games, Art Basel Paris also left the smaller venue of the Grand Palais Éphémère to finally move to the renovated spaces of the historic Grand Palaiswhich has always been the architectural flagship of previous FIAC events. In this mammoth crystal pavilion built for the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900, it is divided into three very clear sectors: Gallerieswhich brings together important modern art dealers, from the post-war period to today; Emergencesection dedicated to the work of emerging talents and supported by the Galeries Lafayette group (official partner); And Premiserecently introduced and aimed at curatorial projects promoted by new galleries.
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Many new ones this year selected galleries among which are the young Italians Martina Simeti and Fanta from Milan, but also the Indonesian Roh Project and the Japanese Kayokoyuki. The Italian confirmations range between Naples, Turin and Milan with the galleries Alfonso Artiaco, Cardi, Continua, Raffaella Cortese, Massimo De Carlo, Giò Marconi and Franco Noero; the latter involved in a project together with the German Meyer Riegger gallery in which thirteen artists from each other’s stables appear, including Anna Boghiguian and Francesco Vezzoli. Spread across the two floors of the majestic interior of the Grand Palais, there are timely exhibitions such as the one presented by the 303 gallery, which combines the gestural and mirrored paintings of Nick Mauss with the paltry portrait of a family by Hans–Peter Feldmann, or the large Picassian face by George Condo and the muscular bas-relief of Anne Imhof by Sprueth Magers. Museum-quality works from Hauser & Wirth, which shows off a 1915 masterpiece by Kazmir Malevich, or from Tornabuoni which places the majestic bronze “sphere within a sphere” by Arnaldo Pomodoro; some of the highlights of contemporary creativity also from the Parisian Perrotin who chooses some unpublished pieces by Takashi Murakami, Emma Webster or the painter Claire Tabouret.
Tanja Widmann Johannes Porsch (from the series from or for), 2022 Courtesy the artist and FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna
Oh La La!, Felix Gaudlitz
The format is brand new Oh La La!; the new initiative that invites exhibitors to present works that are rarely exhibited because they are unusual or provocative. 33 stands thus create a stimulating itinerary punctuated by works that lead the viewer to new readings on themes such as love, eroticism, queer identity and fluidity; an objective well achieved by galleries such as Massimo De Carlo who, wanting to retrace his thirty-year gallery activity, brings Maurizio Cattelan’s work “A Perfect Day” to Paris, that iconic and irreverent portrait dated ’99 in which the gallery owner himself hangs to the wall with silver adhesive tapes.
Marcel Broodthaers, Ceci n’est pas un objet d’art, This is not…, This is not a work of art, 1972 Courtesy of Konrad Fischer Galerie
Oh La La!, Konrad Fischer Gallery
Art Basel Paris: Tales & Tellers
This year Miu Miu becomes the official partner of the ambitious project entitled Tales & Tellers which is held in his favorite fashion show venue, Palais d’Iéna. Transformed for the occasion into a stage with a cinematic flavour, it welcomes the performative work of the artist Goshka Macuga, under the care of Elvira Dyangani Ose, director of the MACBA in Barcelona. The characteristic structure built in 1937, now the seat of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, becomes the place for some immersive performances orchestrated by Macuga where real actors reinterpret clips of short films that the fashion house created with female directors and artists international. In fact, the Women’s Tales project dates back to 2011, created to support the creation of short films, freely inspired by the female universe by artists of the caliber of Miranda July or Agnès Varda.
Art Basel Paris 2024: Public Program
Involved in the Public Program 2024 are some Parisian institutions such as Avenue Winston Churchill at the Petit Palais, Cour de l’Hôtel de la Marine, Domaine National du Palais-Royal and Hôtel de Sully, which are added to the consolidated locations of Palais d’Iéna, Beaux- Arts de Paris, Paris de l’Institut de France and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix. These places, all located in the French capital, are the perfect backdrop to host exhibitions and interventions by internationally renowned artists, conceptually linked to two artistic movements of the last 20th century currently celebrated in the city: the surrealist one, investigated at the Center Pompidou, and that of ‘ Arte Povera, explored at the Bourse de Commerce. On the subject of external places, one of the beating hearts of Paris, Place Vendôme, welcomes the new sculpture by German artist Carsten Höller (born 1961), entitled Giant Triple Mushroom (2024) a monumental installation showing the cross sections of three species of wild mushrooms, while the iconic work dominates the Parvis de l’Institut de France The Snake Tree (1988) by Niki de Saint Phalle; a dozen snakes made of mirrors and glass mosaics intertwine in a reflective vortex that lives thanks to the sunlight and the reflection of the Seine. Public art also at the Eugène Delacroix Museum, which presents a wooden reinterpretation of the Venus paleolithic di Hohle Fells and along Avenue Winston-Churchill, the pedestrian area created specifically for Art Basel Paris; there three monumental works among them BALMYWISECRACK, a chromatic aluminum assemblage by the American artist John Chamberlainthe recognizable speckled pumpkin PUMPKIN by the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and one 6×9 demountable house, home of the French designer and architect Jean Prouvé, designed for refugees from the Second World War and promoted by Galerie Patrick Seguin in Paris. The gardens of the Palais-Royal are the place to find the creations of prestigious 20th century and contemporary artists in collaboration with the Center des monuments nationaux; among the projects located the large iron stele of the artist Takisa clear reference to the ancient Greek aeolian harps. In this large section there are many collaborations between French galleries and places in the city, among which, worthy of note, are the one between Perrotin and the Hôtel de Sully Lynn Chadwick, with the Hypercycle show / Chapter I: Scalene 1947-1962 curated by Matthieu Poirier – a retrospective dedicated to the creative period from 1947 to 1962 of the British sculptor Lynn Chadwick – and the one between the Marcelle Alix and the Beaux-Arts de Paris, united together for the solo show named after the artist Jean-Charles de Quillacq.
John Chamberlain Courtesy of Art Basel
Avenue Winston Churchill
Jean-Charles de Quillacq Courtesy of Art Basel
Chapelle des Petits-Augustins des Beaux-Arts de Paris
Art Basel Paris: new initiatives
After his first Swiss experiment The Art Basel Shop debuts in Paris during Art Basel Paris 2024, presenting an exclusive selection of lifestyle products inspired by art, design and fashion. Curated by Sarah Andelman, co-founder of the iconic Colette store, the concept store will offer limited edition items, including a capsule collection inspired by the historic 1975 Art Basel yearbook cover and products resulting from collaborations with renowned artists such as Jeff Koons and Yayoi Kusama. Among the new features, also a line of accessories and clothing created in collaboration with the artistic collective Claire Fontaine and a series of unique art books.
Courtesy of Art Basel
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