Art & Culture

Art Paris 2025

From 3 to 6 April 2025, Art Paris, the leading spring event for modern and contemporary art, is back with a bang at the Grand Palais, to host 170 exhibitors from 25 different countries (34 more than in 2024). At this edition, the fair’s events programme will be even more ambitious with new themes, exhibitions, prizes and panel discussions.

The 2025 selection embodies the unique identity of Art Paris, a fair that is both regional and cosmopolitan and, as ever, a place of artistic discovery: 60% of the exhibitors are from France with 40% of international galleries. Moreover, 36% of this edition’s participants are new to the fair. Such figures illustrate how Art Paris showcases the wealth and depth of the French gallery ecosystem, from big name international galleries to unique modern and contemporary art galleries around France. Art Paris is also committed to supporting young galleries, notably with Promises, the sector focussing on emerging artists. This year, Mennour, Semiose and Christian Berst will be joining regular exhibitors, such as Continua, Lelong & Co., Loevenbruck, Meessen, Nathalie Obadia, Michel Rein, Almine Rech and Templon, to name but a few.

New names are also joining the list of international galleries with the arrival of Sabrina Amrani (Madrid), Beck & Eggeling and Pasquer (Dusseldorf, Paris), Lange + Pult (Zurich), Senda (Barcelona), Rüdiger Schöttle (Cologne), Tang Contemporary (Beijing), Waddington-Custot (London), Wilde (Geneva) and W&K – Wienerroither & Kohlbacher (Vienna, New York), amongst others.

© Marc Domage

In 2025, guest curators will be exploring two themes:

Immortal: A Focus on Figurative Painting in France by Amélie Adamo and Numa Hambursin

Working from a selection of thirty artists chosen from the exhibiting galleries, the guest curator duo will present a new analysis that will consider the historical context and compare artists from different generations. Irrespective of fads and fashions, their themed visit aims to underline the permanent nature of figurative painting in France, while highlighting the influence of the painters of the past. It will show how figurative painting – at a time when a global art form focusing on abstraction and new mediums has become predominant – is a dynamic Europe-wide movement.

Out of Bounds by Simon Lamunière

For Out of Bounds, independent exhibition curator Simon Lamunière has selected 18 international artists from among the exhibiting galleries. He will be exploring contemporary creation as seen through the prism of multiethnicity and the hybridisation of forms and cultures, while addressing questions such as origins, gender, kinship, history and geography. His reflections will give rise to a themed visit and a catalogue presenting the work of each selected artist.

© Semiose – Laurent Proux

A strong 2025 edition featuring new themes, exhibitions and prizes.

Promises: an all-new and larger-than-before sector focusing on young galleries and emerging artists

New for 2025, the Promises sector, curated by independent exhibition curator Marc Donnadieu, will be taking up residence on the southern balconies around the central nave at the Grand Palais. The space will play host to twenty-five galleries created less than ten years ago, 17 are first-time exhibitors at Art Paris and 59% hail from other countries: South Africa, Belgian, Canada, Kuwait, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Guatemala, Singapore and Slovakia.

Solo Show: 22 monographic exhibitions

Dotted around the main part of the fair and the young gallery sector, Promises, 22 monographic exhibitions allow visitors to discover or rediscover in depth the work of modern, contemporary and emerging artists:

French Design Art Edition: a new sector devoted to design and the contemporary decorative arts

Art Paris is an inclusive art fair that is open to all mediums. In 2025 – a year that marks the centenary of the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts – it is launching the French Design Art Edition. This new feature focussing on design and the contemporary decorative arts, imagined in partnership with Le FRENCH DESIGN directors Jean-Paul Bath and Sandy Saad, will be located on the balconies on the north side of the Grand Palais nave. The exhibition space designed by architects Jakob+MacFarlane will host eighteen exhibitors (interior designers, designers, design companies and galleries specialising in design) with creations by designers and examples of contemporary interior design, both one-off pieces and limited series. To complete this ensemble, a 130 m2 group show will explore the fertile mutual inspirations between the worlds of art and design.

Exhibition: Le Fonds d’art contemporain – Paris Collections

This year, for the first time, Paris Municipality will be an Art Paris partner and will be presenting the Fonds d’art contemporain – Paris Collections at the fair. The only public collection on display amongst the exhibiting galleries, the City of Paris’s collection is made up of almost 23,500 works from the end of the 19th century to the present day.

© Mennour – Mohammad Alfaraj

Exhibition: NEUMA, The Forgotten Ceremony. An installation by artists Sarah Brahim and Ugo Schiavi presented by Villa Hegra as part of its preview programme

Saudi American artist Sarah Brahim and French artist Ugo Schiavi present the results of their collaborative project, NEUMA, The Forgotten Ceremony. This installation marks the culmination of their residency at Villa Hegra. Imagined as a symbolic gesture paying tribute to the ritual practices of the pre-Islamic tribes of AlUla, this installation by Brahim et Schiavi is the result of in-depth research carried out in close collaboration with archaeologists and local communities across the region.

Exhibition: Le chuchotement des mains, as part of the Rencontres Équinoxes organised by leather goods company Camille Fournet

This exhibition presented at Art Paris in a design by artist Lucien Murat, evokes the hybrid zone in which contemporary creation meets the craft of expert artisans. It illustrates what happens when artists and artisans combine their energies with a selection of ten or so works by Yasmina Benabderrahmane, Elsa Sahal, Recycle Group, Ittah Yoda, Maude Maris, Fabrice Hyber and ORLAN.

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