The name of Art Basel is well-known to every person connected with art in all corners of the globe. Art Basel Paris, recently rebranded from a more cumbersome concept Paris + par Art Basel, is one of the most anticipated art events in Europe this fall. To intensify the suspense and give avid fans of contemporary art a sneak peek into the event’s lineup, its director, Clément Delépine, has just revealed the details of the Art Basel Paris program. Let’s take a look at what awaits the visitors this year.

Details of the Art Basel Paris Program

Art Basel Paris will be held on October 16-20, 2024, in the renovated Grand Palais. The event will be attended by 195 exhibitors, with over 40 new galleries joining the list. The glorious lineup is expected to include works by Tom Wesselmann, recently featured at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, and the incredibly famous Le Sourire Du Diable by René Magritte.

This year’s visitors may enjoy new creative spaces, including the Emergence sector, featuring new voices in the contemporary art arena to give them better visibility and outreach. Visitors may also embrace many subversive artworks by contemporary artists in the Premise sector, a carefully curated compilation of fine art challenging the historical canons. Besides, the upcoming Paris art fair is witnessing new gallery collaborations, with Emalin and Commonwealth and Council presenting in tandem with Nikita Gale and other artists this year. Art Basel visitors can also embrace works by two Cuban artists, Wilfredo Lam and Agustin Cárdenas, within a single creative space with the French painter Yves Tanguy.

The pearl of the Art Basel Paris program is the exhibition by the Ukrainian-born abstract expressionist artist Janet Sobel, who lived and worked in New York. Her signature drip technique inspired the future work of Jackson Pollock and established a new tradition in modern art that many artists of this movement followed.

The Context of Art Basel Paris

There is much hope connected to the forthcoming Art Basel fair in Paris, as the European art community and market have felt the recent downturn and stagnation. These negative repercussions result from the rising interest rates and grim economic prospects, continuing wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and the uncertainty surrounding the US presidential election.

Art Basel Paris is seen as a vital spark of activity in the art arena, which follows a largely successful Olympic Games hosting experience in the French capital.