ART PARIS RETURNS TO GRAND PALAIS

words by FRANCESCO PIZZUTI

Modern and contemporary art continuously shape how we see, experience, and move through the world as a beautiful vessel of inspiration and vitality. Whether you’re a devoted gallery-goer and art enthusiast or simply curious for novelty, you might want to continue reading. In fact, one of the leading art fairs, Art Paris, is getting ready to return to Grand Palais for its 28th edition with a remarkable curation of diverse galleries and visionary artists. Mark your calendars for April 9 to 12 to experience this international celebration of creativity.

Aurélia Jaubert — Penelope painting, 2020
image courtesy of the artist and GALERIE POL LEMÉTAIS

One hundred and sixty galleries, over twenty countries, and a striking 30% newcomers. Names like Galerie Lelong, Nathalie Obadia, and Almine Rech anchor the event, while new voices arrive from Amsterdam, Barcelona, Sydney, and Cologne to quietly disrupt recognition and make discovery feel inevitable.

In the Promises sector, things move forward, toward futures not yet fully articulated. Half of the exhibitors are new, with women artists representing 55% of participants — a presence that matters. The art moves between two themes centered around language:

left: Abdelmalik Berhiss — Sans titre, 2023.
image courtesy of the artist and CHIGUER ART CONTEMPORAIN

right: Alain Josephine — Untitled, 2025.
image courtesy of the artist, GALERIE OLIVIER CASTAING, and TEAM SCHOOL GALLERY

Babel – Art and Language in France, curated by Loïc Le Gall, and Reparation, curated by Alexia Fabre. Together, they explore language as a system of signs, with its instabilities, slips, and fractures, as well as reparation as a sustained practice of care, resistance, and continuity — like a conversation between rupture and repair.

Yasmine Hadni — Pyramide, 2024
image courtesy of the artist and AA GALLERY

Art Paris will also host the second edition of the French Design Art Edition. Design enters as an extension; interiors become installations, and objects carry narrative weight. Recognition circulates the space with Art Paris giving out three prizes, each one marking a moment of acknowledgment, of giving back and uplifting; something crucial in the art world.

left: Emma Donnersberg — Table basse U and Me, 2022
image courtesy of GALLERY EMMA DONNERSBERG

right: Emmanuel Boos, La Bibliothèque est en feu, 2018
image courtesy of the artist and SÈVRES - MANUFACTURE NATIONALE

Nothing feels swampy or static; Art Paris moves like a current, carrying legacy, experimentation, and creativity beyond the Grand Palais, into something alive and open.

Sarfo Emmanuel Annor — Paralleled Paths, 2024
courtesy of the artist and THE BRIDGE GALLERY