Paris Fairs

Demonstrations and the bags of rubbish piled up on the Paris streets were no deterrent for visitors to the Salon du Dessin in March.

Paris works on paper events draw a line under Covid as attendance figures bounce back

For its presentation at Drawing Now, the Galerie Lelong from Paris will include a special focus on the work of Christine Safa (b.1994).

The Salon du Dessin and its Contemporary art younger sibling are now back to normal in the spring slot

Over 17,000 visitors including representatives from French and foreign museums, major collectors and decorators attended the first staging of the newly merged fair Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale.

First edition of 'Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale' resulting from a merger takes place in Paris this month

Paris’ annual gallery-based ceramics event - the Parcours de la Céramique et les Arts du Feu - takes place this year from September 20-24.

The exhibitors’ list has been announced for the French fair that has evolved from the merger of two Paris events.

Museums and collectors were not deterred by the Paris event’s date being pushed back.

French capital follows the examples of New York and London for a dedicated week of events

Paris opens its doors to the world of drawings later this month with three dedicated fairs plus a selection of auctions featuring works on paper and a raft of drawing-related events in the city’s museums – all under the umbrella of the 'Semaine du Dessin' (or Drawing Week).

The French fairs calendar has developed a certain rhythmical repetition over the years but this has been changed as Covid restrictions necessitate cancellations and postponements.

With Brussels’ major art and antiques fair BRAFA postponed from its usual January slot until June, a group of exhibitors have got together to present a foretaste of the type of pieces on offer later in the year at Brussels Expo in galleries around the city under the title Brussels Art Walk supported by BRAFA.

Fine Arts Paris, which returned for a physical staging at the Carrousel du Louvre after an online-only event last year, closed its doors on November 11 with the 55 exhibitors enjoying sales from museums and private collectors.

La Biennale fair opens in Paris this week at the Grand Palais Ephémère and runs from November 26-December 5.

This week Paris Photo, the French capital’s annual fair dedicated to photographs, takes place at the Grand Palais Ephémère from November 11-14.

Fine Arts Paris, which last year was held as an online event, is back at the Carrousel du Louvre, its home in 2019.

FIAC, the Foire Internationale D’Art Contemporain, is Paris’ long-running annual fair devoted to Contemporary Art, staged every autumn.

Covid halts foreign exhibitors but 14th edition of Paris Parcours will run with resident dealers