Paris Fairs
Art and antiques fairs that take place throughout the year in Paris include many of France's top events including the Biennale des Antiquaires, Salon du Dessin, Fiac Modern and Contemporary Art Fair and Parcours des Mondes.

Coronavirus: Two more French fairs called off this autumn plus Fine Arts Paris rescheduled
17 September 2020Three Parisian fairs have been called off or altered due to Covid-19 concerns.

Paris' Biennale fair proposes giving exhibitors longer to pay
13 April 2020La Biennale Paris has proposed that potential exhibitors may spread payment of their participation fees out over four months after the event.

Salon du Dessin postponed as organisers reverse decision to go ahead
13 March 2020The prestigious Paris drawings fair ‘Salon du Dessin’ has been postponed until the end of May as the outbreak of coronavirus in Europe continues to have a major effect on the fairs calendar.

Be festive in France: two fairs in Paris before Christmas and another in Bordeaux
03 December 2018A trip to France before Christmas to buy unusual gifts is always a good plan. Here are three antiques and vintage brocantes to visit: two well-known weeklies in Paris and a biannual event in Bordeaux.

Fine Arts Paris: French capital gets set for young fair with new venue and expanded exhibitor list
29 October 2018Fine Arts Paris is the young November arrival on the fairs scene in the French capital. Launched last year, it celebrates its second staging in a new venue with a much enlarged exhibitor list.

BiblioMania in Paris looks at the appliance of science
08 October 2018Science fiction is the theme for the 110-dealer BiblioMania in Paris’ 17th arrondissement, held at the Espace Champerret from Wednesday to Sunday, October 17-21.

Napoleon marches into the Biennale
27 August 2018There is a decidedly French flavour to the loan exhibition at this year’s Biennale. Prominently displayed under the central dome of the Grand Palais will be a selection of works from the extensive Napoleonic collection of Pierre-Jean Chalençon.

Foreword: Paris fights its corner
27 August 2018The September return to work (and school) after a long summer break is significant enough in France to have its own title: La rentrée.

Biennale looks back to the future
27 August 2018Fair aims to capitalise on the event’s past heritage and more recent major innovations.

Around 100 dealers to attend 'saintly' Paris brocante
11 June 2018In Paris later this month? As well as marvelling at the beauties of the vast and ornate 18th century Église St Sulpice in Paris’ 6th arrondissement, pictured below, with its chapel murals by Delacroix, you can peruse antiques delights on offer at the Place St Sulpice Antiquités Brocante.
New editions and additions to the European fairs calendar
26 March 2018A cluster of new fairs is planned in Europe this year.

Buyers pack the aisles at Salon du Dessin opening
23 March 2018The Salon du Dessin opened this week for its 27th edition at the Palais Brongniart in the Bourse district of Paris. There was the usual mix of languages at this international event that draws collectors, dealers and curators to Paris from far afield to see what new discoveries the 39 exhibitors have bought to the specialist works on paper fair.

Exhibitor highlights at the Salon du Dessin
12 March 2018The roster of exhibitor names at the Salon du Dessin underscores the international standing of this specialist event. Although it is organised by a committee of Paris dealers, more than half the participants come from overseas.

'Parcours de la Céramique': 20th ceramics staging celebrates Saumur
04 September 2017The Parcours de la Céramique has become a well-established feature of the Paris rentrée.

Paris Biennale preview: Q&A with exhibitors Aktis Gallery and Kent Antiques
04 September 2017ATG canvasses the opinion of two exhibitors, one returning for the second time and a new recruit.
Paris Biennale preview: a fair held in the Grand manner
04 September 2017More than 90 exhibitors will gather at the Grand Palais in September for the Biennale Paris, France’s premier art and antiques fair.

Bringing the tribal world view to Paris
04 September 2017As France’s main tribal art showcase, the 'Parcours des Mondes', prepares for its latest staging ATG speaks to Pierre Moos, director of Tribal Art Management, organiser of the event. Moos outlines its origins, his role in its growth and how it has changed since its inception.

Interview: SNA president Mathias Ary Jan on meeting the challenge for the Paris Biennale
04 September 2017The Biennale has restructured as the fair evolves into an annual event. ATG talks to chief organiser and SNA president, Mathias Ary Jan, to hear how the changes are not just practical but cultural as well...

Exhibitor list released for newly-launched ‘Fine Arts Paris’ fair
29 June 2017‘Fine Arts Paris’, the new fair in Paris being held in November at the Palais Brongniart , has announced its exhibitor list for its inaugural staging.

Initial exhibitor list released for Biennale fair in Paris
09 June 2017The French dealers’ association that organises the ‘Biennale Paris’ fair, The Syndicat National Des Antiquaires, has announced the initial exhibitor list and programme details for the event in September.

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