For its second edition, which will be held from October 18 to 22, the new Parisian contemporary art fair, like the one it dethroned1, will strengthen its scope of action beyond the Grand Palais ephemeral, where 154 galleries from 33 countries are expected.
In addition to the Tuileries Garden and Place Vendôme, traditionally used venues, the Palais d'Iéna (with a Buren/Pistoletto exhibition), the Chapelle des Petits-Augustins at the Beaux-Arts de Paris (with a multimedia installation by British artist Jessica Warboys), and the forecourt of the Institut de France (where a monumental textile sculpture by Sheila Hicks will be erected) are also being used. Also of note is a program of Conversations featuring nine lectures and discussions presented at the Centre Pompidou.
If it is Urs Fischer who will be the star of Place Vendôme with a monumental aluminum sculpture entitled wave, Presented by the Gagosian Gallery at the Grand Palais Éphémère, the biggest names are expected. Among the established galleries are Max Hetzler, who will present Katharina Grosse and her bursts of color, and Nathalie Obadia with Laure Prouvost and her new work entitled Octopus BodyChantal Crousel with installations by Wolfgang Tillmans, Galleria Continua with Chen Zhen, the main representative of the Chinese avant-garde who died in 2000, Galerie Lelong still faithful to the painter of floating worlds, Marc Desgrandchamps, or Lœvenbruck which presents the disturbing animal painter Gilles Aillaud in honor at the Centre Pompidou (until February 26, 2024).
Among emerging galleries, we should mention at Sans titre (Paris) the very disturbing semi-realistic, semi-dreamlike paintings of Sequoia Scavullo, a young graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Paris; at Galeria Stereo (Warsaw), the impressive Tomasz Kręcicki (Poland, 1990) manipulating everyday objects and scale with humor and virtuosity; or Jenna Bliss and her strange aerial photographs at Felix Gaudlitz (Vienna).
1. The FIAC (International Contemporary Art Fair) created in 1974.
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From 18 October to 22 2023
Ephemeral Grand Palace
