10 Must-See Shows during Art Basel Paris 2024
Another edition of Art Basel Paris (formerly Paris + par Art Basel) is coming around again. With two editions under its belt, this year’s fair is taking its place at the reupholstered behemoth, the Grand Palais. Among Art Basel Paris’s 195 galleries from 42 countries, there are 40 galleries new to the lineup since last year. Plus, a fresh sector, Premise, brings together a selection of unique curatorial projects. As the fair’s director Clément Delépine noted, Art Basel Paris is hoping to distill the city’s art offering in an established manner: “The fair is not a museum, but I believe it still has an institutional responsibility.”
While the homecoming to the historic Grand Palais will be a return to form, the scale of the fair can often feel overwhelming. It’s always a pleasure to wander off Avenue Winston-Churchill and see something more compact—such as smaller-scale fair alternatives, like OFFSCREEN, AKAA, Asia Now, and Paris Internationale. But there are also gallery shows across the city to be seen: Here are 10 Parisian exhibitions to check out this fall during Art Basel Paris.
