Art Basel Paris returns to the Grand Palais from October 24-26, 2025, with preview days on October 22-23. The fair brings together 206 international galleries from 41 countries and territories, with 65 exhibitors operating spaces in France.
Scale and Significance
Under the leadership of Clément Delépine, this year’s edition features 180 galleries in the main Galeries sector. The fair coincides with France’s position as the world’s fourth-largest art market, accounting for 7% of global art sales and over half the European Union’s total art market value, according to the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2025.
Main Sector Highlights
The Galeries sector spans historical and contemporary work. Historical presentations include Galerie Le Minotaure’s focus on Dimensionism, featuring watercolors by Fernand Léger and works by László Moholy-Nagy. Galerie 1900-2000 presents Dada and Surrealist works, including a study drawing for Marcel Duchamp’s “9 moules malic” (1913-14).
Contemporary presentations include Galerie Max Hetzler showing Albert Oehlen, Bridget Riley, Katharina Grosse, and Sabine Moritz. Xavier Hufkens presents Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emin, Charline von Heyl, Mark Manders, and Cecilia Vicuña.
New Participants
Twenty-nine galleries participate for the first time, with 13 newcomers in the Galeries sector. First-time exhibitors include Crèvecœur (Paris), The Approach (London), Lodovico Corsini (Brussels), and Stevenson (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Amsterdam).
The fair features a record 20 exhibitors presenting 10 joint booths. Notable collaborations include Chapter NY and Soft Opening presenting Gina Fischli, Olivia Erlanger, and Stuart Middleton. Michael Rosenfeld Gallery and Jeffrey Deitch jointly show Karon Davis sculptures with Bob Thompson paintings.
Solo booth projects include Commonwealth and Council’s presentation of Gala Porras-Kim, Carlos/Ishikawa featuring Evelyn Taocheng Wang, and The Modern Institute staging Kim Bohie’s first solo presentation in continental Europe.
Emerging Artists
The Emergence sector features 16 solo presentations on the Grand Palais balconies, with eight galleries joining the fair for the first time. Presentations include Gauli Zitter showing Ethan Assouline, Blindspot Gallery debuting with Xiyadie’s papercut works, and Galerie Molitor presenting Dora Budor’s video sculptures.
The Premise sector, dedicated to curated thematic presentations including pre-1900 work, features nine booths with eight first-time participants. Kadel Willborn presents a dialogue between Bauhaus photographer Lucia Moholy and contemporary artist Liz Deschenes. Pavec spotlights Marie Bracquemond, an overlooked Impressionist painter.
Tickets are available exclusively through artbasel.com/paris/tickets, including access to the public Vernissage on October 23. The fair operates under the glass roof of the Grand Palais, a landmark venue for modern and contemporary art exhibitions.
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