The fair will take place at the Grand Palais in the heart of the French capital, featuring 29 galleries participating for the first time, and a program of cultural initiatives and conversations spread throughout Paris during the event.
Madragoa will be in the main section — Galeries — sharing the booth with Dawid Radziszewski gallery (Warsaw/Vienna) to present new works by artist Jaime Welsh, who is completing the Laurenz Stiftung residency in Basel, Switzerland, according to information from the gallery sent to Lusa.
Five galleries from Brazil will also be present, namely Gentil Carioca (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Luisa Strina (São Paulo), Mendes Wood DM (São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, New York), and Gomide&Co (São Paulo), which will showcase modern and contemporary artists in various sections of the fair.
The Art Basel Paris will be structured into three exhibition sectors: Galeries, where exhibitors present the full breadth of their curatorial program, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, photography, video, and digital art; Emergence, dedicated to emerging galleries and artists through solo presentations; and Premise, offering curatorial proposals noted for their uniqueness.
The event, directed by Clément Delépine, will feature a public program developed in nine “iconic locations” across Paris and collaborations with the city’s creative industries, including “Oh La La!”, curated by Loïc Prigent this year.
In collaboration with editor and creative director Edward Enninful, conversations exploring the intersection between art, fashion, and contemporary culture will be promoted, according to the program.
A comprehensive free public program is planned, including exhibitions, debates, talk programs at the Petit Palais, installations at the Tuileries Garden in partnership with the Louvre Museum, and other cultural institutions like the Picasso Museum and the National Museum of European Photography.
Winston-Churchill Avenue will be closed to traffic and open only to the public during the fair, showcasing monumental sculptures by artists such as Thomas Houseago, Leiko Ikemura, and Wang Keping, in an outdoor artistic journey between the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais.
