16 Jan 2018

Art Paris Art Fair 2018: celebrating 20 years

Art Paris Art Fair : 20 years
From April 5th to 8th, 2018, Art Paris Art Fair is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
Since its foundation in 1999, the fair has become the leading springtime event for modern and contemporary art in Paris. With 142 galleries from 23 different countries, the 2018 edition explores European art from the post-war period to the present day while emphasising the new horizons of international creation from Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

An overview of the French art scene
True to its original vocation to support the French art scene, Art Paris Art Fair has asked guest curator François Piron to make a selection of projects highlighting 20 artists in France who both in the past and today, have managed to preserve their independence from dominant trends, remaining on the margin of the mainstream Art History.
Monographic exhibitions will feature notably Geneviève Asse (Galerie Oniris), Blek le Rat (Galerie Ange Basso), Leonardo Cremonini (Galerie T&L), Hervé Di Rosa (AD Galerie), Vincent Gicquel (Galerie Thomas Bernard- Cortex Athletico), Hessie (Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre), Jean-Pierre Raynaud (Galerie Caroline Smulders).


Guest of honour: Switzerland
The prolific and diverse Swiss art scene, with its taste for all things minimal and off-beat sense of humour, is like the country itself lying at the crossroads of different European traditions and cultures. Art historian and exhibition curator Karine Tissot has been entrusted with the Switzerland guest of honour invitation. This spotlight will endeavour to promote the wealth and diversity of the Swiss scene with some 100 modern, contemporary and emerging artists represented both by Swiss and Euopean galleries, a programme of videos projected on the façade of the Grand Palais and in the Project Room, site specific projects, not forgetting a presentation of the Helvetia Art Collection focussing on young talents little known in France.
The Switzerland guest of honour invitation benefits from the support of the Swiss Embassy in France.
The video programme is supported by Vidélio

Promises : supporting young galleries and emerging artists
The Promises sector is hosting 12 galleries with less than six years of existence which may present up to three emerging artists each. The Prize l'art est vivant, Promesses will reward at a key moment in his/her career a young talent represented by the galleries of the Promises sector.
The 2018 selection includes : Anna Marra Contemporanea (Rome), Francesca Antonini Arte Contemporanea (Rome), Art Gallery K35 (Moscow), La Balsa Arte (Bogota), Eko Sato Galerie (Paris) , GNYP Gallery (Berlin), H Gallery (Paris), Kolly Gallery (Zürich), Montoro 12 Contemporary Art (Rome), Pierre Yves Caër Gallery (Paris), Progress Gallery (Paris) Rutger Brandt Gallery (Amsterdam),
Promises sector is supported by L'art est vivant, Lefranc Bourgeois Paris and The Wall Street Journal


Solo Show: encouraging monographic exhibitions
A monographic exhibition offers a special moment in an artist's career as it helps develop a better understanding of his work and, in so doing, adds to his recognition. Ever since 2015, Art Paris Art Fair has been encouraging the presentation of personal exhibitions spread throughout the fair. The 2018 edition features an unprecedented number of 33 solo shows by international artists such as Todd Hiddo (Galerie Particulière), Kengo Kuma (Galerie Philippe Gravier), Grégoire Müller (Grob Gallery), Steve Sabella (Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait)...
Solo Show is supported by Barnebys

In Paris during Art Paris Art Fair
A wind of change is blowing in France and Paris is more than ever asserting its place as the world capital of art. The 'Springtime in Paris' VIP programme, elaborated in partnership with the capital's museums, highlights the best artistic events across Paris including 'Lutz Bacher, The Silence of the Sea' at newly inaugurated Lafayette Anticipations Foundation, 'Neïl Beloufa , l'Ennemi de mon ennemi' at Palais de Tokyo, 'Blacks Dolls' at La Maison Rouge, 'Stéphane Dafflon, U+25A6' at the FRAC île-de-France Le Plateau, Subdoh Gupta at La Monnaie de Paris or Tarik Kiswanson at the Fondation d'entreprise Ricard.

List of participating galleries : 313 Art Project (Seoul ) - Galerie 8+4 (Paris) - A. Galerie, (Paris) - A2Z Art Gallery (Paris) - AD Galerie, (Montpellier) - Allegra Nomad Gallery (Bucharest) - Galeria Miquel Alzueta, (Barcelone) - AN INC. (Seoul) - Francesca Antonini Arte Contemporanea (Rome) - Galerie Arnoux (Paris) - Art to Be Gallery (Lille) - ART4 (Moscow) -Artco Gallery (Aachen) -Artelli Gallery (Antwerp) -Galerie Artem-Reich (Stalden) - Galerie d'Arts d'Australie (Paris) - Backslasch Gallery (Paris) -Galerie Cédric Bacqueville (Lille) -La Balsa Arte (Bogota/ Medellin) -Galerie Ange Basso (Paris) - Belgian Gallery (Namen) -Galerie Albert Benamou / Véronique Maxé (Paris) -Galerie Berhet-Aittouarès (Paris) - Galerie Claude Bernard (Paris) - Galerie Berthéas (Vichy/ Saint Etienne) - Galerie Binôme (Paris) - Bogéna Galerie (Saint Paul de Vence) - Rutger Brandt Gallery (Amsterdam) - Lise Braun Collection (Colmar) -Galerie Jean Brolly (Paris) - Galerie C (Neûchatel) -Pierre-Yves Caër Gallery (Paris) - Galeria Marc Calzada (Barcelone) - Galerie Capazza (Nançay) - Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea (Lisbon)- David Cervello Galeria d'Art (Barcelone ) - Galerie Charlot (Paris) - Galerie Chauvy (Paris) - Galerie Chevalier (Paris) - Christopher Cutts Gallery (Toronto) - CAP Contemporary Art Platform (Kuwait) - Galerie Thomas Bernard - Cortex Athletico, (Paris) -Galeria Cortina (Barcelone) - Galerie Anne de Villepoix (Paris) - Galerie Michel Descours, (Lyon) -Die Galerie (Frankfurt) - Galerie Dina Vierny (Paris) - Ditesheim & Maffei Fine Art (Neuchâtel ) - Galerie Dix9 - Hélène Lacharmoise (Paris) - Galeria Marc Domènech (Barcelone)- Galerie Dominique Fiat (Paris) - Galerie Duflon Racz (Bern / Brussels) -E3 Arte Contemporanea (Brescia) - Galerie Eric Dupont (Paris) -Galerie Eric Mouchet (Paris) -Espace Muraille (Geneva) -Galerie Valérie Eymeric (Lyon) -Galerie Felli (Paris) -Galerie Pascal Gabert (Paris) - Galerie Claire Gastaud (Clermont-Ferrand ) - Gimpel & Müller (Paris)- Galerie Michel Giraud (Paris) -GNYP Gallery (Berlin) - Gowen Contemporary (Geneva) - Galerie Philippe Gravier (Paris) - Galerie Bertrand Grimont (Paris) - Grob Gallery (Geneva) - Galerie Alain Gutharc (Paris) -GVCC (Casablanca) - H Gallery (Paris) - Galerie Thessa Herold (Paris) - Galerie Ernst Hilger (Vienna) - Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery (London) - Huberty & Breyne Gallery (Paris) - Galerie Hurtebize (Cannes) -Frans Jacobs Fine Art (Amsterdam) - JanKossen Contemporary (New York / Basel / Venice) - K35 Art Gallery (Moscow) - Kolly Gallery (Zürich) - Galerie Koralewski (Paris ) - LN Edition (Paris) - Galerie La Forest Divonne (Paris) - Galerie Particulière / Galerie Foucher-Biousse (Paris) - Galerie La Ligne (Zurich) -Galerie Lahumière (Paris) - Lancz Gallery (Bruxelles) - Galerie Alexis Lartigue (Paris) - Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre (Paris) - Galerie Claude Lemand (Paris) - Galerie Françoise Livinec (Paris) - LKFF Art & Sculpture Projects (Brussels) - Loo & Lou Gallery (Paris) - Maison Parisienne (Paris) - Kálmán Makláry Fine Arts (Budapest)- Mark Hachem Paris Marais (Paris) - Anna Marra Contemporanea (Rome) - Maurice Verbaet Center (Antwerp) - Fondation Misk ( Riyadh) - Mo J Gallery (Busan) - Mobilab Gallery (Lausanne) Montoro 12 Contemporary Art (Rome / Brussels) - Galerie Lélia Mordoch (Paris) - Galerie Najuma (Paris) -Galerie NeC Nilsson et Chiglien (Paris) - Galerie Nathalie Obadia (Paris / Brussels) - Galerie Odile Ouizeman, Paris - ON/gallery (Beijing) - Galerie Oniris - Florent Paumelle (Rennes) - Galerie Paris-Beijing (Paris) Galerie Françoise Paviot (Paris)- Galerie Perahia (Paris) - Galerie Perpitch & Bringand (Paris) - Galerie Des Petits Carreaux (Paris) - Point to Point Galerie (Nîmes) - Galerie Polaris (Paris) - Progress Gallery (Paris) - Galerie Rabouan Moussion (Paris) - J.P. Ritsch-Fisch Galerie (Strasbourg) - Galerie Eko Sato (Paris) - School Gallery - Olivier Castaing (Paris) - Galerie Victor Sfez (Paris) - Galerie Veronique Smagghe (Paris) - Galerie Caroline Smulders (Paris) - Sobering Galerie (Paris) - Sulger-Buel Lovell ( London, Cape Town) - T&L Galerie (Paris) - Galerie Christophe Tailleur (Strasbourg) - Galerie Taménaga (Paris) - Tanit (Munich, Beirut) - Galerie Daniel Templon (Paris) - Galerie Andrès Thalmann (Zurich) - Galerie Patrice Trigano (Paris) - Galerie Tristan (Issy-Les-Moulineaux) - Galerie Rosa Turetsky (Geneva) - Galerie Vallois (Paris) - Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke (Cachan) - Galerie Sabine Vazieux,(Paris) - Wooson Gallery (Daegu) - Galerie Wagner (Le Touquet) - Galerie Olivier Waltman (Paris) - Galerie Wenger (Zürich) - Galerie Zlotowski (Paris) .



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