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Overview
In October 2025, Art Basel Paris returns to the Grand Palais Éphémère, uniting 206 leading galleries from 41 countries. Structured into four curated sectors, the fair showcases both established masters and emerging voices, making it a key stop on the global art calendar for top collectors, curators, and cultural institutions.
At the same time, Paris becomes a city-wide art week, with leading museums and foundations — from Musée d’Orsay and Picasso to Fondation Louis Vuitton and the Pinault Collection — staging major exhibitions and private previews, turning the city into the art world at its peak.
Discover Art Basel Paris at its highest level of access: our VIP program, October 20–24, 2025, includes the fair preview, private museum visits, curated tours, and receptions. Register to receive trip details, and we will get in touch with you. For any additional questions, feel free to contact via au.gro.tluctra%40ailatan
VIP ProgramMonday, October 20
Private Visit at Musée d'Orsay
3–5PM
Location: Musée d'Orsay, Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
The exhibition John Singer Sargent: Dazzling Paris, organized with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, explores the most decisive period of the American painter’s career, with over 90 works shown in France for the first time. In parallel, the exhibition Bridget Riley: Starting Point highlights the dialogue between Riley’s Op Art and the legacy of Georges Seurat in the museum’s Neo-Impressionist galleries.
Vernissage at Lafayette Anticipations
6–7:30 PM
Location: Lafayette Anticipations, 9 Rue du Plâtre, 75004 Paris, France
Meriem Bennani presents the sound installation "Sole Crushing", where over 100 flip-flops create an unusual orchestral composition. Alongside, Steffani Jemison explores physical and political phenomena through new sculpture and video, mapping intersections between violence, liberation, and perception.
Paris Art Week Opening at Matignon Saint-Honoré Association
7:30–9 PM
Location: Matignon Saint-Honoré Association, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France
The event brings together around thirty prestigious international galleries for an open-air evening celebrating the artistic richness of the neighborhood, with exclusive exhibitions and performances in a festive atmosphere.
Tuesday, October 21
Guided Visit to the Exhibitions "Philip Guston, The Irony of History" and "Raymond Pettibon" at the Musée national Picasso-Paris
9-10 AM
Location: Musée national Picasso-Paris, 5 Rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris
The exhibition presents over 160 drawings and paintings by Philip Guston, highlighting both his abstract and figurative periods, with a focus on his political dimension. Alongside, the museum dedicates an exhibition to American artist Raymond Pettibon, featuring seventy drawings and fanzines exploring his ironic and provocative universe.
Guided Visit "Gerhard Richter" at Fondation Louis Vuitton
9-11 AM
Location: Fondation Louis Vuitton, 8 Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, 75116 Paris
This major retrospective brings together 270 works by Gerhard Richter, spanning six decades of creation. It includes oil paintings, sculptures, drawings, watercolors, and overpainted photographs, offering a comprehensive view of the artist’s exceptional career.
Breakfast and Private Visit at Institut Suédois
9 AM-12 PM
Location: Institut Suédois, 11 Rue Payenne, 75003 Paris
Hosted by Mousse Magazine and the Institut Suédois, this event celebrates the launch of Mousse #93 – Fall 2025. Guests can enjoy breakfast in the garden, private visits to Tarik Kiswanson’s exhibition The Relief with the artist present, and a pop-up bookshop by Bokbar.
Private Visit to "Berthe Weill. Galeriste d’avant-garde" exhibition at Musée de l'Orangerie
12-2 PM
Location: Musée de l'Orangerie, Jardin des Tuileries, 75001 Paris
The Musée de l'Orangerie invites guests for a private visit to its current exhibition dedicated to French art dealer Berthe Weill, in dialogue with its renowned permanent collection, offering a unique experience in the heart of the Tuileries Garden.
Collectors Preview of “Design Miami.Paris” at L’hôtel de Maisons
1-7 PM
Location: L’hôtel de Maisons, 51 Rue de l’Université, 75007 Paris
The collectors-only preview of Design Miami.Paris brings leading galleries of historic and contemporary collectible design to the 18th-century L’hôtel de Maisons in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, with curated “Design at Large” installations.
Vernissage & Cocktail at Carrousel du Louvre
6:30–9 PM
Location: Carrousel du Louvre, 99 Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
The exhibition "Chronotopos" by Charles-Joseph de Ligne presents 22 monumental works exploring space, time, and perception through a shifting visual composition. A private opening for Art Basel VIP guests inaugurates the public program at the Carrousel du Louvre, with exclusive access beneath the Inverted Pyramid.
Wednesday, October 22
First Choice VIP Opening at Art Basel Paris
10 AM–8 PM
Location: Grand Palais, 3 Avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008 Paris
Exclusive VIP preview of Art Basel Paris bringing together leading international galleries and artists for a full-day first look ahead of the general opening.
Vernissage at Institut Suédois
7–9 PM
Location: Institut Suédois, 11 Rue Payenne, 75003 Paris
Solo presentation by Tarik Kiswanson, whose practice spans sculpture, performance, drawing, audio, and video, engaging themes of uprootedness, regeneration, and renewal. The artist studied at ENSBA (Paris) and Central Saint Martins (London) and received the Prix Marcel Duchamp in 2023.
Thursday, October 23
Early Access at Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris
9:30–10 AM
Location: Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, 11 Avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris
The museum presents the first Paris monographic exhibition of Otobong Nkanga, addressing ecology and feminism, alongside the most significant exhibition to date of George Condo’s work, spanning painting, drawing, and sculpture.
Guided Visit at Fondation Pernod Ricard
10–11 AM
Location: Fondation Pernod Ricard, 1 cours Paul Ricard, 75008 Paris
The exhibition "Sorry Sun" brings together Saodat Ismailova, Alexandre Khondji, and Hélène Yamba-Guimbi. Through moving image, installation, and sculpture, their works reveal the cracks of our era—disillusionment with technology, erosion of ideals, and ecological urgency—while weaving in memory and resistance.
Private Preview of “Echo, Delay, Reverb; Melvin Edwards; Au sein du voile, une grammaire” at Palais de Tokyo
11 AM–1 PM
Location: Palais de Tokyo, 13 Avenue du Président Wilson, 75116 Paris
A private preview across Palais de Tokyo’s fall program: the group exhibition “ECHO DELAY REVERB: American Art, Francophone Thought” (curated by Naomi Beckwith), a major presentation of Melvin Edwards, and Caroline Kent’s site-specific wall work “Au sein du voile, une Grammaire.”
Private Visit “Rick Owens, Temple of Love” at Palais Galliera
9:30 AM–5:15 PM
The first Paris exhibition dedicated to avant-garde fashion designer Rick Owens traces his journey from early Los Angeles collections to his most recent works. As artistic director, Owens collaborated with the museum to create an exhibition that extends from its galleries to the façade and garden.
Vernissage at Art Basel Paris
2–8 PM
Location: Grand Palais Éphémère, Champ-de-Mars, Place Joffre, 75007 Paris
The official vernissage of Art Basel Paris welcomes international galleries, collectors, and institutions, marking the launch of one of the world’s most important contemporary art fairs in its Parisian edition.
Private Visit at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
9 AM–9 PM
Location: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 261 Boulevard Raspail, 75014 Paris
The Fondation inaugurates its new premises at Place du Palais-Royal with "Exposition Générale," a survey exhibition drawn from its collection, offering a comprehensive preview of the institution’s evolving vision.
Friday, October 24
Private Visit to “Minimal” at Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection
9:30–11 AM
Location: Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, 2 Rue de Viarmes, 75001 Paris
The exhibition "Minimal" gathers outstanding works from the Pinault Collection alongside prestigious loans to trace the development of Minimal Art since the 1960s, highlighting its radical impact on contemporary visual culture.
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Art Basel Paris Exhibitors and Sectors
The fair is split into four sectors.● Galeries, in which exhibitors present the full breadth of their program;● The Emergence sector, dedicated to emerging galleries and artists; ● Premise, presenting highly singular curatorial proposals;● The Magazines sector, presenting art publications.
VIP Preview & Vernissage Days: Wednesday, October 22 – Thursday, October 23General Admission Days: Friday, October 24 – Sunday, October 26
Public Program in Paris
The Public Program activates iconic city spaces with free exhibitions, installations, and projects across multiple venues in Paris. It transforms the art fair into a broader cultural event, inviting all audiences to explore art beyond the main fair halls.
Palais d’Iéna‘30 Blizzards’
Open from October 22 to 26, 11am to 7pm. Free access.
Location: 9 Place d’Iéna, 75016 Paris
The exhibition presents a special project by Helen Marten (1985, United Kingdom), conceived in collaboration with opera director Fabio Cherstich and composer Beatrice Dillon.
Place Vendôme'Kermit the Frog, Even'
Open from October 20 to 26. 24/7. Free access.
Alex Da Corte (1980, Camden) reimagines popular culture through large-scale installations, with his inflatable "Kermit the Frog, Even" capturing both humor and melancholy in a suspended moment of collapse.
Musée national Eugène-Delacroix'After Delacroix'
Open from October 22 to November 2, 12pm to 5:30pm
Location: 6 Rue de Furstemberg, 75006 Paris
Nate Lowman (1979, Las Vegas) presents “After Delacroix” (2025), a body of work reimagining Delacroix’s legacy through painting, light sculptures, and cultural fragments transformed into new symbols.
Petit PalaisJulius von Bismarck
Open from October 21 to 26, 10am to 6pm. Free access.
Location: Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris
Julius von Bismarck (1983, Breisach am Rhein) creates installations and sculptures that challenge fixed ideas, exploring memory, nature, and political mythmaking.
Parvis de l’Institut de France'the innocent'
Open from October 17 to 28. 24/7. Free access.
Location: 23 Quai de Conti, 75006 Paris
Ugo Rondinone (1964, Brunnen) creates elemental stone sculptures that recall ancient totems, with “the innocent” (2024) standing four meters tall as part of his ongoing Stone Figures series.
Cour de l’Hôtel de la Marine'Les Herbes folles du vieux logis'
Open from October 10 to November 2, 8am to 1pm. Free access.
Location: 2 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris
Joël Andrianomearisoa (1977, Antananarivo) creates monumental textile works that weave together history, memory, and ritual, drawing on Madagascar’s fiber arts and poetic imagination.
Avenue Winston ChurchillPublic Sculpture project
Open from October 21 to 26, 11am to 7pm. Free access.
Location: 8th arrondissement, 75008 Paris
Public skulpture by Thomas Houseago (1972, Leeds), Leiko Ikemura (1951, Tsu), Wang Keping (1949, Beijing), Vojtěch Kovařík (1993, Valasské Mezirící), Muller Van Severen (1978, Lokeren), Stefan Rinck (1973, Homburg), and Arlene Shechet (1951, New York).
Chapelle des Petits-Augustins des Beaux-Arts de Paris'Objets Trouvés'
Open from October 21 to 26, 10am to 7pm. Free access.
Location: 14 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris
Harry Nuriev (1984, Stavropol) explores his philosophy of “Transformism” in “Objets Trouvés” (2025), an interactive installation where visitors exchange discarded items, questioning notions of value and reuse.
Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine‘Mute’ and 'Chromoscope'
Open from October 22, 2025 to February 16, 2026, 11am to 7pm.
Location: 1 Place du Trocadéro et du 11 Novembre, 75116 Paris
Fabienne Verdier (1962, Paris) presents large-format abstract works exploring silence, transformation, and flow. Chromoscope brings together Color Field and Post-Painterly Abstraction (1955–1992).
Art Basel Paris Conversations
For the 2025 edition of Art Basel Paris, Conversations will embrace the creative industries in the widest sense. The program will take place over three days between October 23 and October 25, 2025, at the Petit Palais.
The 2025 edition brings together artists Marta Minujín, Tyler Mitchell, Cai Guo-Qiang, Josèfa Ntjam, and Kiddy Smile; institution leaders Chiara Parisi and Chris Dercon; architect Frida Escobedo; gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin; and many others.
This year also marks the debut of a new concept for Art Basel’s Conversations: a day-long strand curated by celebrated British fashion editor Edward Enninful, marking the launch of his new media and entertainment company EE72. Conceived as a prelude to his forthcoming exhibition 'The 90s' at Tate Britain (2026), Enninful’s program – held on Friday, October 24 – presents one-to-one conversations with four revered artists who rose to the fore in the 1990s alongside Enninful: Yinka Shonibare CBE, Juergen Teller, Sonia Boyce, and Mark Leckey.
History of Art Basel
Founded in 1970 by Basel gallerists Ernst Beyeler, Trudl Bruckner, and Balz Hilt, Art Basel has grown from a regional fair with 90 exhibitors into the world’s most influential platform for Modern and contemporary art. Today it stages annual shows in Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, and Paris, each shaped by its host city’s cultural ecosystem and featuring distinct gallery selections, curated sectors, and collaborations with leading museums and institutions.
Beyond the fairs themselves, Art Basel has broadened its reach through digital initiatives and landmark projects such as the Art Basel & UBS Global Art Market Report, Intersections: The Art Basel Podcast, and the BMW Art Journey, supporting artists’ research worldwide. Its long-standing partnership with The Financial Times as Global Media Partner underscores Art Basel’s central role in shaping critical discourse on the international art market.
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