- Now in its fifth edition, Art Basel Paris returns to the Grand Palais under the direction of Karim Crippa, bringing together more than 200 exhibitors from 41 countries and territories across its Galeries, Emergence, and Premise sectors, with nearly 30 galleries joining the fair for the first time.
- Staged each autumn at the Grand Palais, Art Basel Paris has established itself as a defining moment in the international art calendar — grounded in Paris’s cultural authority, institutional depth, and historic role as a center of artistic and intellectual exchange, while reinforcing France’s position as the fourth-largest art market globally.
- The strong presence of galleries from France underscores the depth and continuity of the French gallery ecosystem and its central role in shaping the identity of the fair.
- A record 12 joint booth presentations highlight a growing culture of experimentation and cross-gallery collaboration, as exhibitors develop new formats for presentation within the fair's main sector.
- The fair's acclaimed Public Program returns for its fifth edition in partnership with leading Parisian institutions, with Miu Miu as Public Program Official Partner.
- Oh La La!, the fair’s signature rehang initiative, returns on October 23 and 24 led by a guest collaborator from outside the art world.
- Avant-Première, the invitation-only preview for galleries and their principal clients, returns for its second edition on October 20.
- Art Basel Paris runs from October 23–25, 2026, with Preview Days on October 21 and 22 and a public Vernissage on October 22.
Art Basel today announced the exhibitor lineup and first program details for Art Basel Paris 2026, which will take place at the Grand Palais from October 23–25, 2026. The fair’s fifth edition is the first under the direction of Karim Crippa and brings together more than 200 exhibitors from over 40 countries and territories across the fair's three sectors: Galeries, Emergence, and Premise.
Karim Crippa, Director, Art Basel Paris, said: "Art Basel Paris has grown, edition by edition, into a genuine part of the cultural fabric of this city — a fair whose closest interlocutors are the galleries, institutions, collectors, artists, and creative communities of Paris itself. What distinguishes it is not only the quality of the presentations within the Grand Palais, but the extraordinary concentration of activity around it: the institutional exhibitions, cross-disciplinary encounters, and conversations that make Paris fair week a moment of singular cultural and market consequence. The 2026 edition reflects both the vitality of the Paris scene and the commitment of the international gallery community to what is being built here. My focus is to continue strengthening a platform shaped by the city, for the city, and in generative dialogue with the international art and cultural community."
The 2026 edition arrives amid renewed momentum for the French art market. According to the Art Basel & UBS Global Art Market Report 2026, sales in France reached USD 4.5 billion in 2025, a 9% year-on-year increase following two years of contraction and a return above 2019 levels. France accounts for 8% of the global art market, ranking as the fourth-largest market worldwide and the largest in the European Union, representing more than half of the EU art market by value.
More than 60 of this year's exhibitors operate spaces in France, underscoring the sustained depth of local participation. They are joined by galleries from across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East — including the United States, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Lebanon, Indonesia, South Africa, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, and Tunisia — with nearly 30 galleries participating in Art Basel Paris for the first time.
Entering its fifth year, Art Basel Paris has become a defining platform within this context — bringing the strength of the French gallery ecosystem into deeper dialogue with the international art world and reinforcing Paris as a major site of contemporary artistic, institutional, and market exchange.
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