The Neo Art Magazine

It’s Paris’ turn to once again take center stage as a contemporary art hub, with the upcoming third edition of Art Basel Paris in October this year. The Art Fair is scheduled for October 18 to 20, 2024 and will be held in the completely refurbished Grand Palais, which is something Parisian art enthusiasts have long been awaiting. The evolution of this year’s Art Basel Paris is not only in magnitude, but also in breadth and development—the number of participating countries has grown to 42, with 195 galleries and more than 100 years’ worth of artistic practice showcased through various works.

Art Basel’s new positioning in Paris

It is greatly satisfying to return to the Grand Palais after 3 years of work. This year’s edition of Art Basel Paris is clearly one of the feet in the historical books of the art fair in Paris indeed. Queen Mary Palace is also a purpose-built structure constructed to mark the twentieth-century national presence in the Exposition Universelle, allowing one to appreciate the grand level and worldly significance of the art fair in question. Since taking on the role last year as the new director of Art Basel Paris, Clement Delépine has overseen 27% more space booked than last year, with more galleries taking part and both new and old faces being graced in the scene.

This edition also cements the fair’s deepening relationship with the cultural sphere of Paris. The renaming of the fair that happened this year earlier as ‘Art Basel Paris’, which was approved by the Ministry of Culture and the City of Paris, showed determination to promote the city’s culture in the international arena.

Galeries: Railway Platform of Modern and Contemporary Masters

The Galeries sector is the epicenter of Art Basel Paris, which includes 170 prominent art dealers from around the world and exhibits the entire range of 20th and 21st century art for sale. Visitors will find works by the most eminent artists of modern history, from René Magritte to Jean-Michel Basquiat, in a combination of small and large galleries oriented towards art in the modern art-oriented sections of Paris, as they were called above.

One of the elements of interest is from Vedovi Gallery (Brussels), which offers to display Magritte’s 1965 painting “Le Sourire du Diable” along with Lucio Fontana’s “Concetto Spaziale” (1960), a work owned previously by film director Claude Berri. It corresponds to the most important museum gatherings, such as the upcoming Tom Wesselmann at the Fondation Louis Vuitton.

In addition, a first-time exhibitor, Landau Fine Art (Montréal Lucerne), brings back memories of the modernist fever with Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró and Jean Dubuffet. Their stand included an Alexej von Jawlensky “Spanische Tänzerin” (1909), a painting that has not been displayed for a couple of decades. These exhibits reaffirm the galleries’ commitment to demonstrating that art history does not need to be relevant in the context of art today.

Several important exhibitions will be held at the fair liner to mark the centenary of the Surrealist movement, not the least of which is the Galerie Le Minotaure (Paris). A broad collection of materials related to the cutting edge of the early twentieth century can be found here, including Fanzant Kupka’s “Alternances” (1935) and Max Ernst’s “Figurine anthropomorphe” (1929).

While at the same time, the best of Italian modernism will also shine, and thus in Cardi Gallery (Milan, London especially), the works of Jannis Kounellis and Michelangelo Pistoletto, respectively the members of the Arte Povera movement, will be presented. This show will run alongside the large-scale exhibition dedicated to the aforementioned movement at the Bourse de Commerce—Pinault Collection, proving once again how Paris is the present-day bargaining centre for inter-ethnic artistic concepts.

Introducing Premise: Redefining Art Historical Narratives

Art Basel Paris will for the first time present the all-anticipated Premises sector after massive structural changes in the country’s main cultural institutions, or more precisely, the shift of the trade fair on the last week of October. The latest in premised will present selected nine galleries, which will present art works that go against accepted academic and institutional chronologies of art. It is justified in the premise that since works predating 1900 or works outside the established canon.

Sies + Hoke’s engagement with the early photographic practice of both G. Richter and S. Polke is one of the more intriguing presentations. Other than painting, these artists’ practice in photography mostly receives little attention, but it is vital in understanding their exploration of sight and composition better. Equally, Parisians should be privileged to see how the Pauline Pavec Gallery focuses on Juliette Roche, an important figure in the avant-garde movement. She focused on groups of people who remained invisible to the public’s consciousness: the representatives of different communities in Paris of the early XX century epochs and the surroundings.

The Nara Roesler Gallery also gets special credit for a rare dual invitation of the two styles of Brazilian creators: Tomie Ohtake and Chico Tabibuia, and their attempts at reworking the Global South aesthetic with spirals and spiritual nonsense.

The emergence of new voices

Emergence is the term for this sector, devoted to the promotion of non-conventional and youthful art, champions, and is integrated in the larger picture of Art Basel’s focus on nurturing newblood. Coordinated by Galeries Lafayette, this year’s program will be staged at the historical balconies of the Grand Palais, which have been closed off to the public for close to two decades, and include the pieces that will stretch across them.

Shaun Motsi, a thin Zimbabwean artist, is among the emerging voices. His film installation ‘Black’Masters’—presented by Christian Andersen, Copenhagen—reviewed how Black orientation derives or is historically constructed out of pedagogical and cultural modes. Lou Fauroux, represented by Exo-Exo (Paris), envisions non-fictional scenarios of post-internet worlds through the synthesis of dystopian stories and huge 3D props.

These young artists raise issues of identity, society, and the influence of technologies, thus providing an insight into the prospects for the development of contemporary art on a global scale.

Public Programs: Art in the Centre of Paris

The best Art Basel Paris Public Program will lead visitors through the city like in a gallery. The major sites, such as the Parvis de l’Institut de France, the Domaine National du Palais Royal, and Avenue Winston-Churchill, will also be equipped with vertical structures, shape-making installations and intriguing modern expositions.

At the far end of the Parvis de l’Institut de France will be a breathtaking sculpture known as Niki de Saint Phalle’s L’Arbre-Serpents (1988), which is wrapped in a glass mosaic. In this contemplating snake arrangement made in partnership with the Mitterrand Gallery, the polysemic nature of such images as sin and healing, which seem to be of such significant interest to this artist, is also present.

At the same time, the Petit Palais will open on Jesse Darling’s C’mon England, an installation that took place in the artist’s Turner Prize-hosted exhibition, which provides insight on sociopolitical resistance by changing the concept of barriers to that of movement and power. This will go hand in hand with the 2024 edition of Art Basel Conversations, a program of intimate discussions and debates with renowned personalities from the fields of art, culture, and philosophy. One Maida Vale will meet Nil Yalter, the 2024 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipient at the Venice Biennale, to discuss migration, feminism, and other excluded aspects of contemporary art.

Oh la la! A Playful Re-Hanging of Artworks

To make the fair more dynamic, Oh La La! is a new add-on that will force galleries to showcase infrequently shown and unique works of art on Friday and Saturday, which also stranded artists from presenting works. Thirty-five galleries, including Air de Paris (Romainville) and Konrad Fischer Galerie (Berlin), have joined this event with the goal of enriching their visitors with installation, sculpture, and even interactive works. A special mention should be made of Bruno Pélassy’s phallic sculpture “Bye Bye Jeff.” Barrier-breaking work, such as Gaelle Choisne’s “L’éveil du cosmos,” a ceramic piece punctuated with holes and stuffed with olives to represent the void of space.

The re-hanging evokes a different view of the exhibited works at the fair, since the viewers are bound to have further revelations as the week goes on.

The Art Basel Shop: An Experience of Absolute Curation

For the second year in a row, Art Basel Paris will showcase its unusual Art Basel Shop as customary, with Sarah Andelmann, the co-founder of Colette, in charge of overseeing it. This concept store also retails customised items, limited edition art toys, and products made with the most influential artists. Examples include skateboards with graphics by Jeff Koons and clothing lines inspired by Nina Childress’s early portrait of Dalida.

This will also be the inaugural launch of a collection of an artist’s collaborations, which will be presented by one of the features of artist Claire Fontaine, who makes art that interrogates notions of otherness and global identity. These are rare gifts given to Art Basel Paris visitors to help them take back some of the fair’s experience beyond the Grand Palais.

Art, Everywhere

With the emergence of Art Basel in the capital cities of Abu Dhabi and Morocco, Abu Dhabi’s cultural institutions will also be alive. From the Palais d’Iéna to the Hôtel de Sully, major cultural sites showcased various exhibitions and installations, transforming Paris into a cultural three-dimensional city. Loris Gréaud’s “Cortical Palace” at the Théâtre de la Chatelet, presented together with The Residents, fuses performance art, music, and science fiction in an artist night with no other than the adventure’s activities.

Art Basel Paris 2024 is certain to be a fully engrossing and life-altering experience that brings together the best of the best professionals, institutions, and art collectors in what is described as a creative, innovative, and cooperative space. With expanded outreach in Paris, Art Basel is not only shifting the paradigm of art fairs, but making this city the Central Park of contemporary art.

List of Participating 195 Galleries

Gallery Name	Location	Sector
1301PE	Los Angeles	Galeries
1900-2000	Paris	Galeries
303 Gallery	New York	Galeries
47 Canal	New York	Galeries
A Gentil Carioca	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo	Galeries
Air de Paris	Romainville	Galeries
Alfonso Artiaco	Naples	Galeries
Almine Rech	Paris, Brussels, New York	Galeries
Applicat-Prazan	Paris	Galeries
Aoyama Meguro	Tokyo	Emergence
Art : Concept	Paris	Galeries
Artinformal	Manila	Galeries
Balice Hertling	Paris	Galeries
Barro	Buenos Aires	Galeries
Galerie Greta Meert	Brussels	Galeries
Gladstone Gallery	New York, Brussels, Seoul	Galeries
Hauser & Wirth	Zurich, London, Paris, New York	Galeries
Kukje Gallery	Seoul	Galeries
Galerie Lelong & Co.	Paris, New York	Galeries
Galerie Le Minotaure	Paris	Galeries
Galerie Perrotin	Paris, New York	Galeries
Galleria Continua	San Gimignano, Paris	Galeries
Di Donna	New York	Galeries
Xavier Hufkens	Brussels	Galeries
Galerie Gisela Capitain	Cologne	Galeries
Marian Goodman Gallery	Paris, New York, London	Galeries
Simon Lee Gallery	London, Hong Kong	Galeries
Richard Saltoun	London, Rome	Galeries
Stephen Friedman Gallery	London	Galeries
Tornabuoni Art	Paris, Milan, London	Galeries
Sprüth Magers	Berlin, London, Los Angeles	Galeries
White Cube	London, New York, Paris	Galeries
Waddington Custot	London	Galeries
Zeno X Gallery	Antwerp	Galeries
Thaddaeus Ropac	Paris, Salzburg, London	Galeries
Paula Cooper Gallery	New York, Palm Beach	Galeries
Max Hetzler	Berlin, Paris, London	Galeries
Sfeir-Semler	Hamburg, Beirut	Galeries
Michael Werner Gallery	New York, London	Galeries
Christian Andersen	Copenhagen	Emergence
Exo Exo	Paris	Emergence
Kayokoyuki	Tokyo	Emergence
Nara Roesler	São Paulo, New York	Premise
Parker Gallery	Los Angeles	Premise
Pauline Pavec Gallery	Paris	Premise
Richard Nagy Ltd.	London	Galeries
Bombon	Barcelona	Premise
Sies + Höke	Düsseldorf	Premise

Alfonso Artiaco	Naples	Galeries
Antoine Levi	Paris, Brussels	Galeries
Art Informel	Manila	Galeries
Attitudes	Geneva	Galeries
Axel Vervoordt	Antwerp	Galeries
Baronian	Brussels	Galeries
Bergamin & Gomide	São Paulo	Galeries
Bernier/Eliades	Athens	Galeries
Bortolami	New York	Galeries
Capitain Petzel	Berlin	Galeries
Carlos/Ishikawa	London	Galeries
Chantal Crousel	Paris	Galeries
David Kordansky	Los Angeles	Galeries
Esther Schipper	Berlin	Galeries
François Ghebaly	Los Angeles, New York	Galeries
Gagosian	Paris, New York, London	Galeries
Galerie Krinzinger	Vienna	Galeries
Gavin Brown’s enterprise	New York	Galeries
Hannah Hoffman	Los Angeles	Galeries
Hunt Kastner	Prague	Galeries
Isabella Bortolozzi	Berlin	Galeries
Jack Shainman	New York	Galeries
Karma	New York	Galeries
Kavi Gupta	Chicago	Galeries
König Galerie	Berlin, London	Galeries
Lelong & Co.	Paris, New York	Galeries
Luxembourg & Dayan	London, New York	Galeries
Marc Selwyn Fine Art	Los Angeles	Galeries
Massimo De Carlo	Milan, London, Hong Kong	Galeries
Mendes Wood DM	São Paulo, Brussels, New York	Galeries
Meyer Riegger	Berlin, Karlsruhe	Galeries
Mor Charpentier	Paris	Galeries
Neugerriemschneider	Berlin	Galeries
Overduin & Co.	Los Angeles	Galeries
Peter Kilchmann	Zurich, Paris	Galeries
Regen Projects	Los Angeles	Galeries
Richard Telles	Los Angeles	Galeries
Rodeo	London, Piraeus	Galeries
Salon 94	New York	Galeries
Shane Campbell	Chicago	Galeries
Sikkema Jenkins & Co.	New York	Galeries
Standard (Oslo)	Oslo	Galeries
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery	New York, Los Angeles	Galeries
The Modern Institute	Glasgow	Galeries
Thomas Dane Gallery	London, Naples	Galeries
Timothy Taylor	London, New York	Galeries
Tomio Koyama Gallery	Tokyo	Galeries
Vistamare	Pescara, Milan	Galeries
Wentrup	Berlin	Galeries

A Gentil Carioca	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo	Galeries
Altman Siegel	San Francisco	Galeries
Andrew Kreps	New York	Galeries
Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre	Paris	Galeries
Galerie Buchholz	Cologne, Berlin, New York	Galeries
Galeria Casado Santapau	Madrid	Galeries
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff	Paris	Galeries
Galleria Continua	San Gimignano, Paris, Beijing	Galeries
Galerie Eva Presenhuber	Zurich, New York	Galeries
Galerie Mehdi Chouakri	Berlin	Galeries
Galerie Nordenhake	Stockholm, Berlin, Mexico City	Galeries
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac	Paris, Salzburg, London	Galeries
GB Agency	Paris	Galeries
Gladstone Gallery	New York, Brussels, Seoul	Galeries
Greene Naftali	New York	Galeries
Hauser & Wirth	Zurich, London, Los Angeles	Galeries
Herald St	London	Galeries
Jacky Strenz	Frankfurt	Galeries
Josée Bienvenu Gallery	New York	Galeries
Kamel Mennour	Paris, London	Galeries
Karma International	Zurich, Los Angeles	Galeries
Kavi Gupta	Chicago	Galeries
Galerie Kleindienst	Leipzig	Galeries
König Galerie	Berlin, London	Galeries
Lisson Gallery	London, New York	Galeries
Long March Space	Beijing	Galeries
Lulu	Mexico City	Galeries
Massimo De Carlo	Milan, London, Hong Kong	Galeries
Mendes Wood DM	São Paulo, Brussels, New York	Galeries
Meyer Riegger	Berlin, Karlsruhe	Galeries
Michael Werner Gallery	New York, London	Galeries
Misako & Rosen	Tokyo	Galeries
Mor Charpentier	Paris	Galeries
Nanzuka	Tokyo	Galeries
Neugerriemschneider	Berlin	Galeries
Peres Projects	Berlin, Milan, Seoul	Galeries
Pilar Corrias	London	Galeries
Regen Projects	Los Angeles	Galeries
Richard Telles Fine Art	Los Angeles	Galeries
Raffaella Cortese	Milan	Galeries
Sprüth Magers	Berlin, London, Los Angeles	Galeries
Sadie Coles HQ	London	Galeries
Salon 94	New York	Galeries
Sikkema Jenkins & Co.	New York	Galeries
Taka Ishii Gallery	Tokyo, Hong Kong	Galeries
Thomas Dane Gallery	London, Naples	Galeries

Timothy Taylor	London, New York	Galeries
Tomio Koyama Gallery	Tokyo	Galeries
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP	Tokyo, Beijing	Galeries
Taka Ishii Gallery	Tokyo, Hong Kong	Galeries
Vistamare	Pescara, Milan	Galeries
Wentrup	Berlin	Galeries
Xavier Hufkens	Brussels	Galeries
Zak Branicka	Berlin	Galeries
Zeno X Gallery	Antwerp	Galeries
Galerie Meyer Kainer	Vienna	Galeries
Galerie Perrotin	Paris, New York, Hong Kong	Galeries
Sies + Höke	Düsseldorf	Premise
Taka Ishii Gallery	Tokyo, Kyoto	Galeries
Tyler Rollins Fine Art	New York	Galeries
Van de Weghe	New York	Galeries
Vedovi Gallery	Brussels	Galeries
Victoria Miro	London	Galeries
White Cube	London, New York	Galeries
Yancey Richardson	New York	Galeries
Yossi Milo Gallery	New York	Galeries
Air de Paris	Paris	Galeries
Bortolami	New York	Galeries
Casey Kaplan	New York	Galeries
Cheim & Read	New York	Galeries
Commonwealth and Council	Los Angeles	Galeries
David Zwirner	New York, London, Paris	Galeries
Federica Schiavo Gallery	Milan	Galeries
Galleria Franco Noero	Turin	Galeries
Galerie Chantal Crousel	Paris	Galeries
Karma International	Zurich	Galeries
Kurimanzutto	Mexico City, New York	Galeries
Marian Goodman Gallery	Paris, New York, London	Galeries
Peres Projects	Berlin, Milan	Galeries
Standard (Oslo)	Oslo	Galeries
Vistamare	Pescara, Milan	Galeries
Yvon Lambert	Paris	Galeries
Zeno X Gallery	Antwerp	Galeries