Now in its 28th edition, Art Paris continues to showcase contemporary art from France and the francophone world, including international exhibitors alongside its strong local base. A two-pronged program runs in parallel, spanning three major prizes, a design section, and a series of talks. Firstly, Babel – Art and Language in France, conceived by Loïc Le Gall, art historian and director of Passerelle Centre d’Art Contemporain in Brest, examines the relationship between art and linguistic structures in the French contemporary scene. Secondly, La Réparation, developed by Alexia Fabre, heritage curator and deputy director of the Centre Pompidou Francilien, opens up a broader topic of repair. Together, these curatorial approaches trace connections between art, history, language and the human condition across a range of artists, galleries, contexts and geographies.
This year, the fair was composed of 165 French and international exhibitors from 20 countries, with a strong local presence alongside a curated global mix (60% French galleries, 40% international), including a notable 30% first-time participants. We’re sharing some of our favorite booths with you:
GALERIE BAO at Stand I26, Sector Promesse
A first-time exhibitor at Art Paris, the curator-led Galerie Bao (founded by Lê Thiên-Bảo) engages with the theme of Réparations, exploring repair as a way to restore what once seemed lost. Recognised for a decade-long commitment to contemporary art from Vietnam and Southeast Asia, the gallery presents Trương Công Tùng’s Day Wanes, Night Waxes (2025 – ongoing), recently shown at Hamburger Kunsthalle. Tùng is show alongside Lêna Bùi’s Clean Land (2024), rubbings of cut tree trunks superimposed onto silk paintings and watercolours, drawing from Taoism, animism, and the observation of living things. Finally, a striking selection of sculptures by Nguyễn Duy Mạnh, inspired by 14th to 19th century Vietnamese ceramics, reflecting on vulnerability and what he describes as the “disintegration of values and culture.”
Photo courtesy of Galerie Bao
SPAZIO NUOVO at Booth A8
With spaces in Rome and Amsterdam, the gallery presents a series of works by emerging artist Giuseppe Lo Schiavo titled Windowscapes (2023), large scale fine art prints on archival cotton paper that blur the line between digital image and hyperrealistic painting, inspired by the pandemic. Lo Schiavo is considered a pioneer of what the gallery defines as ‘synthetic photography’, using a technique that builds every element of his images within a virtual space using 3D software, with no camera involved at all. This approach is evident in works such as During Sunset (2026) and the diptych Mare calmo (2026), available as a pair or individually. As the artist notes, “I strive to take photos of memories rather than places.” A must-visit!
EVERARD READ at Booth D21
The South African gallery conveys both integrity and intensity through their artists “ability to reach beyond the confines of the African continent, creating tendrils of connection across boundaries, borders, and barriers.” On view are works by Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmankgato Helen Sebidi, considered a matriarch of contemporary South African art and is among the invited artists at the 61st International Art Exhibition In Minor Keys of the Venice Biennale. She is presented alongside Mary Sibande, the Barberton-born artist known for her exploration of Black female identity in post-apartheid South Africa. Through her recurring fictional character, Sophie, who evolves across multiple phases, each layered with personal stories, Sibande builds a poetic world parallel to her own. Drawing from her mother’s experience as a domestic worker, her work honours the labour and resilience of these women.
Photo by Marc Domage, courtesy of Everard Read
GALERIE ANDRES THALMANN at Booth H2
Answering to the Babel – Art & Language in France theme of this year’s fair, the Paris-based gallery brings together eight artists whose practices explore how art, experience, and found materials can become strong systems of expression. A charcoal sculpture in suspension by Bahk Seon Ghi challenges the viewer’s perception of presence, Rossana Ricalde connects her personal story with collective imagination through images and words. Contemporary Indian artist Sudarshan Shetty, known for merging culture with contemporary aesthetic through his multi-layered artworks, investigates fragility and transformation through the exhibited sculptures. There are also several aluminium works by Myriam Holme, who works with found advertising panels in a gesture akin to upcycling, often using the reverse side, while leaving traces of the original imagery visible at the back. She combines ink, watercolour, and spray paint, at times bending the aluminium itself to shift the work from surface into sculptural form.
FABIENNE LEVY at Booth D7
Find the series of artist Lucia Hierro, which draws from the artist’s Dominican roots and New York upbringing, using everyday products sourced from local bodegas to explore a dual sense of identity. Through acts of consumption and the reworking of familiar brands, she questions how identity is constructed. German artist Anna Fasshauer works with aluminium and metal, combining industrial processes with physical intervention. Alongside the use of machines, she incorporates her own body and a hammer to bend and shape the material, introducing a direct, physical tension into her work.
From Marseille, French artist Rebecca Brodskis presents paintings rooted in quiet, often melancholic scenes, intimate portraits and everyday moments, figures drinking wine or simply existing. Trained at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and Central Saint Martins in London, her practice translates this academic foundation into a modern and observational perspective.
C+N Gallery CANEPANERI at Booth I21
A feminine dialogue in surrealism unfolds as a dual solo presentation between artists Deng Shiqing and Holly Stevenson, brought together at the booth. Stevenson delves into the hidden landscape of the subconscious and psychoanalysis, drawing on Freudian symbolism, dream imagery, and both yonic and phallic references to examine what it means to be a woman. Deng, meanwhile, presents figurative paintings rooted in women’s bodily experiences, exploring pregnancy, birth, and surrogacy. In the more concealed sections of the booth, works introduce an ironic critique of the art world itself. The overall presentation becomes a reflection on the female experience, placing the visitor face to face with topics often unspoken in words, yet deeply expressed through emotion.
ARGO FINE ARTS at Booth E13
Argo premieres at Art Paris with a solo presentation by artist Christiane Löhr, a former student of Jannis Kounellis. Born in Wiesbaden in 1965, she lives and works between Köln and Prato, and her practice is rooted in the use of natural materials including seeds, grass, plants, and flowers, which she carefully assembles into delicate sculptural forms that exist between being-there and ephemerality. Her work focuses on the poetics of nature and making visible its fragility and its impermanence. On view are works such as Löwenzahnkissen (2025), composed of dandelion seeds, alongside other airborne seed compositions and a selection of drawings.
GALERIE POL LEMETAIS at Booth E25
The gallery features the work of Aurélia Jaubert. Born in 1967 in Eaubonne, she lives and works in Joucas, Provence. Her practice centres on tapestries and carpets, constructed through a process of stitching and assembling found textiles sourced from flea markets, which she combines in a patchwork logic. The result is large-scale, luminous tableaux featuring multiple characters. For example, in Nativité (2019), a dense, imagined scene unfolds around a reconfigured nativity populated by religious figures, and in Le retour de Jean Michel (2025), a found carpet featuring a print of Basquiat is woven into a broader composition of collected imagery. Jaubert describes maintaining extensive archives that she continually draws from in her work.
