ART CITIES:Paris-Gallery Weekend 2018

Tere Recarens, Baharestan Carpet, 2017 – 2018, Carton, gomme arabique, pigments, encre invisible, 720 x 440 cm, © Ana Agraz, Courtesy Galerie Anne BarraultOrganized for the first time in 2014, Paris Gallery Weekend has established itself as an annual landmark event for art lovers and collectors. For its fifth edition, the 2018 Paris Gallery Weekend is hosts 44 galleries, representing a 40% increase in the number of participants since 2017. This significant growth testifies to the dynamism and rising influence of the event.

By Dimitris Lempesis
Photo: Paris Gallery Weekend Archive

Throughout the weekend, visitors can discover dedicated events and exhibitions organized by the participating galleries. More than 41 free-access rendez-vous are on the itinerary, offering multiple festive and participatory opportunities to meet artists, to exchange ideas in talks and conferences, to discover fresh perspectives in exhibitions, openings, concerts and performances. The 44 participating galleries represents the diversity of type and of geography of Parisian galleries: from the newest to the most established, whether situated in the Marais, in Saint-Germaindes-Prés, in the 8th or 18th arrondissements, in Belleville or Pantin in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. For the second year, Talking Galleries and Paris Gallery Weekend renew their partnership in for a day of conferences. The program at Centre Pompidou aims at fostering reflection and debate on the local and international art scenes. The first Panel Discussion is about “Contemporary art and new habits online/offline: How does taste evolve ? Who influences whom ?” In the second Panel Discussion is about “What is Paris’s role as a leader on the contemporary art scene? With the fallout from Brexit and the opening of numerous private foundations in Paris, what are the consequences for the local scene?”

Info: Paris Gallery Weekend 2018, Various Locations, Paris, http://parisgalleryweekend.com

Henrik Olesen, 6 or 7 new works, Exhibition View, Photo : Florian Kleinefenn,, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel-Paris
Henrik Olesen, 6 or 7 new works, Exhibition View, Photo : Florian Kleinefenn,, Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel-Paris

 

 

Agnès Varda, A CINEMA SHACK : The greenhouse of Happiness, Exhibition view, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris
Agnès Varda, A CINEMA SHACK : The greenhouse of Happiness, Exhibition view, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris

 

 

Nikita Kadan, Library Sculpture (Détail), 2018, Perforated metal sheet, book and metal structure, 210 x 40 x 40 cm, Courtesy Galerie Jérôme Poggi-Paris
Nikita Kadan, Library Sculpture (Détail), 2018, Perforated metal sheet, book and metal structure, 210 x 40 x 40 cm, Courtesy Galerie Jérôme Poggi-Paris

 

 

Robert Motherwell, California Window, 1975, Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 183 x 213,5 cm, Courtesy Galerie Templon
Robert Motherwell, California Window, 1975, Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 183 x 213,5 cm, Courtesy Galerie Templon

 

 

William Anastasi, Conic section (Detail), 1968, Metal rods, Dimension variable, Courtesy Galerie Jocelyn Wolff
William Anastasi, Conic section (Detail), 1968, Metal rods, Dimension variable, Courtesy Galerie Jocelyn Wolff