Art Paris by the numbers

Art Paris opened at the Grand Palais on April 9 with about 165 exhibitors, putting a hard number on the scale of Paris’s spring art market. (artparis.com) The fair runs through April 12 in the nave and balcony spaces of the restored Grand Palais, and organizers describe this as the 28th edition. Grand Palais says the lineup includes nearly 165 French and international exhibitors from 20 countries. (grandpalais.fr) Art Paris’s own site puts the count at “around 165” galleries, while other current listings round it to 165 exhibitors from 25 countries. That gap shows how fair tallies can shift depending on whether organizers count galleries, exhibitors, or national breakdowns from different publication dates. (artparis.com) (sortiraparis.com) The number is lower than the 170 galleries and 25 countries reported for Art Paris 2025 at the same venue. It is still well above the 136 galleries from 25 countries listed for the 2024 edition at the Grand Palais Éphémère. (grandpalais.fr) (expolista.com) That makes 2026 look less like a contraction than a settling point after the fair’s 2025 return to the renovated Grand Palais. The fair is again using the building’s main nave and balconies, and it keeps its role as Paris’s central spring fair for modern and contemporary art. (artparis.com) (grandpalais.fr) The exhibitor list also shows how heavily the fair still leans on France while keeping an international spread. Art Paris publishes galleries by country, with participants based in France, Belgium, Australia, South Africa, South Korea, China, Chile and other markets. (artparis.com) Inside the fair, the numbers break down into smaller curated sections. Grand Palais says the program includes Solo Show, Promesses and French Design Art Edition, alongside three major prizes, exhibitions and conferences. (grandpalais.fr) Two themed trails add another count to the edition: Loïc Le Gall’s “Babel – Art and Language in France” follows about 20 artists, and Alexia Fabre’s “Reparation” is built around 20 international artists selected from participating galleries. (grandpalais.fr) (artparis.com) Ticket prices also signal where the fair sits in the market. Grand Palais lists full-price admission at 30 euros in advance and 35 euros later, with reduced tickets at 15 euros and 20 euros, and free entry for children under 10. (grandpalais.fr) So the cleanest way to read Art Paris 2026 is this: a four-day fair, a 28th edition, roughly 165 exhibitors, and a Grand Palais footprint that is now back to being part of the event’s identity. (grandpalais.fr) (artparis.com)