Paris spring art surge
Paris’s spring program is stacked: a General Exhibition running through Aug. 23, a special Louvre sculpture show open until June 29, and Art Paris returns to the Grand Palais April 9–12. The Art Paris lineup explicitly frames themes of language and reparation as it reopens in the renovated landmark. ( )
The Fondation Cartier’s reopening show is titled “Exposition Générale,” staged in the institution’s newly reconfigured Jean Nouvel–designed spaces to trace its forty-year collection history. (fondationcartier.com) Organisers say the survey assembles roughly 600 works by about 100 international artists drawn from the Fondation Cartier collection. (impact-european.com) The Louvre’s special sculpture project is mounted as “Michelangelo and Rodin: Living Bodies,” a cross‑institutional dialogue curated by Chloé Ariot (Musée Rodin) and Marc Bormand (Louvre Department of Sculptures). (louvre.fr) That Louvre programme includes a linked scholarly strand — a symposium titled “The Myth of the Sculptor – Mythical Sculptors” in June — and draws major loans from the Musée Rodin. (artprice.com) Art Paris returns to the renovated Grand Palais as its 28th edition and plans to occupy the Nave and balconies with roughly 165 French and international galleries. (artparis.com) The fair’s Promises sector, located on the southern balconies, will present 27 emerging galleries and organisers note that over half of the participating artists in that sector are women. (designboom.com) Named participants listed by the fair include Almine Rech, Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Galerie Lelong and Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, and the programme also integrates a dedicated French design and art edition strand. (artparis.fr)
