This 22nd edition will go down as a red-letter day, when the event's weak point, in being essentially a French affair, became a strength in the context of the health crisis – with sales into the bargain.
Cancelled in April because of the coronavirus, then reinvented in June in a digital version, Art Paris came back to life physically in early September, thanks to the tenacity of its director, Guillaume Piens. Taking advantage of a niche vacated at the Grand Palais by the Biennale Paris, in the middle of the summer Art Paris repositioned the show in the diary for the new autumn season, while Art Basel, Art Basel Miami and Frieze London threw in the towel and there was a big question mark over the FIAC in October. It must be said that, unlike these huge events, which attract an international clientele, 80% of the Art Paris public comes from France: a weakness…
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