The Paris galleries now transitioning out of lockdown are questioning their future and the consequences of the health crisis.
Impatiently awaiting the emergence from lockdown, they began opening one by one on May 11. Naturally, French gallery owners are anxious. "Artworks are the first things people stop buying in a crisis," says Marion Papillon, President of the CPGA (professional art gallery committee). Dealers are just as eager to get going again. In early July, some fifty of them will participate in the four-day 7 th edition of the Paris Gallery Weekend. Meanwhile, gallery owners in the Marais—the capital's "arty" district—will be staying open on Sunday, May 24, and June 14: the occasion to launch an app enabling collectors to make appointments directly on their smartphones. Some are also considering shortening or even giving up their summer holidays. Because it's an emergency.
Laure Prouvost (b.1978), Grand Mas Laboratory, 2020, tapestry, edition…
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