Fine Arts Paris in the Digital Age

As in March, they held up their hopes until the last minute. Everything was set to make this an outstanding event: a new venue—a pop-up structure in the Invalides courtyard in Paris— to host more galleries, a rich program and the traditional panel discussion. But the pandemic caught up with them. When the new lockdown was announced, the organizers of Fine Arts Paris had to change their plans. They already had to trim their sails in September, falling back on the smaller Palais Brongniart and hosting just 40 galleries there. Looking ahead and supported by GL Events, which manages the former Bourse site, they worked on ways to virtually present the works visible at the show as well as those of foreign exhibitors who could not…