RIP Biennale, Welcome Ex.Paris

Published on 23 March 2021, by Agathe Albi-Gervy

Don't forget the lavish decorations by Pizzi, Wilmotte, Graf and Grange, September’s warmth under the glass roof of the light-drenched Grand Palais and the head-spinning maze of huge aisles where one could easily lose one's way—for the Biennale Paris, formerly the Biennale des Antiquaires, is no more.

Biennale Paris

The jewel of the French art market created at the Grand Palais in 1962, an eclectic 31-time fair, could not survive a pile-up of problems in recent years: internal crises, growing competition from TEFAF , the controversial decision to stage the event…

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