The 2nd edition of Paris + by Art Basel concluded successfully on Sunday, October 22. Bringing together 154 galleries from around the world, the fair took place at the Grand Palais Éphémère. The show drew more than 38,000 visitors throughout its VIP and public days.
With their professors, our Bachelor in Arts Management students visited their very first art fair and met gallerists, artists, and art collectors as well as other art market professionals.
These discussions provided a better understanding of the structure of the global art market and of the importance for Paris of becoming the epicenter of modern and contemporary art after Brexit. Among the students' discoveries: a Robert Rauschenberg sold for 2 million dollars, reported by Thaddaeus Ropac, while David Zwirner sold works by artists including Kerry James Marshall, Marlene Dumas, Alice Neel, and Noah Davis for more than 20 million euros.
The works exhibited in the galleries included works by 20th-century masters such as Alexander Calder, Ed Clark, Niki de Saint Phalle, Leonor Fini, Jean Hélion, Aristide Maillol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Anna Zemánková; top-tier contemporary artists such as Mark Bradford, Tracey Emin, Camille Henrot, Loie Hollowell, Lee Ufan, Wolfgang Tillmans, Yan Pei-Ming, and Flora Yukhnovich; mid-career practitioners such as Katinka Bock, Mohamed Bourouissa, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Sayre Gomez, Rachel Jones, Suki Seokyeong Kang, Jean-Luc Moulène, and Laure Prouvost; and emerging voices such as Jenna Bliss, Gaëlle Choisne, Elladj Lincy Deloumeaux, Karol Palczak, Nora Turato, Sophie Varin, Xie Lei, and Trevor Yeung.
