# PASSAGES – Pas sages (Quai d'Orsay, on the occasion of Art Basel Paris)

An exhibition in the historic salons of the Quai d'Orsay, home of the French foreign ministry, set alongside Art Basel Paris. It mixes historical and contemporary art, design, crafts, heritage objects and diplomatic archives. Co-produced by Thierry Lemaire and Harry Nuriev; entry is free, by reservation.

- Type: Museum
- When: on view October 20 – 23, 2026
- Where: Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères – Quai d'Orsay, 37 Quai d'Orsay, 75007 Paris, Invalides / Eiffel Tower
- Artists: Thierry Lemaire and Harry Nuriev
- Part of: [Paris Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-2026)
- Event's own page: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/presse-et-ressources/decouvrir-et-informer/actualites/a-l-occasion-d-art-basel-paris-le-quai-d-orsay-ouvre-ses-portes-pour-l-exposition-exceptionnelle
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/passages-pas-sages-quai-d-orsay-on-the-occasion-of-art-basel-paris

## From the organiser

Exhibition in the historic salons of the Quai d'Orsay, co-produced by artist-designers Thierry Lemaire and Harry Nuriev and curated by Krystyna Winckler, combining historical and contemporary art, design, crafts, heritage objects and diplomatic archives. Organised by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs with the Manufactures nationales (Sèvres & Mobilier national), Cnap and Institut français on the occasion of Art Basel Paris; free, by reservation.

## Also on Tuesday 20 October

- **Until Oct 25** · [Avenue Winston-Churchill sculptures – Art Basel Paris Public Program](https://artweekguide.com/events/avenue-winston-churchill-sculptures-art-basel-paris-public-program) — Other at Avenue Winston-Churchill (between Petit Palais and Grand Palais), Champs-Élysées / Matignon. An open-air sculpture show between the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais, part of the Art Basel Paris Public Program. Eight large-scale works are on view, among them Marcello Maloberti's neon *CIEL*, hung about 20 m up, and Carmen Herrera's *Angulo Amarillo*. Free.
- **Until Oct 25** · [Robert Indiana – LOVE Wall](https://artweekguide.com/events/robert-indiana-love-wall) — Other at Place Clemenceau, Champs-Élysées / Matignon. Almine Rech presents *LOVE Wall*, a large Cor-Ten steel sculpture by Robert Indiana, worked on between 1966 and 2006. Four LOVE forms are stacked in a block, positioned so the letter O of each meets at the centre. Free to see, as part of Paris Art Week.
- **Until Dec 18** · [Tracey Emin: I will miss you Yesterday I will miss you Today I will miss you Tomorrow And that's how it will Always be](https://artweekguide.com/events/tracey-emin-i-will-miss-you-yesterday-i-will-miss-you-today-i-will-miss-you-tomorrow-and-that-s-how-it-will-always-be) — Show at White Cube Paris, Champs-Élysées / Matignon. A solo exhibition at White Cube Paris, timed to Art Basel Paris. Tracey Emin shows small bronze sculptures and new paintings dealing with desire, forbidden love and loss, drawing on scenes from her home in Margate and her experience of illness.
- **Until Dec 18** · [Gina Pane. A Hot Afternoon](https://artweekguide.com/events/gina-pane-a-hot-afternoon) — Museum at Beaux-Arts de Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés. An exhibition at the Beaux-Arts de Paris of Gina Pane's 'constat' for *A Hot Afternoon*, the action she made for Documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977. It comprises 19 photographs and 10 preparatory drawings, recently acquired by the school, shown with works from its collection and student contributions. RSVP needed.