Talks in Paris

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Talk: Lee Bae ("Attending") and Alma Allen

3:00 PM

Perrotin Marais · Le Marais

Talk at Perrotin Marais around the exhibitions of Lee Bae ('Attending') and Alma Allen. Part of the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art's 'Une Semaine en Galerie' gallery week (17-24 Oct 2026); free entry.

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Cocktail & talk: To Make a World out of Sediment and Sky (Camilla Alberti, Wendi Yan)

6:00 PM

Galerie ArtVerse · Le Marais

Cocktail and talk around the duo show of Camilla Alberti and Wendi Yan curated by Valentina Buzzi, part of the CPGA's Une Semaine en Galerie.

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¡Viva Villa! – day of talks, performances and concerts

2:00 PM

La Gaîté Lyrique · Le Marais

The fourth edition of ¡Viva Villa! brings together nearly forty artists from residencies in Italy, Spain, Japan, the United States, Saudi Arabia, India and France for a day of talks, workshops, round tables, screenings, performances and concerts previewing their work. Free public access.

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Stan Douglas in conversation + catalogue signing (opening day of Parallax)

6:00 PM

Jeu de Paume – Auditorium · Concorde / Tuileries

On the first day of his exhibition Parallax, Stan Douglas presents the works in the show in a talk at the Jeu de Paume auditorium, followed by a signing of the exhibition catalogue in the bookshop. Tickets €6/€4.

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Meet the artist & signing: Julie Navarro

7:00 PM

Galerie Wagner · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Meeting and signing with painter Julie Navarro at Galerie Wagner.

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Alain Gomis in conversation with Nell Irvin Painter – closing night of the Gomis retrospective

7:00 PM

mk2 bibliothèque × Centre Pompidou · 13e / Paris Rive Gauche

Filmmaker Alain Gomis invites American historian Nell Irvin Painter, author of The History of White People, for a public conversation closing the Centre Pompidou's retrospective 'Alain Gomis. Histoires communes'.

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Talk: Giorgio Morandi. Un lieu de l’infini

2:30 PM · Oct 21 – 24

Galleria di Arte Maggiore g.a.m. · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk at Galleria di Arte Maggiore g.a.m. around the group show 'Giorgio Morandi. Un lieu de l’infini'. Part of the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art's 'Une Semaine en Galerie' gallery week (17-24 Oct 2026); free entry. Daily 14:30–15:30.

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Jacques Herzog lecture (Centre Pompidou 'La parole au Centre')

6:00 PM

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne · Latin Quarter

Architect Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron speaks about the interactions between art and architecture in the practice's work – from exhibiting and museum projects to collaborations with artists from Rémy Zaugg to Ai Weiwei and Thomas Ruff. Free, on booking.

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Angélica Liddell: « El barroco en la sangre »

7:00 PM

Musée du Louvre – Auditorium Michel Laclotte · Palais-Royal / Louvre

Spanish theatre director and performer Angélica Liddell discusses her visual sources, notably Zurbarán and the Spanish Baroque, in conversation with NRF editor-in-chief Olivia Gesbert, on the occasion of the Zurbarán and Sculpter la couleur exhibitions. In French and Spanish; tickets €5–10.

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Book signing: Métèques et météores (Huang Yong Ping)

10:00 AM

Mennour, 26 avenue Matignon · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Morning book signing for Métèques et météores, a publication linked to the estate of Huang Yong Ping, at Mennour's avenue Matignon space.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: MusVerre: a unique collection of contemporary glass art in France

11:00 AM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by Laura Bouvard, head of collections at MusVerre (Sars-Poteries), on the museum's contemporary glass collection. In French. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: Reciprocal influences France–Belgium

1:00 PM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by Ludovic Recchia, curator of the Keramis ceramics museum (Belgium), on exchanges between French and Belgian ceramics. In French. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Meet the artist: Julien Discrit – Pluie Fossile

2:00 PM · Oct 22 – 24

Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou · Le Marais

Artist Julien Discrit is present at the gallery for meetings and book signings around his exhibition 'Pluie Fossile'.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: Heritage crafts and contemporary creation: a sacred union?

2:00 PM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by Yann Grienenberger, director of the Centre International d'Art Verrier in Meisenthal. In French. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Conversations | Among friends: Simone Fattal and Hans Ulrich Obrist

2:15 PM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Artist Simone Fattal and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist revisit their long-running exchange, taking Fattal's exhibition 'Cities at the Bottom of a Lake' at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris and her work in the Art Basel Paris Public Program as a starting point. Held in French with simultaneous English subtitles.

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Joy Sorman: talk and book signing (La vie brute) at Outsider' Paris

3:00 PM

Outsider' Paris - Bastille Design Center · Bastille / Oberkampf

French writer Joy Sorman meets the public and signs her book La vie brute (Flammarion) at the fourth edition of Outsider' Paris, the art brut and outsider art fair held during Paris art week.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: One Material, Many Languages: Italian Ceramics after the War (Albisola, Faenza, Rome)

3:00 PM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by art and design historian Dr. Lisa Hockemeyer on post-war Italian ceramics. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Meet the artist: Alain Biet at Galerie Person

3:00 PM

Galerie Person · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Meeting with artist Alain Biet in the group show 'Avant que tout ne disparaisse'.

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Meet the artist: Sophie Bloch – Reliefs

3:00 PM

LooLooLook Gallery · Palais-Royal / Louvre

Painter Sophie Bloch meets visitors and signs at LooLooLook Gallery during her exhibition 'Reliefs'.

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Conversations | How do you build a monument? Eva Jospin and Laurent Dumas

3:30 PM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Artist Eva Jospin and collector Laurent Dumas (Emerige Group) discuss how commissions develop between artist and patron, drawing on collaborations such as Jospin's cardboard forest La Traversée for Beaupassage, as Dumas opens the art centre Large on the Île Seguin; moderated by Art Basel Executive Editor Coline Milliard. Held in French with simultaneous English subtitles.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: 'Ne plus tourner autour du pot' – the post-war ceramic revolution

4:00 PM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by Anne Lajoix, expert consultant and doctor in art history, on the post-war revolution in ceramics. In French. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Conversations | Can an experience be the artwork? Alexandre de Betak and Massimiliano Gioni

4:45 PM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Alexandre de Betak, known for immersive fashion environments and now presenting his light-and-space installations as an artistic practice, talks with New Museum director Massimiliano Gioni about whether experience itself can be an artistic medium. Held in English with simultaneous French subtitles.

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Book launch & signing: Mohamed Bourouissa – Pour Noubia

5:00 PM

Mennour, 47 rue Saint-André-des-Arts · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Launch and signing of the book Pour Noubia, linked to artist Mohamed Bourouissa, at Mennour's Saint-André-des-Arts gallery.

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Talk: José Loureiro – Les commensaux

6:00 PM · Oct 22 – 24

Galerie Maubert · Le Marais

Talk at Galerie Maubert around the solo show of José Loureiro. Part of the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art's 'Une Semaine en Galerie' gallery week (17-24 Oct 2026); free entry. Daily 18:00–19:00.

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Talk: Philippe Dagen and Pascal Convert on 'Lucie Aubrac by Lucie'

6:00 PM

Musée national Picasso-Paris · Le Marais

Art historian Philippe Dagen and artist Pascal Convert in conversation to mark the release of Convert's book 'Lucie Aubrac by Lucie'. Free, RSVP required.

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Talk: Jean Moral – Autoportrait(s)

6:00 PM · Oct 22 – 23

Galerie Gilles Peyroulet & Cie · Le Marais

Talks at Galerie Gilles Peyroulet around the Jean Moral photography retrospective.

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Talk: Au temps des plantes

7:00 PM

Galerie écho 119 · Le Marais

Talk at écho 119 around the photography exhibition 'Au temps des plantes' (Grégoire Eloy, Rinko Kawauchi, Rieko Koga, Anaïs Tondeur, Jesse Wallace).

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AKAA Talk: Classical African art and contemporary African art – complementary markets?

11:00 AM

Le Carreau du Temple – Auditorium · Le Marais

Panel moderated by journalist and curator Armelle Malvoisin with Didier Claes, Philippe Boutté (Magnin-A) and Frantz Dufour (Galerie Afrique) on bridges between collectors of classical and contemporary African art. In French.

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Talk: 'Cahiers d'Art: 100 Years of Modernism' catalogue discussion

11:00 AM

Musée national Picasso-Paris · Le Marais

Discussion of the catalogue 'Cahiers d'Art: 100 Years of Modernism' with Cécile Debray, Staffan Ahrenberg and Johan Popelard. Free, RSVP required.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: The Musée du Verre de Charleroi: 50 years of promoting glass art and heritage

11:30 AM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by Catherine Thomas, curator of the Musée du Verre de Charleroi. In French. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Conversations | Museum futures: Centre Pompidou – the next 50 years

11:30 AM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Centre Pompidou President Laurent Le Bon talks with journalist Claire Chazal about what the institution should become beyond its 2030 reopening after its current closure for renovation. Held in French with simultaneous English subtitles.

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AKAA Face to Face: conversation with Amadeo Carvalho

1:30 PM

Le Carreau du Temple (AKAA fair floor) · Le Marais

Informal conversation with artist Amadeo Carvalho at booth C7 of AKAA, part of the fair's Face to Face programme. In English.

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Conversations | Artist one-on-ones: Ibrahim Mahama

2:15 PM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama, a 2025 Art Basel Awards Gold Medalist, speaks with Fondation Cartier curator Aby Gaye-Duparc, curator of his Paris exhibition 'The Harvest Season', about the institutions he has founded in Tamale and his work with local communities. Held in English with simultaneous French subtitles.

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Menart Fair Round Table: Where Is Home?

3:00 PM

Galerie Joseph – Turenne (Menart Fair Project Room, 1st floor) · Le Marais

Round table (in French) on the 2026 Menart Fair theme 'Where Is Home?', held in the fair's Project Room.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: The Sèvres manufactory in the 18th century – in praise of virtuosity

3:00 PM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by art historian Catherine Trouvet on 18th-century Sèvres porcelain. In French. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Conversations | Artist one-on-ones: Zanele Muholi

3:30 PM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Visual activist Zanele Muholi talks with curator and filmmaker Pascale Obolo (Afrikadaa) about the camera as a means of claiming a place in history, against the backdrop of the photography exhibition 'Remember Me' at the Bourse de Commerce. Held in English with simultaneous French subtitles.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: Contemporary Korean ceramics: a living, constantly changing landscape

4:00 PM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by Jiyoon An, founder and director of the Korean art consultancy Say hhh. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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AKAA Talk: The Impact of Private Foundations on the Contemporary African Art Market

4:30 PM

Le Carreau du Temple – Auditorium · Le Marais

Panel moderated by Marie Diehl (Metis Arts and Development Fund) with Victoria Jaunasse (ellipse art projects), Christine Blachère (Fondation Blachère) and Emmanuel Berrar (Yavarhoussen Fund). In French.

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Conversations | Artist one-on-ones: Stanislava Kovalcikova

4:45 PM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Artist Stanislava Kovalcikova, winner of the 2026 Reiffers Initiatives Prize, discusses her layered paintings and the theatrical environments she builds around them with Pinault Collection advisor Caroline Bourgeois. Held in English with simultaneous French subtitles.

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Menart Fair Round Table: Project Room Algérie

5:00 PM

Galerie Joseph – Turenne (Menart Fair Project Room, 1st floor) · Le Marais

Round table (in French) on the Algeria Project Room 'Standing in front of the image', curated by Wassyla Tamzali, at Menart Fair.

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AKAA Face to Face: conversation with Midegbeyan Ojisua

5:00 PM

Le Carreau du Temple (AKAA fair floor) · Le Marais

Informal conversation with artist Midegbeyan Ojisua at stand C9 of AKAA, part of the fair's Face to Face programme. In English.

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Regards sur Louise Bourgeois: curators' talk and film screening (BnF at INHA)

6:00 PM

INHA - Galerie Colbert, auditorium Jacqueline Lichtenstein · Palais-Royal / Louvre

The curators of the BnF exhibition Louise Bourgeois. Extrême tension (Marie-Laure Bernadac, Cécile Pocheau-Lesteven and Anne Monfort-Tanguy) discuss its themes, followed by a screening of Marie-Eve de Grave's documentary Louise Bourgeois, la sculpture et la colère (2025, 57 min).

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Talk: Jean Moral

6:00 PM

Galerie Gilles Peyroulet & Cie · Le Marais

Talk at Galerie Gilles Peyroulet & Cie around the solo show of Jean Moral. Part of the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art's 'Une Semaine en Galerie' gallery week (17-24 Oct 2026); free entry.

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Penser le Présent: Kader Attia and Jacinto Lageira at the Beaux-Arts de Paris

7:00 PM

Beaux-Arts de Paris – Amphithéâtre des loges · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Kader Attia discusses his concept of 'repair' with theorist Jacinto Lageira, followed by a signing of two books co-published by the Beaux-Arts de Paris, including his Louvre lectures as 'Hôte du Louvre'. Free entry.

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Mathieu Lehanneur: book signing and conversation at Librairie 7L

7:00 PM

Librairie 7L · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Designer Mathieu Lehanneur signs his new Phaidon monograph at the bookshop founded by Karl Lagerfeld, with a conversation at 19:00 with Constance Rubini, director of the Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design de Bordeaux.

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Le Temps de la parole – opening weekend talks for 'Le Temps des récoltes'

11:00 AM

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain – Parliament of Ghosts · Palais-Royal / Louvre

A day of conversations inside Parliament of Ghosts with the artists of Ibrahim Mahama's exhibition and invited thinkers: a keynote by Mahama (11:30), then panels on museums and restitution (with Bénédicte Savoy and Anne Lafont), photographing Ghana's independence (James Barnor), plantations and extractivism, non-aligned solidarities, textiles, and postcolonial architecture.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: Contemporary Taiwanese ceramics

11:00 AM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by Mael Bellec, curator at the Musée Cernuschi. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Conversations | Museum futures: The Louvre's renaissance

11:30 AM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Christophe Leribault, President-Director of the Musée du Louvre since February 2026, talks with journalist Claire Chazal about the museum's future beyond the 'Louvre – Nouvelle Renaissance' renovation project. Held in French with simultaneous English subtitles.

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Conversations | Painting beyond the canvas: Renée Levi

2:45 PM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Swiss painter Renée Levi and Audemars Piguet Contemporary curator Audrey Teichmann discuss Levi's façade commission September (2026) for London's Hayward Gallery and her architecture-scaled painting practice; moderated by Nicolas Trembley. Held in French with simultaneous English subtitles.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres: contemporary projects and heritage productions of 2026

3:00 PM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by Cédric Petitnicolas of the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres. In French. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Meet the artist: Sophie Bloch – Reliefs

3:00 PM

LooLooLook Gallery · Palais-Royal / Louvre

Painter Sophie Bloch meets visitors and signs at LooLooLook Gallery during her exhibition 'Reliefs'.

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Menart Fair Round Table: The Arab museum boom – Are we building structures or audiences?

3:00 PM

Galerie Joseph – Turenne (Menart Fair Project Room, 1st floor) · Le Marais

Round table (in English) on the recent growth of museums in the Arab world, held in the Menart Fair Project Room.

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Conversations | How to build an artist's legacy: Pauline Pavec and Jeffrey Deitch

3:30 PM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Gallerists Pauline Pavec (Galerie Pavec) and Jeffrey Deitch examine how dealers help secure an artist's place in history and manage estates; moderated by Marine Van Schoonbeek of Thanks for Nothing. Held in English with simultaneous French subtitles.

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Talk: Zao Wou-Ki – Henri Michaux, Chine – Occident

4:00 PM

Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk at Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès around its Zao Wou-Ki and Henri Michaux exhibition.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: Round table – Armenia: tradition and contemporary creation in ceramics, 18th century to today

4:00 PM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Round table with Frédéric Fringhian (Musée arménien de France), Narot Setrakyan (Muscari) and ceramists Anush Ghukasyan and Ani Qananyan (Projet MENK), moderated by Rafaël Pic (Le Quotidien de l'Art). Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Conversations | Life as art: Jordan Roth and Linda Yablonsky

4:45 PM

Grand Palais – Auditorium · Champs-Élysées / Matignon

Broadway producer and artist Jordan Roth, whose installation To Think of the Tranquil Life of Things is shown at the Hôtel de Guise during Design Miami Paris, talks with art journalist Linda Yablonsky about what happens when life becomes material. Held in English with simultaneous French subtitles.

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Menart Fair Round Table: Arab Art Yesterday, Arab Art Today

5:00 PM

Galerie Joseph – Turenne (Menart Fair Project Room, 1st floor) · Le Marais

Round table (in English) on modern and contemporary Arab art, held in the Menart Fair Project Room.

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KADIST artist talk: Kader Attia & Ari Gautier – From the Inner Voice to the Outer Paths

6:00 PM

KADIST Paris · Montmartre / 18e

Evening with artist Kader Attia, curator of the 7th Kochi-Muziris Biennale, and author-poet Ari Gautier: guided tour of 'Archives des invisibles' at 18:00, conversation introduced by KADIST co-founder Sandra Terdjman at 18:30, then drinks at 19:30.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: Sèvres vases at the Musée du Louvre

6:00 PM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by Daniel Alcouffe, honorary general curator at the Musée du Louvre. In French. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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AKAA Face to Face: conversation with Rachel Malaika

6:00 PM

Le Carreau du Temple (AKAA fair floor) · Le Marais

Informal conversation with artist Rachel Malaika at booth A11 of AKAA, part of the fair's Face to Face programme. In French.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: Powerhouse Arts: fabricating ceramic artwork with artist estates

11:00 AM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk in English by Biata Roytburd, ceramics studio director at Powerhouse Arts (New York). Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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Ceramic Art Fair + Glass talk: AI to create a work of art collectively at a distance

2:00 PM

Maison de l'Amérique latine · Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Talk by Bertrand Dussauge, founder of Studio meta-k. In French. Part of the Ceramic Art Fair + Glass programme at the Maison de l'Amérique latine.

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AKAA Talk: Identity and Censorship – Frédérique Chapuis and Gabriel Dia

2:30 PM

Le Carreau du Temple (AKAA fair floor) · Le Marais

Conversation in the AKAA Photo Lounge (booth D8) between journalist and curator Frédérique Chapuis and Senegalese photographer Gabriel Dia on identity, gender norms and censorship.

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AKAA Face to Face: conversation with Tania Arancia

4:00 PM

Le Carreau du Temple (AKAA fair floor) · Le Marais

Informal conversation with artist Tania Arancia at stand D5 of AKAA, part of the fair's Face to Face programme. In French.

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Le Temps de la parole: Michael Armitage in conversation with Chris Dercon

5:00 PM

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain – Parliament of Ghosts · Palais-Royal / Louvre

Painter Michael Armitage, founder of the Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, talks with Fondation Cartier director Chris Dercon about independent art institutions emerging across Africa, such as NCAI and Ibrahim Mahama's Red Clay in Tamale. Part of the opening weekend of 'Le Temps des récoltes'.

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