Paris Art Week 2026

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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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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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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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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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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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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.