Paris Art Week 2026

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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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