Returning to the Grand Palais from April 9–12, 2026, Art Paris once again anchors the city’s spring art calendar with a tightly curated mix of modern and contemporary presentations. Now in its 28th edition, the fair brings together more than 160 galleries from over 20 countries, balancing a strong French core with an expanding international outlook.
This year’s edition is shaped by two central themes—“Babel – Art and Language in France” and “Reparation”—which examine systems of communication alongside practices of care, reconstruction, and historical reflection. Across the fair, these ideas unfold through monographic presentations, emerging voices in the Promises sector, and a growing design program, reinforcing Art Paris’s position as a platform for dialogue across disciplines and generations.
With nearly a third of exhibitors participating for the first time and a renewed emphasis on focused, single-artist presentations, the fair offers visitors an opportunity to engage deeply with individual practices. Below, Whitewall highlights eight presentations to seek out at Art Paris 2026.
Camille Tsvetoukhine at Loevenbruck
At Loevenbruck, Camille Tsvetoukhine presents works that engage directly with the language-based inquiries central to this year’s fair. Positioned within the Babel theme, the artist’s practice explores systems of signs and visual codes, creating compositions that oscillate between abstraction and legibility while probing how meaning is constructed and disrupted.
Christiane Löhr at Argo Fine Arts
Christiane Löhr, presented by Argo Fine Arts, continues her delicate investigations into structure and balance through sculptures made from natural materials. Often composed of plant stems, seeds, and fibers, her works embody a quiet precision, revealing complex architectural forms that emerge from organic matter and speak to fragility, growth, and equilibrium.
Javier Carro Temboury at Manon Sailly
At Manon Sailly, Javier Carro Temboury presents work aligned with the fair’s Reparation theme, where ideas of fragmentation and reconstruction take center stage. His practice considers how forms can be reassembled—both materially and conceptually—reflecting on memory, continuity, and the layered nature of history.
Philippine d’Otreppe at EDJI Gallery
Philippine d’Otreppe, presented by EDJI Gallery, offers a contemplative approach to painting rooted in material sensitivity and gesture. Her works unfold through layered surfaces and restrained palettes, emphasizing process and presence while creating a space for reflection that feels both intimate and expansive.
Sarfo Emmanuel Annor at The Bridge Gallery
At The Bridge Gallery, Sarfo Emmanuel Annor brings forward a dynamic painting practice that explores identity and lived experience through color and form. His compositions often balance figuration and abstraction, creating visual rhythms that reflect both personal narratives and broader cultural dialogues.
Gallery Emma Donnersberg
Emma Donnersberg presents her own work through Gallery Emma Donnersberg, where sculptural and design-driven pieces blur the boundaries between art and functional object. Her practice engages material experimentation and contemporary decorative language, contributing to the fair’s expanding focus on design.
Nú Barreto at Galerie Nathalie Obadia
At Galerie Nathalie Obadia, a presentation of works by Nú Barreto centers on Patte white (2021), a composition that distills the artist’s exploration of identity, power, and postcolonial histories into a striking visual language. Barreto’s work often engages the human figure in states of tension and transformation, using bold contrasts and symbolic forms to reflect on displacement and resilience. Here, the surface becomes a site of both confrontation and repair, aligning with the fair’s broader thematic focus on reconstruction and memory.
Yasmine Hadni at AA Gallery
At AA Gallery, Yasmine Hadni presents Pyramide (2024), a work that reflects the artist’s ongoing exploration of form, symbolism, and cultural memory. Known for her distinctive visual language, Hadni constructs compositions that feel both architectural and introspective, where structure becomes a means of navigating personal and collective narratives. In Pyramide, layered geometry and subtle figuration suggest a quiet tension between stability and transformation, positioning the work within broader conversations around identity and reconstruction.
What to Know Art Paris 2026
Location: Grand Palais, Paris…