Artnet News Pro With the Limelight Stolen by Figurative Painting, a Softening Market for Photography Shifts Toward Conceptual Fare Mixed results at Paris Photo and Christie's this month signal changing tastes. By Anna Sansom, Nov 16, 2021
Artnet News Pro Couldn’t Make It to Paris? Here Are 8 Rising-Star Artists That Collectors Were Converging on at the FIAC Week Fairs We scoured the main fair, FIAC, and the satellite fair Asia Now for the most exciting, up-and-coming talent. By Anna Sansom, Oct 26, 2021
Art Fairs Paris Internationale, a Fair by and for Gallerists, Offers an Appealingly Focused Alternative to FIAC. But Will Sales Follow? The emphasis is squarely on creators with solo or duo-artist presentations. By Anna Sansom, Oct 20, 2021
Artnet News Pro Meet 5 Emerging Collectors Who Are Heralding in a New Era of the Art Market in Italy From a former photography gallerist to the founder of an artists’ residency program, these collectors all merit your attention. By Anna Sansom, Oct 11, 2021
Art & Exhibitions How the Fondation Louis Vuitton and an Army of Conservators Persuaded Russia to Green Light a Landmark Exhibition of Modern Art “The Morozov Collection: Icons of Modern Art” is the second exhibition devoted to a major Russian collection at the Paris institution. By Anna Sansom, Sep 27, 2021
Artnet News Pro In Milan, Miart Returns, With Its New Director Doing Everything—Including Sending Poetry—to Lure Galleries. Here’s How It’s Going With Art Basel looming next week, a packed schedule loomed as an issue at the first post-pandemic edition of the fair. By Anna Sansom, Sep 17, 2021
Artnet News Pro Mega-Galleries Keen to Extend Their Tendrils Into Local Scenes Have Boosted the Profile of a Surprisingly Energetic Art Paris The event is the first art fair to take place in the Grand Palais Ephémère. By Anna Sansom, Sep 9, 2021
People The Pandemic May Have Killed the Blockbuster Exhibition. Museum Veteran Chris Dercon Says That’s a Good Thing We spoke to the president of RMN-Grand Palais about his vision for the future of the Paris institution. By Anna Sansom, Aug 10, 2021
Museums & Institutions The Centre Pompidou Has Tapped 39-Year-Old Xavier Rey to Direct the Museum as It Embarks on a Crucial Three-Year Revamp The appointment surprised some observers who had been expecting a woman to be named to the prestigious role. By Anna Sansom, Jul 28, 2021
Museums & Institutions Inside Luma Arles, the Van Gogh-Inspired Arts Tower That Took Mega-Collector Maja Hoffmann (and Frank Gehry) Over a Decade to Build Hoffmann worked closely with architect Frank Gehry to realize her vision. By Anna Sansom, Jun 28, 2021
On View Can Smell Be an Artistic Medium? A Perfume Expert Teamed Up With Joana Vasconcelos and Other Artists to Make ‘Olfactory Sculptures’ The show is on view now at Phillips Paris. By Anna Sansom, Jun 17, 2021
Art World The New Gigantic Pop-Up Version of the Grand Palais, Which Will Host Paris’s Major Arts Events Until 2024, Is an Absolute Engineering Marvel The temporary structure nearby the Eiffel Tower opens to the public on Saturday. By Anna Sansom, Jun 10, 2021
Artnet News Pro A New Fair in Paris Spotlights Art From the Middle East and North Africa. Here’s Our Pick of 5 Hot Artists to Watch at Menart The new fair formed as an alternative to the recently canceled Beirut Art Fair By Anna Sansom, Jun 1, 2021
Art & Exhibitions ‘An Artist Is a Visionary’: Cameroonian Artist Barthélémy Toguo on Why He Began Making Art About Viruses Well Before 2020 Toguo is the first contemporary African artist to have a solo show at Paris's Quai Branly museum. By Anna Sansom, May 25, 2021
Museums & Institutions François Pinault Has Spent Decades Working to Cement Paris as a Hub for New Art. His Spectacular Museum Achieves That Goal After an 11-month delay, the Bourse de Commerce will finally open to the public on May 22. By Anna Sansom, May 19, 2021