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Yto Barrada to represent France at 2026 Venice Biennale

Barrada was selected for her “multidisciplinary practice that brings together various artistic and social communities in search of a new utopia”

French parliamentary elections 2024: candidates outline plans for arts and culture

Rassemblement National, New Popular Front and Renaissance politicians discuss policy areas, closing the Centre Pompidou and free entry to museums

Alexandre Crochet. Additional reporting by Gareth Harris

Paris court finds billionaire dealer Guy Wildenstein guilty of tax fraud

He has received a four year prison sentence and been fined €1m for concealing from authorities a massive art collection to avoid paying inheritance tax

Perrotin pulls out of Dubai gallery and ends secondary market collaboration in Paris

The prominent French dealer has ceased his partnership with Tom-David Bastok and Dylan Lessel

Paris to get new fair for Latin American art next September

Mira will bring together around 20 galleries at the Maison de l'Amérique Latine

Art fairspreview

Art collective Slavs and Tatars curates a Central Asian-focused Asia Now fair in Paris

More than 85 galleries will show at this year's edition, which takes place at the historic Monnaie de Paris for the second-year running

Louvre interrupts sale of €2.6m record-breaking terracotta sculpture

Under patrimony laws the museum cannot intervene during the auction but can buy up works at the final price

Alexandre Crochet. With additional reporting by Gareth Harris

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to Marrakech after two-year hiatus

The number of galleries from Africa has more than halved since 2020, but sales were steady among the 12 new exhibitors

Art marketanalysis

International buyers, from US museums to Korean collectors, boost sales at Paris+ par Art Basel—but big crowds slow down deals

Staff from the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago were in attendance at the fair's inaugural edition

Eight must-see sculptures from Paris+ par Art Basel's Jardin des Tuileries show

The public programme, Sites, brings together contemporary works artists including Niki de Saint Phalle, Otobong Nkanga and Franz West

Paris+ par Art Basel's director on his long-term vision for the inaugural fair—and how it compares to Fiac

The fair, which opens today, sees 156 galleries gather at the Grand Palais Éphémère

Interview by Alexandre Crochet
Art fairspreview

Asia Now Paris, Europe's premier Asian art fair, moves to the historic Paris Mint

The relocation comes at a time "when Paris is once again a focal point for the art trade," the fair's director says

Billionaires battle it out over the Lalannes at Sotheby’s in Paris

Jose Mugrabi and Antoine Arnault among collectors bidding at "white glove" sale of works by François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne