HISTORY OF
FINE ARTS PARIS
2017
Creation of Fine Arts Paris by the organizers of the Salon du Dessin: L’Agence d’Événements Culturels.
This new event which they hoped to be eclectic, selective, and convivial, aimed to confirm Paris’ position as a major centre for the international art market.
So, for the first edition, 34 galleries from France, Europe and the USA presented their latest acquisitions in the prestigious Palais Brongniart.
2018
For its second edition, Fine Arts Paris has developed its cultural program and has created a Fine Arts Week.
Like the “Drawing Week” held every year in March for the past twenty years or so, the aim of this week is to encourage the discovery or rediscovery of museums collections in Paris and the Ile-de-France.
Collectors, connoisseurs and experts are invited to private exclusive events, great occasions for exchanges and wonder, thanks to the involvement of curators and directors of the partner institutions of Fine Arts Paris.
The Fine Arts Week
Sculpture week
To echo especially important recent events in the world of Sculpture, the first Fine Arts Week was entirely dedicated to this art.
The Fine Arts Week 2018, called for this occasion Sculpture Week, ran from Monday 5 to Sunday 11 November 2018.
Publication
The Heyday of Sculpture
On the occasion of its second edition, FINE ARTS PARIS is proud to publish The Heyday of Sculpture : 1850 – 1880, gathering 12 scientific texts from renowned scholars, under the supervision of Mrs Antoinette Le Normand-Romain.
Exhibition
“Sculptors as Painters, Painters as Sculptors”
The example of Henry de Triqueti
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Orléans and the Musée Girodet in Montargis have worked together to present at Fine Arts Paris the rich work of Henry de Triqueti (1803-1874), a painter whose sculptures made him famous.
The two museums, which were bequeathed the contents of the artist’s studio by his daughter, Blanche Lee Childe, will exhibit selected pieces that show how diverse Triqueti’s materials and techniques were, among them line drawing, polychrome, terracotta studies, oil painting, plaster modellos and fine marble.
A typical 19th century artist in terms of the creative abundance of his research, Triqueti freely combined different materials and drawing styles, as did Eugène Devéria and other contemporaries, to illustrate original, appealing aesthetic concepts.
Henry de TRIQUETI
(1803-1874)
Homère se désaltérant
Inv. 947.51, Musée Girodet, Montargis
2019
In 2019, for its third edition, Fine Arts Paris pursued its wish to promote the influence of Paris as a stronghold of the world art market thanks to the works selected by its exhibitors and a rich program of cultural events composed of a museum exhibition within the Salon itself, and a Fine Arts Week, organized in partnership with some twenty Ile-de-France institutions and museums.
Exhibition
La Piscine de Roubaix
As guest of the Fine Arts Paris 2019 edition, La Piscine – Musée d’Art et d’industrie André Diligent de Roubaix presented a museum-quality exhibition at the fair. This exhibition has sum up the spirit of the museum with a selection from its collection.
La Piscine–Musée d’Art et d’Industrie André-Diligent in Roubaix, France, is a true success story: a municipal building typical of the 1920s has been converted into a museum that is praised far beyond the borders of France.
With the support of La Piscine’s Friends Society and Circle of Patrons, the museum’s team has welcome visitors to the show with iconic works by such artists as Camille Claudel, Joseph Bernard, Marc Chagall, Jean Lurçat, Albert Braïtou-Sala, Jean-René Gauguin, Christian Astuguevieille and Marc Alberghina. The centre of the space was occupied by an unusual, never-before-exhibited plaster by Paul Cornet (1892-1977), a sort of futuristic reinterpretation of Rodin’s The Thinker. La Piscine was seeking donors for its restoration.
Street-Art performance
Andrea Ravo Mattoni reproduces Luca Giordano
Thursday the 14th of November, live performance of Andrea Ravo Mattoni at Fine Arts Paris. The street-artist reproduced a work by Luca Giordano (1634-1705), whose retrospective exhibition opened in the Petit Palais on the same day.
After the Fair, Ravo’s work was exhibited at the Le Sinner hotel, 116 rue du Temple in Paris and sold in the urban art Artcurial sale on February 23, 2020. It was auctioned for 7,000 euros (including fees).
The sale’s benefits were for the restoration of the plaster The Thinker by Paul Cornet, kept in La Piscine – musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent of Roubaix.
2020
Due to the announcement of a 4-week confinement and despite the determination of its organizers, Fine Arts Paris was forced to cancel its edition scheduled for November 26 to 29, 2020 at the Palais Brongniart, as well as the Semaine des Beaux- Arts and a scientific symposium.
An alternative 100% digital edition entitled FINE ARTS PARIS ONLINE, took place from November 24 to 29. It brought together 55 participating galleries with nearly 500 works.
2021
For its 5th édition, Fine Arts Paris hosted some 60 galleries at the Carrousel du Louvre and Online, from 6 to 11 November 2021.
Although intimate in dimensions, the young fair was nevertheless ambitious, bringing together the best dealers in the fields of painting, drawing and sculpture but also opening to new specialties like primitive arts, jewellery, Asian art and rare books.
Alongside its habitual exhibitors – Steinitz, Xavier Eeckhout, La Présidence and Marianne Rosenberg – this year’s edition of FINE ARTS PARIS will be hosting new dealers like De Jonckheere, Christian Deydier, Librairie Clavreuil, Royal Provenance, Tanakaya, Patrick & Ondine Mestdagh, Robilant + Voena, Laocoon-Apolloni, as well as the jewellers Véronique Bamps and Walid Akkad.
A scenography by Jacques Garcia
Jacques Garcia has added his sober and elegant touch to the fair’s scenography by transforming the entrance under the famous glass Pyramid.
From the start, visitors found themselves in a strangely oneiric world. The famous decorator and interior designer has taken inspiration from the 14th century (Charles V) defence system discovered when the Carrousel was being built.
The result will be a Contemporary theatrical atmosphere involving 14 mineral and vegetable ‘elements’.
The Arts Week
One of Fine Arts Paris’s strong points is its links between collectors, dealers and institutions.
Apart from attracting numerous museum curators, Fine Arts Paris organises an Arts Week, an external itinerary offering private visits to around twenty partner museums including the Victor Hugo House, the Condé Museum, The Army Museum (Musée de l’Armée), the Artists Foundation, the Château de Fontainebleau, Paris’s School of Fine Arts (Beaux-Arts de Paris) and the Emile Hermès Collection.
Two symposiums
Fine Arts Paris also hosted two scientific symposiums at the Petit Palais: one devoted to Watteau and his entourage, marking the 300th anniversary of the death of this central figure in 18th century French art. The other discussed the research conducted by Geneviève Bresc-Bautier into 16th and 17th century sculpture, in collaboration with Sophie Jugie, Director of the Louvre Sculpture Department.
Read the complete program
Jean-Baptiste Pater
Fête galante
Oil on panel, 48.6 × 64.5 cm
Chicago, Art Institute, Max and Leola Epstein Collection, inv. 1954.295
© The Art Institute of Chicago
2022
This 6th edition inaugurated the synergy with the Biennale Paris. The show was held under the name “Fine Arts Paris la Biennale”. It took place at the Carrousel du Louvre from November 9 to 13, 2022, and brought together 84 exhibitors.
Conference
The current issues of the art market in galleries
On the occasion of Fine Arts Paris & la Biennale, this discussion moderated by Guy Boyer, editorial director of Connaissance des Arts, focused on the current challenges facing galleries.
Conference organized by Connaissance des Arts, with the Syndicat National des Antiquaires and the Comité professionnel des galeries d’art. It was held in the conference room of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD), 111 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris
Exhibition
The Lurçat house-studio
Fondation Jean et Simone Lurçat – Académie des beaux-arts
At the heart of the Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale, we invited the Jean and Simone Lurçat Foundation – Academy of Fine Arts to let the public discover the atmosphere of the Lurçat house-studio, through photographs of the spaces and a panel of works representative of Jean Lurçat’s creativity: tapestries, paintings, drawings…
Study day
Questions of style and interior design
This study day, which takes advantage of the physical proximity between Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale with the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, examined these interior reconstitutions from different points of view, bringing into play collecting and museum practices, material culture, intellectual discourse, and social habitus.
The Lurçat Foundation exhibition
Saturday, November 12, 2022
The exhibition of the Jean and Simone Lurçat Foundation introduces us to the atmosphere of the Lurçat house-workshop.
Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale 2022 in pictures
Friday, November 11, 2022
A first look at the stands of the 2022 edition of Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale at the Carrousel du Louvre from 9 to 13 November 2022
Virtual visit of Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale 2022
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Fine Arts & La Biennale as if you were there! Come and walk through the aisles of the fair in this virtual tour of the fair.
Award ceremony for the SNA Art Book Prize 2022
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
The 22nd SNA Art Book Prize was awarded, during the fair, to Stéphane Guégan for “Caillebotte. Peintre des extrêmes”.
The “fabulous” prizes of Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
The Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale honorary committee awarded the prizes of the “most fabulous” stand and object, and a special mention…
Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale Gala Dinner 2022
Monday, November 7, 2022
A grand Gala dinner, with the starred chef Matthias Marc, previewed Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale to over 550 guests. A look behind the scenes…
2023 Edition
In 2023, Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale became FAB Paris.
The salon was held at the Grand Palais Éphémère from November 22nd to 26th, 2023, where it brought together 110 exhibitors from 12 countries representing 12 specialties.
FAB Paris: The big leap towards excellence!
Monday, December 4, 2023
20,000 visitors and many transactions: a glance at the very positive results of the 2023 edition of the FAB Paris fair.
Success for the 5 young talents invited to FAB Paris!
Sunday, November 26, 2023
The five promising and still confidential young galleries invited this year have all sold their exhibited artworks!
FAB Paris, 2023 edition, in pictures
Saturday, November 25, 2023
A look at the successfull 2023 edition of FAB Paris, held from November 22 to 26 at the Grand Palais Éphémère, in Paris.
Visit of the President & the Minister of Culture
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
A look back at the visit of the President of the Republic, the First Lady, and the Minister of Culture, during the opening.
Le Mobilier national, guest institution 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023
The “FABulous” installation creates a dialogue between the National Furniture collections and the contemporary creation.
Exhibition: 5 young talents at FAB Paris
Saturday, October 28, 2023
FAB Paris is showcasing the work of five promising young galleries in a space designed by decorator Victor Cadène.
FAB Paris, an international art fair on the rise
Saturday, July 1, 2023
110 galleries – 25% more than in 2022 – from 12 different countries, will join the Grand Palais Ephémère from November 22 to 26, 2023.
Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale becomes FAB Paris
Monday, March 13, 2023
Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale changes its name to FAB Paris, moves to a new location, expands and unveils its new graphic identity.
2024 Edition
Under the glass roof of the Grand Palais, 100 exhibitors gathered for the 2024 edition of FAB Paris, from November 22nd to 27th, 2024. More than 25% of them were newcomers and one-third were foreign dealers from 9 different countries. Together, they represented nearly 20 specialties.
Over the course of six days, the event welcomed over 30,000 visitors.
FAB Paris 2024 in pictures
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
A look at the 2024 edition of FAB Paris, through the stands of 100 exhibitors gathered at the Grand Palais
A concert by the Gautier Capuçon Foundation
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
FAB Paris welcomes the Gautier Capuçon Foundation for a concert on Saturday, November 23
Symposium 2024: Museum acquisition policies in France and the USA
Update, Monday, November 18, 2024
Six conferences based on a dialogue between two curators, on Friday, November 22 from 10 AM to 6 PM…
6 Young Talents at FAB Paris 2024
Monday, November 11, 2024
FAB Paris is honoring 6 promising and still under-the-radar young galleries in a space designed by Victor Bonnivard.
2024 guest: Le plus grand musée de France
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
FAB Paris welcomes “Le Plus Grand Musée de France”, a campaign by the “La Sauvegarde de l’Art Français” Foundation
Exhibition 2024: A Rothschild on the Riviera
Thuesday, July 16, 2024
The collections of Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild at FAB Paris: an exhibition of some fifty objects, designed by Jacques Garcia
2025 Edition
FAB Paris kicked off the major art fair season at the start of the 2025 academic year by bringing together around a hundred internationally renowned exhibitors in the main hall of the Grand Palais from 20 to 24 September, in a reimagined setting based on an original concept by Constance Guisset and scenography by Sylvie Zerat.
The guest of honour at this year’s event was the Nissim de Camondo Museum.
Xavier Eeckhout appointed president of the Fine Arts Paris art fair
Monday, 6 October 2025
Xavier Eeckhout takes over as president of Fine Arts Paris, which has just successfully concluded its latest edition (FAB Paris 2025) and will now be held annually at the Grand Palais during the second half of September.
A look back in pictures at FAB Paris 2025
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
High-quality, creative museum exhibits, top-notch galleries, a high standard of selected pieces, and a warm atmosphere shared by visitors: a look back in pictures at the superb FAB Paris 2025 edition, praised by the press, featuring all of our exhibitors’ stands.
The designers’ and decorators’ favourite pieces at FAB Paris 2025
Friday ,19 September 2025
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Timothy Corrigan, Nathalie Crinière, François-Joseph Graf, Constance Guisset, Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Charles Zana, Alexandre-Benjamin Navet: discover in video the favorites of decorators and designers at FAB Paris 2025.
At the Opening of FAB Paris 2025
Saturday 20 September 2025
A look back at the opening day of FAB Paris 2025, with a selection of guests who honoured us with their presence.
The Nissim de Camondo Museum, guest of honour at FAB Paris 2025
Update Thursday Sep.18, 2025
The Nissim de Camondo Museum will exhibit artworks outside its walls for the first time in its history.
As part of its restoration, a selection of approximately sixty major artworks will be exceptionally presented to the public during the 2025 edition of FAB Paris, with the aim of mobilizing the heritage community around the Camondo legacy.
A donation campaign has been launched to support its restoration: link in this article.
The FAB Paris 2025 catalogue
Friday, 12 September 2025
Prepare for your visit to FAB Paris with the catalogue!
Find all the exhibitors, guests, committees and partners for the 2025 edition, which will be held at the Grand Palais from 20 to 24 September.
“Live” restoration of a painting by COARC – Ville de Paris
Thursday, 4 September 2025
For its first participation in FAB Paris, the City of Paris is proposing to showcase the materiality of art by displaying, at the heart of its stand, the live restoration of a painting by Hippolyte Lazerges (1817–1887) from the Sorbonne chapel.
Creation of the CPGA-FAB Prize
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
The Professional Committee of Art Galleries and FAB Paris are pleased to announce the creation of the CPGA-FAB Prize, which will be awarded for the first time during the 2025 edition of the fair.
Young Talents of FAB Paris 2025
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
For the third consecutive year, FAB Paris’s ‘Young Talents’ space is giving young dealers the opportunity to exhibit pieces priced at less than €25,000.
This year, the exhibition curators have chosen Joseph Lacroix-Nahmias, Arthur Laurentin, Thomas Rey and Manolo Vosse.
The scenography for this space has been entrusted to young architect and designer Edgar Jayet.
100 studios, 100 artists, The French scene
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Connaissance des Arts and photographer Antoine Schneck are unveiling a preview of around thirty photos from the series 100 ateliers, 100 artistes La scène française (100 studios, 100 artists: the French scene) at FAB Paris.
Produced between 2015 and 2022, this project uses multiple portraits of artists in their studios to highlight the importance of these places in their lives.
Beautés désordonnées
Monday, 30 June 2025
On the occasion of FAB Paris 2025, an unprecedented collaboration between galleries 1900-2000, Brimo de Laroussilhe, Clavreuil, Didier Claes and Georges Philippe & Nathalie Vallois will give birth to “Beauté désordonnées,” a collective exhibition curated by Jean-Hubert Martin that disrupts the traditional codes of artistic presentation.
Art Deco Centenary: Galerie Vallois brings together masterpieces at FAB Paris
Friday 27 June 2025
For its first appearance at FAB Paris, Galerie Vallois is staging a grandiose celebration of the centenary of the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts at the Grand Palais, presenting more than 20 masterpieces of Art Deco.
Constance Guisset elevates FAB Paris
Tuesday 24 June 2025
For the 2025 edition of FAB Paris, renowned designer Constance Guisset brings her creative signature to Sylvie Zerat’s scenography. Between artistic complicity and spatial innovation, this unprecedented collaboration transforms the Grand Palais into a colorful showcase where the excitement of the fair blends with art contemplation.
FAB Paris in Asia: Strengthening Ties
Wednesday 18 June 2025
FAB Paris is stepping up its international outreach strategy with a high-profile mission to Shanghai, China, confirming its ambition to become a must-attend event for Asian collectors.
Third concert of the Gautier Capuçon Foundation at FAB Paris
Wednesday 11 June 2025
For the third consecutive year, FAB Paris invites artists from the Gautier Capuçon Foundation to perform a concert at the fair.
It will take place on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM in the Nave of the Grand Palais featuring a duo performance by Elise Bertrand, violin, and Gabriel Durliat, piano.
2026 Edition
Looking back
at the 2026 edition
of Fine Arts Paris
'The 2026 edition of Fine Arts Paris was a resounding success: a vibrant atmosphere, outstanding sales, and an exceptionally active international clientele.
A promising sign for 2027.'
Xavier Eeckhout,
President of Fine Arts Paris
As France’s only international multidisciplinary arts event, Fine Arts Paris brought together, at the Grand Palais in September, around a hundred galleries covering all periods and specialisms of the art market.
For this 2026 edition the interior designer Charles Zana brought his creativity to the fair’s scenography.
For the first time, the fair formed part of the "Journées européennes du patrimoine" programme.
© Zionsay
Guest of Honour:
The Musée du Grand Siècle
The Musée du Grand Siècle, which is scheduled to open in 2028, presented its project and collections at Fine Arts Paris.
It offered a preview of the “Grand Siècle” display, which will be installed in its future permanent galleries in Saint-Cloud, featuring a selection of paintings, sculptures, furniture, precious objects and everyday items that tell the story of the arts, sciences and society in 17th-century France.
“New Horizons”: A new section championing new dealers and contemporary makers
It welcomed eleven dealers who were just starting their activity or who had never exhibited at an international fair, as well as contemporary makers across fields as varied as jewellery, ceramics and textiles.
Design luminaries
picked their must-see pieces
Fine Arts Paris strongly reaffirmed its commitment to the worlds of creation, interior design and design, once again inviting a prestigious panel of renowned interior designers to share their “favourites” from among the works presented by the exhibitors.
And also:
- Fabienne Verdier and the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres presented a brand-new collaboration supported by AXA, the fair’s official partner
- A talk organised by AXA on Tuesday 22 September: "Building a collection: a story of passion, emotion and investment"
- For the fourth consecutive year, artists from the Gautier Capuçon Foundation gave a concert at the fair on Saturday 19 September 2026 in the Nave of the Grand Palais.
- The Ville de Paris offered visitors a behind-the-scenes look at conservation and restoration in all its forms, including a live restoration demonstration of a work of art
- "Le plus grand musée de France", a patronage campaign launched over ten years ago by the Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art français, aimed at involving civil society in the restoration of our local treasures, was presented at the fair once again.
- The second edition of the CPGA–Fine Arts Paris Prize, which recognises the quality of a stand’s presentation and artistic selection, was awarded to Haesaerts-le Grelle.
- The “Arts Week” offered VIP tours of around twenty partner museums.
A look back in pictures at the 2026 edition
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Museum-quality exhibitions, new exhibitors and young dealers, acquisitions by museums and international collectors, a scenography by Charles Zana: a look back in pictures at Fine Arts Paris 2026, an edition acclaimed by the press, through the stands of exhibitors, partners and guests.
Building an art collection: the AXA talk
On Tuesday 22 September at 7pm, AXA brings together three experts, Daphné de Marolles, Clarisse Hermelin and Alix Powis, to unpack the key stages of building an art collection, on its stand C26 at the Grand Palais.
The CPGA–Fine Arts Paris Prize 2026 awarded to Haesaert-le Grelle
Saturday 19 September 2026
The CPGA–Fine Arts Paris Prize 2026 was awarded on Friday 18 September 2026 to Haesaert-le Grelle, a gallery specialising in 19th- and 20th-century decorative arts. A special mention was given to Galerie Berès.
How Fine Arts Paris champions the safeguarding of heritage
Friday 18 September 2026
For the first time, Fine Arts Paris joins the European Heritage Days. A look at the fair’s commitment to safeguarding heritage: a guest museum of honour, support for the “Le Plus Grand Musée de France” campaign, and a collaboration with Ville de Paris around the conservation of its artworks.
The Fine Arts Paris 2026 catalogue
Monday 14 September 2026
In this catalogue, you will find all the exhibitors, guests, committees and partners of Fine Arts Paris 2026, which takes place at the Grand Palais from 19 to 23 September
France’s Greatest Museum at Fine Arts Paris 2026
Tuesday 8 September 2026
The Fondation pour la Sauvegarde de l’Art Français is exhibiting three restored seventeenth-century masterpieces on stand S18 at Fine Arts Paris, as part of its campaign “Le Plus Grand Musée de France”.
Second edition of the CPGA–Fine Arts Paris Prize
Friday 4 September 2026
For its second edition, the CPGA-Fine Arts Paris Prize rewards the stand that combines originality and high standards. It will be awarded on Friday 18 September 2026 at 5.30pm at the Grand Palais, by a jury bringing together collectors, art market professionals and cultural institutions.
“New Horizons” section: the next generation
Thursday 27 August 2026
Fine Arts Paris is launching “New Horizons”, a new section of the fair reserved for eleven young dealers who are either starting out or exhibiting at a major international fair for the first time.
Specialising in varied fields, these galleries combine a digital presence with a strong attachment to meeting collectors in person.
Discover Fine Arts Paris Differently: Concert and Guided Tours Not to Be Missed
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Two special tickets for exclusive experiences at Fine Arts Paris: the Fondation Gautier Capuçon laureates’ concert and Artstorming guided tours through an eclectic selection of booths.
The VIP lounge by Studio Andrée Putman
Friday 14 August, 2026
Studio Andrée Putman is presenting a selection of pieces in the VIP lounge at Fine Arts Paris. This exhibition is part of the celebration of the centennial of its iconic founder, Andrée Putman.
Behind the scenes of conservation and restoration with the Ville de Paris
Monday, July 13, 2026
As part of the Fine Arts Paris fair, the Ville de Paris is offering visitors a behind-the-scenes look at conservation and restoration in all its forms, including a live restoration demonstration of a work of art
AXA, official partner of Fine Arts Paris
Saturday 11 July, 2026
At Fine Arts Paris 2026, Fabienne Verdier and the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres are presenting a brand-new collaboration supported by AXA, the fair’s official partner.
Fourth concert of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon
Thursday 25 June, 2026
Fine Arts Paris is welcoming artists from the Fondation Gautier Capuçon to give a concert during the fair, on Saturday 19 September 2026, with a duo performance by Mirabelle Kajenjeri (piano) and Elias David Moncado (violin).
The Musée du Grand Siècle guest of honour at Fine Arts Paris 2026
Friday 22 May 2026
The Musée du Grand Siècle, due to open in 2028, will present its project and collections at Fine Arts Paris from 19 to 23 September 2026. In particular, it will discuss the ‘Grand Siècle’ exhibition, which will be on display in its future permanent galleries in Saint-Cloud.
Charles Zana, guest designer, Fine Arts Paris 2026
Friday, 17 April 2026
We are delighted to announce Charles Zana as the guest designer of Fine Arts Paris 2026!
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