Art Basel Paris and Asia Now fairs, L’Amour ouf cinema… Madame Figaro cultural week

Art Basel Paris reinvents the Grand Palais

Name change. Paris + Art Basel becomes simpler Art Basel Paris. Change of place. the event returns to the Grand Palais, an iconic building that opened in 1900 for the Universal Exhibition, after a three-year hiatus. The 2024 edition brings together 194 galleries from 42 countries and territories, of which 64 have premises in France and 26 are participating in the fair for the first time. Art Basel Paris is structured around three sections: Galleries, which brings together established galleries, Émergence, which, as its name suggests, is dedicated to emerging galleries and artists, and Premise, a new section that brings together nine galleries with an atypical curatorial with suggestions, more comprehensive. re-reading art history. For example, there is a dialogue between the lesser-known photographic works of two German masters, Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter, or the work of Juliet Roche (1884-1980) about marginalized minorities, especially black or gay people… A new initiative. , called “Oh La La !“, will allow galleries to show rarely exhibited works to the public. Add to that the capital’s cultural events, such as Olga de Amaral at the Fondation Cartier or the Tom Wesselmann retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton… All this makes Paris the cornerstone of the world art market. L.K.

Art Basel Paris, October 18 to 20, at the Grand Palais in Paris. artbasel.com:

Asia Now, Ten Years of Art Imitation

The contemporary art fair and production platform filled with artists from all over Asia (and its diaspora) is celebrating its tenth edition in style. 70 galleries and 28 spaces are showcased in a breathtaking program under the artistic direction of the Radicants curatorial cooperative founded by Nicolas Bouriot. At the Monnaie de Paris, Asia Now, directed by Alexandra Fein, is also producing two special projects this year. One with the Britto Arts Trust collective from Bangladesh and the other organized by Cathy Aliu, director of works at the Beaux-Arts Paris, with Sumayya Valli. This architect, the youngest person to design London’s Serpentine Pavilion, will present a new version of his installation in the Main Courtyard. Those who bring rain bring life (“Rain bringers bring life”). About new performances and experiences. So Galleria Continua supports Fire x Fire In Flames, a collaboration between Nikhil Chopra and Uriel Barthelemy. For the first time, New Delhi’s Prameya Art Foundation presents a program of videos from the archives of the Sharjah Fair. Conversations will inform meetings. Monnet will embark on a tour of monumental works. You have to go there to discover, to notice, to immerse yourself. V.B.

Asia Now, October 17 to 20 at the Monnaie de Paris. asianowparis.com:

Love story pop

It is a film overflowing with love, in its subject matter absolute passion, as in its director Gilles Lelouch’s statement to the famous cinema that built it. In Love orf, his second solo production since Large bathroomThe actor tells the story of Clotter and Jackie’s undying romance, from their teenage years in the 1980s to their 30s. To deploy this mural co-written with Audrey Divan and selected in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Gilles Lelouch calls on cult references and great directors from Brian De Palma. Scar face Danny Boyle Train spottingpassing by Boom!. From the Cure to Prince, the music is also deliciously vintage and, above all, important; the actors shine in several sequences choreographed with the help of the La Horde collective. The big success of this ambitious project, the casting is also sparks: Mallory Vanek, Pires Discovery and Malik Frika passionately embody the rebellious, romantic and uncompromising youth, before passing the baton to Adele Exarchopoulos and François Civil in the second part. A vibrant pop love story that will melt the hearts of the younger generation. M.L.

Love fuWith Gilles Lelouch, François Civil, Adele Exarchopoulos, Elodie Boucher…