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The New Darling of the European Art Trade? Paris. The New Darling of the European Art Trade? Paris.
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“Something is going on. People want to come to Paris now, ” said the London-based contemporary art dealer Niru Ratnam, who this week was exhibiting at the Paris Internationale fair for emerging galleries.“Something is going on. People want to come to Paris now, ” said the London-based contemporary art dealer Niru Ratnam, who this week was exhibiting at the Paris Internationale fair for emerging galleries.
Compared to London’s recent Frieze fair, “there are a lot more Americans and Chinese,” added Ratnam. “The bedbugs haven’t put them off,” referring to recent reports of a resurgence of the parasitic insects in the French capital.Compared to London’s recent Frieze fair, “there are a lot more Americans and Chinese,” added Ratnam. “The bedbugs haven’t put them off,” referring to recent reports of a resurgence of the parasitic insects in the French capital.
Ratnam was one of 65 gallerists from 25 countries participating in the 9th edition of this popular, dealer-organized event, held this year in an atmospherically grungy disused telephone exchange in Paris’s central Grands Boulevards district.Ratnam was one of 65 gallerists from 25 countries participating in the 9th edition of this popular, dealer-organized event, held this year in an atmospherically grungy disused telephone exchange in Paris’s central Grands Boulevards district.
Since Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union, there has been plenty of talk about the heft of the European art trade shifting from London and Paris. This week in the French capital, with influential names like the mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth, Mendes Wood from Brazil and the London-based Modern Art adding to the lengthening list of international dealers opening spaces in the city, and the 154 exhibitor-strong second edition of the Paris+ By Art Basel fair, this talk was louder than ever.Since Britain’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union, there has been plenty of talk about the heft of the European art trade shifting from London and Paris. This week in the French capital, with influential names like the mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth, Mendes Wood from Brazil and the London-based Modern Art adding to the lengthening list of international dealers opening spaces in the city, and the 154 exhibitor-strong second edition of the Paris+ By Art Basel fair, this talk was louder than ever.
“What has tipped the needle toward Paris has been the private investments like the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the Bourse de Commerce and the Fondation Cartier,” said Marc Payot, the president of Hauser & Wirth, on Tuesday at the opening of the company’s elegant new four-floor gallery near the Champs-Élysées.