Paris Gallery Weekend: Exhibitions to See in 2020

Paris has seen major changes within its cultural scene over the last decade, and continues to offer a stimulating contemporary arts landscape where art from around the globe can be discovered. Europe's City of Light today remains an undisputed

Almine Rech opened its doors on April 1 st, 1997 in the 13 th arrondissement in Paris. The gallery was founded on an axis of California Minimal, Perceptual art and Conceptual art, representing artists such as James Turrell, John McCracken and

Galerie Lelong is located in Paris and New York. It was founded by Jacques Dupin, Daniel Lelong and Jean Frémon. The Paris gallery has been exhibiting recent works from artists of international standing since 1981. The 1980s were notable for

Located on rue Charlot in the 3 rd arrondissement in Paris, Galerie Chantal Crousel presents a selection of artists highly diverse in their national and cultural origins and mediums who together contribute to a universal visual language.

The gallery was founded in 1966 by Daniel Templon, who was then only 21. It first opened rue Bonaparte, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, before moving in 1972 to its current location, rue Beaubourg, in the Marais, close to the Pompidou

For over forty years, Marian Goodman Gallery has played an important role in helping to establish a vital dialogue among artists and institutions working internationally. Marian Goodman Gallery was founded in New York City in late 1977. In 1995 the

Emmanuel Perrotin founded his first gallery in 1989 at the age of 21. He has opened since then over 17 different spaces, with the aim of continuing to offer increasingly vibrant and creative environments to experience artists work. He has worked

Mayoral is an art gallery specialising in modern and postwar art. It was founded in Barcelona in 1989. In November 2019, Mayoral opened a second gallery in Paris. The Galeria Mayoral articulates an exhibition programme focusing on Informalism

Almine Rech Paris is pleased to present Summer, a group exhibition from June 13 to August 1, 2020. Echoing the Spring group show held at Almine Rech Shanghai, this new Paris exhibition focuses on some of the gallery’s most iconic artists: Karel

Marc Desgrandchamps, born in 1960, studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Paris. In the 90s he breaks free from the opposition between figurative and abstract art characteristic of the great majority of XXth century pictorial narratives. For although

David Zwirner is pleased to reopen its Paris gallery with an exhibition of photographs by Philip-Lorca diCorcia. The exhibition will feature images from a series of eleven editorial projects that the artist created for W magazine between 1997 and

In the short essay entitled The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin tells the story of human origin, from the Paleolithic and Neolithic time periods. Strongly influenced by anthropology, she developed a speculative

This summer, Galerie Templon will be filled with the spectacular woven work of Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota. Two in-situ installations and a series of new sculptures explore the Inner Universe that some may see as the mind, others as

Galerie Marian Goodman is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Niele Toroni. The exhibition will open this spring and, in keeping with the working method he defined in 1966, Toroni will display imprints of a No. 50 brush repeated at

For Ernest Hemingway, an American in Paris, Paris was 'a moveable feast'. For Jean-Philippe Delhomme, a Frenchman in Los Angeles, Los Angeles is a language. For the first time, Perrotin Paris presents a series of paintings by Jean-Philippe

Andréhn-Schiptjenko is happy to present The Veil, Kristina Jansson’s first exhibition at the Paris venue, and her third with the gallery. The exhibition will open on Thursday June 25 2020 from 2pm. For Kristina Jansson the narrative constitutes

Following the inaugural show at our Paris gallery dedicated to Antonio Saura, we are delighted to present a monographic exhibition of works by Antoni Tàpies, one of the most important post-war artists of the 20th Century. Tàpies has been a part of

Qualifying Karel Appel (1921–2006) as one of the internationally best renowned Dutch artists of the 20 th century may be misleading, as he left the Netherlands already in 1950 for good to realise his long career predominantly between Paris and New

Generally characterised by a sense of deep interconnectedness between life and art, and the appropriation of objects and quotes, John M Armleder's work is loaded with a set of influences and references which elude the modernist vernacular as well as

Brussels-based French contemporary painter Jean-Baptiste Bernadet is known for his atmospheric works that skirt between the domains of impressionism, colour field painting, gestural abstraction, perception, and the sublime. Early Years Bernadet

Taryn Simon is a multidisciplinary artist who works in photography, text, sculpture and performance. She was born and raised in New York, where she has been working since her graduation from Brown University in 1997. Informed by extensive research,

Marc Desgrandchamps (born in 1960) lives and works in Lyon (France). Marc Desgrandchamps, leading painter figure painter of the French art scene, plays with the notions of opacity, transparency and superimposition. If his painting is figurative,

Philip-Lorcia diCorcia is an American photographer highly regarded for what seem to be spontaneous images (vibrant, coloured scenes of social interaction) but which are usually in fact carefully staged. Both documentary and theatrical, diCorcia's

Combining personal histories with colonial narratives, Danish-Vietnamese artist Danh Vo examines issues of authorship, authority, and questions of identity and belonging. Born in 1975 in Ba Rja, Vo fled Vietnam at the end of the American Vietnam

Anri Sala represents a truly contemporary international vision: working in a range of media including video, photography and installation, Sala was educated in Albania and France, but now lives and works in Berlin. In his films and installations,

Haegue Yang is an artist known for her subtle use of mundane objects within sensory installations. Yang graduated with a BFA from Seoul National University, then attended Städelschule Frankfurt am Main, Germany, receiving an MFA in 1999. Today,

Hugo Boss Prize-winning contemporary artist Rirkrit Tiravanija is one of the foremost artists working with social interaction and activation. His communal, participatory approach and pioneering relational asesthetics have seen galleries and museums

French artist Jean-Luc Moulène reveals the invisible systems that order our world through an enigmatic mix of handmade objects, photographs, and installations. Early Years Moulène was born in Reims, France. He began studying at l'École des

Known for her web-like yarn-based art installations, Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota's practice is motivated by the omnipotence of memory. An exhibitor in numerous international art shows, Chiharu Shiota represented Japan at the 56th Venice Biennale.

Gabriel Rico is an established Mexican contemporary artist known for sculptures and installations that bring together seemingly disparate found, manufactured, and natural objects. The influence of Architecture Born in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico,

Illustrator and painter Jean-Philippe Delhomme has documented and satirised modern life for the last three decades in a career spanning the worlds of fashion, advertising, publishing, and contemporary art. Early Years Jean-Philippe Delhomme was

Antoni Tàpies was an influential Catalan artist and art theorist whose sculptures, etchings, lithographs, and paintings can be found in major collections around the world. His essays on art have been included in several international publications.

With a practice that encompasses painting, sculpture, performance and tapestry, French artist Laure Prouvost is perhaps most known for her immersive and non-linear film installations. Through an ongoing inquiry into language, Prouvost invites

Producing striking portraits of figures such as Michelle Obama and Solange Knowles, multidisciplinary Brooklyn artist Mickalene Thomas is known for vibrant and empowering depictions of Black women in lush spaces. She has collaborated with magazines

Born in 1949 in Beijing, Wang Keping is a sculptor who was one of the founding members of the first non-conformist artist's group in China called The Stars, which set the stage for avant-agarde art in China. Wang's wooden sculptures shocked the art