Contemporary Art Week: artists and collectors from around the world welcomed in Paris

This week, Paris vibrates with the colors of contemporary Art, in public spaces or in museums, Art Week is in full swing with the culmination of the opening of Art Basel Paris under the renovated nave of the Grand Palace. The liveliness of the art market in Paris is the subject of today’s culture issue.

More targeted, more accessible too, many satellite fairs benefit from the excitement created by Art Basel Paris
Yes, around ten fairs are also presenting their artists this week and among them, AKAA which defends African and Afro-descendant creation at the Carreau du Temple.

News of the day:

• Liam Payne, one of the five members of One Direction, died this Wednesday, October 16 in Argentina. Aged 31, the singer experienced global success with his group in the 2010s. Although the group has been on hiatus since 2016, Liam Payne continued to play music and has since launched a solo career. He fell yesterday from the 3rd floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires and an investigation was opened by the local police.

• Employees from Fayard have just published an article in the Nouvel Obsto protest against the publication of What I’m looking forJordan Bardella’s first book which will be released in bookstores on November 9. They particularly criticize the very right-wing political turn taken by Fayard since the takeover of the “Hachette Livre” group in 2023 by Vincent Bolloré. An observation shared by the SNCF, whose advertising agency concluded a poster campaign on nearly 600 panels to promote the book. The SUD-Rail union asks the CEO of SNCF to refuse this campaign.

• Avenue Bugeaud in the 16th arrondissement of Paris has just changed its name. The name of this avenue had in fact sparked protests for several years, the latter being a highly criticized figure of colonization who ordered numerous smoke incidents which caused the death of hundreds of civilians in Algeria. After a unanimous vote, the Paris town hall therefore decided to replace the name of Bugeaud with that of Hubert-Germain, last Companion of the Liberation. It is the fifth place in the capital to be renamed since 2001.