Fiac
  • 20
  • Oct
  • 2009

Between October 22nd-October 25th

Represented: 210 galleries, 4200 artists

FIAC (or Foire International d’Art Contemporain) is the motherlode of contemporary art fairs in Paris — it’s the French cousin of London’s Frieze and New York’s Armory Show. From the art invasion in the Grand Palais to the outdoor projects in the Tuileries gardens, it will be a heavy concentration of art with the most international representation amongst the three fairs.

Slick
  • 16
  • Oct
  • 2009

Between October 23rd-Oct 26th

Serving as the outlet for the emerging art scene, SLICK openly welcomes the nouvelle garde of artists and galleries with the most gusto . For it’s fourth edition, it is widening it’s scope to include not just video and photography but hosting conferences about gastronomy in art, and, interestingly, using recycled materials in the creation of art. Keep an eye on Le 104 and Point Ephémère as main points of reference.

Art Elysées
  • 14
  • Oct
  • 2009

Between October 22-26

Showing off their goods “from the Petit Palais to the place de la Concorde”, along the iconic Champs Elysées, Art Elysées has staged an art fair for the third year . Art  from both well-established and up-and-coming  galleries will allow for all kinds of artistic discovery.

There are names you’ll definitely recognize in there: Arman, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Jean-Loup Sieff, Edouard Vuillard, Man Ray, Niki de St-Phalle, David LaChapelle, and Jean Dubuffet are among the many that pop up in the list.

Art of David Lynch at Galeries Lafayette
  • 20
  • Sep
  • 2009

Until 3 October the windows of Galeries Lafayette are designed by David Lynch and they are a real succes. The general thema ” Machines, Abstraction and Woman” attractsand intrigues almost every passerby.

Lynch thinks the windows are as little jewelry boxes presenting different scenes. With sound, moving figures and light he evokes a world of magic and fairy-tale which he wishes to make place for “rêverie”.

He also exposes his own lithos ” I see myself”.

Galeries Lafayette, 40, Bd Hausmann, 75009 Paris, M° Lafayette