FAB PARIS,
an international art fair on the rise

« Growing while remaining demanding »
Louis de Bayser

Over a third of the exhibitors (39 galleries) will make their debut, enriching the breadth and depth of this year’s offering.

Spanning millenniums of art history and six continents, the carefully selected artworks will represent no fewer than 20 disciplines, including Antiquities, Old Masters, Antique Furniture, Decorative Arts, Design, Modern & Contemporary Art, Ceramics, Jewellery but also Tribal Art, Himalayan Art, Tapestries, Antique Frames, Asian Art, Islamic Art and Books & Manuscripts.

“As FAB PARIS continues to grow, with new categories (e.g. design) and new galleries enriching the offering in disciplines such as Tribal Arts, Antiquities and Asian Art, our focus is to maintain the highest level of quality. One of the main virtues of the fair is its selective nature and this will remain at the core of its development.”

Louis de Bayser, Président of FAB Paris

39 new exhibitors
and new specialties

Old Masters and 19th-century painting

Old Masters and 19th-century painting have traditionally been a forte at the fair and its founding entities – Fine Arts Paris and La Biennale des Antiquaires. A roster of renowned European Old Master specialists will return, including Didier Aaron, De Bayser, De Jonckheere, Descours, Laocoon Gallery/W. Apolloni, Perrin, Giovanni Sarti, Mendes, Terrades and Leegenhoek.

They will be joined will by Van der Meij Fine Arts, the reputed Amsterdam gallery specialising in 19th-century Northern European painting and known for bringing to the world masterpieces by the likes of Vilhelm Hammershoi and Carl Holsoe.

Antiquities

Over 2,000 years of art history will go on view at the Grand Palais Ephémère this year. The section dedicated to Antiquities will expand with the participation of new exhibitors, including the eminent Basel archaeologist Jean-David Cahn, at the helm of the oldest gallery in the discipline, Ancient Egypt specialist Cybèle and Paris dealer Antoine Tarantino.

Sculpture

As for the previous edition, sculpture will feature strongly, with some of the most discerning specialists in the field. The roll-call of returning Paris galleries – Xavier Eeckhout, Sismann, Malaquais, Trebosc & Van Lelyveld and Univers du Bronze – will be reinforced by the arrival of London-based bronze and Renaissance expert Benjamin Proust; Brussels’ second-generation family gallery Desmet Fine Art, focusing on classical sculpture from Antiquity to Neoclassicism and Brussels-based Italian gallerist Alessandra Bardi (Dei Bardi Art) who aims to shine a modern light on European Middle- Age and Renaissance sculptures.

Modern and Contemporary Art

Modern Art will also take centre stage this year, with more than 20 international exhibitors showcasing the greatest artists of the period. Debuting at FAB Paris will be leading Parisian gallery Helene Bailly, London dealer Daniel Boulakia and Zlotowski, an authority on Le Corbusier.

Other important galleries participating include Rosenberg & Co, the New York gallery led by Marianne Rosenberg (granddaughter of legendary art dealer Paul Rosenberg), Applicat Prazan, Berès, de la Béraudière, La Présidence, Antoine Laurentin and Taménaga which was the first gallery in Japan to introduce European Modern Art in 1969.

First-time exhibitors will also enrich the offering of Modern and Contemporary Art, including the German gallery Ludorff, Zurich art dealer Von Vertes and Mayoral, the Paris and Barcelona-based gallery specialising in post-war and contemporary Spanish art.

As for contemporary art galleries RX and Christophe Gaillard, very satisfied with their participation last year, they are returning in 202

Tribal, Asia and Islamic Art

Celebrating art and craftsmanship across time and continents, the fair will also bring together leading galleries in the fields of Tribal, Asian, Islamic and Indian art.

A highlight of last year’s edition, Tribal Art continues to grow with four newly announced galleries (Bernard de Grunne, Lucas Ratton, Schoffel de Fabry and Yann Ferrandin) joining the already impressive roster of specialists in the category – Anthony Meyer, Flak, Mestdagh, Montagut and Monbrison.

A trailblazer in the discipline of Himalayan Art, San Francisco and Hong Kong dealer Iwona Tenzing (Tenzing Asian Art) will also premiere Tibetan masterworks, spanning the 12th to the late 18th centuries. She will be joined by another prestigious gallery of San Francisco, Art Passages which will present paintings and miniatures from the Courts of India and Persia.

Specialising in Ancient Near Eastern art and the arts of the Islamic and Indian worlds, London gallery Kent Antiques and Paris dealer Kevorkian will be joined by Jean-Christophe Charbonnier who focuses on Japanese art, most notably arms and armours.

Books & Manuscripts

Bibliophily boasts the sector’s big names, with bookstores Camille Sourget, Clavreuil, de Proyart, and the entry of Benoît Forgeot and Autographes des Siècles.

Jewelry

Finally, the jewelry department welcomes five galleries, including Feng J, Larengregor and Walid Akkad.