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Art Basel Paris 2025: 203 Galleries, Three Sectors, One Grand Palais Comeback

From 24–26 Oct 2025, Art Basel’s second Grand Palais edition gathers 203 galleries (25 first-timers) across Galeries, Emergence, and Premise, plus a city-wide public program curated with the Louvre, Petit Palais, and fashion partner Miu Miu.

Por: Angela Leon Cervera May 28, 2025

After a blockbuster debut inside the temporary Grand Palais Éphémère, Art Basel Paris slides back into the fully restored glass nave with figures that make dealers purr: 203 exhibitors from 40 countries, including 25 newcomers.

Director Clément Delépine calls the 2025 line-up “powerful proof of Paris’s magnetism” —and he has the stats to back it up. More than one-third of the galleries run Paris spaces, so expect the fair to sync perfectly with a city already vibrating with Biennale buzz, Fondation Cartier’s new HQ, and the pre-Olympic cultural surge.

Three Sectors, Three Ways to Navigate

Galeries – 177 blue-chip and avant-garde dealers. Nine make their Paris Basel debut (Crèvecœur, 47 Canal, Jan Kaps, The Approach, Stevenson, Lodovico Corsini, David Nolan, plus shared booths by Soft Opening & Chapter NY).
Emergence – 16 solo presentations perched on the Grand Palais balconies. Eight first-timers include Berlin’s Molitor with Dora Budor and Brussels’s Gauli Zitter with Ethan Assouline.
Premise – 10 tightly curated booths bending the canon (think Dadamaino’s Volumi via Florence’s Frittelli or early Bauhaus photos by Lucia Moholy at Düsseldorf’s Kadel Wilborn)

Pro tip: Friday and Saturday, the fair reinstates “Oh La La!”, the creative re-hang that invites Galeries exhibitors to remix their stands around an as-yet-unrevealed theme

Debut Galleries to Put on Your Map

Crèvecœur (Paris) – local tastemakers graduate from Emergence to the main floor.
47 Canal (NYC) – first French outing for the gallery that launched Heather Dewey-Hagborg.
Stevenson (Amsterdam/Cape Town) – bringing the Global South’s sharpest voices to Paris.
David Nolan (NYC) – rare works on paper from modern heavyweights.
The Approach (London) – expect a sly solo; past bets include Allison Katz.

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The Public Program: Art Basel Outside the Booths

Jardin des Tuileries sculpture trail – back after a one-year pause, this time curated by Mouna Mekouar with Louvre partnership.
Conversations at the Petit Palais – panels with artists, philosophers, and fashion disruptors; themes drop in September.
City sync-ups – Richter at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Condo at Musée d’Art Moderne, and Naomi Beckwith’s American Season at Palais de Tokyo all open the same week.
Miu Miu steps in as Public Program Official Partner, promising late-night activations (think couture meets critical theory).

Key Dates & Practical Intel

VIP Preview: 22 Oct (10 am–8 pm) & 23 Oct (11 am–2 pm).
Vernissage: 23 Oct (2 pm–8 pm).
Public Days: 24–26 Oct, 11 am–7 pm daily.
Tickets & Press Passes: go live July 2025 at artbasel.com/paris.
Getting there: Métro lines 1 & 13 to Champs-Élysées-Clemenceau; expect extended RATP hours.

With 203 galleries, a freshly polished Grand Palais, and a public program that spills from the Tuileries to the Petit Palais, Art Basel Paris 2025 cements the French capital’s autumn supremacy on the global art calendar.

Whether you’re chasing Premise-level rediscoveries or scouting the next Emergence breakout, block 22–26 October and let the city’s avant-garde current pull you through. Paris in the fall? Still a moveable feast—only now, the menu is decidedly Basel-flavored.