The 10 Best Booths at FIAC 2021
After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the Foire Internationale de l’Art Contemporain (FIAC), France’s premier art fair, has come roaring back. On a cool autumn day, swarms of masked visitors descended upon the Grand Palais Éphémère (GPÉ), a temporary structure of the same dimensions and footprint as the 19th-century Grand Palais (which is usually the site of the fair, but is currently undergoing renovation). Elsewhere in the French capital, satellite fairs Asia Now and Paris Internationale are back in action, too.
The works on display at this year’s edition of FIAC are mostly European—no doubt a consequence of persistent pandemic logistical complications—with a strong showing from Parisian galleries that are dominant often both in quantity and quality. Not unlike in previous years, however, galleries presenting the work of artists from the Global South were among the most striking. Here, we offer a guide to FIAC’s must-see booths.
