hoha trips · dispatchesparis art week · 19 to 25 oct 2026

the fair · previews 21 to 22 oct · public 23 to 25 oct

art basel paris
2026.

the fair at the grand palais, nine free public program venues, the museum shows opening the same week, and a date picker so you only see what's actually on.

by @natihoha · checked against official sources on 22 oct 2026

the nave of the grand palais filled with gallery booths during art basel paris
art basel paris in the nave of the grand palais. courtesy of art basel.

the fair is the ticket. the city around it is free.

art basel paris runs at the grand palais from 21 to 25 october 2026: two preview days by invitation, then three public days, 23 to 25 october. around it, the public program puts free commissions in nine places, from the petit palais and avenue winston churchill to the trocadéro and a chapel at the beaux-arts.

below: the three i'd plan a day around, what is actually on for the date you pick, the fair itself, the museum and gallery shows opening that week, and a map at the end.

and separately: the dinners, books and side shows i'd make time for.

worth the trip

three free things. if you only have one afternoon, start here.

01 · FREE · 21 to 25 octportrait of filmmaker alice diop seated on a blue sofa

alice diop

palais d'iéna

five days only, free, and alice diop's first exhibition: film, readings, dance and a simone leigh bronze in one route.

read02 · FREE · 14 oct to 1 nova prone, elongated bronze figure by tracey emin lying on the floor

tracey emin

parvis des droits de l'homme, trocadéro

art basel's first project on the trocadéro parvis, and the only one still up after the fair, until 1 november.

read03 · FREE · 20 to 25 octa large orange leather octopus sculpture by cosima von bonin

cosima von bonin

petit palais

free, open late on friday and saturday, and directly across the avenue from the fair.

read

what's on, by day

pick a day up to 25 october. only things open that day are listed, with that day's hours.

choose a day above to see what is open.

the free public program

nine venues, all free unless noted. most run 20 to 25 october; tracey emin and kennedy yanko stay up longer. official source: art basel public program.

01

tracey emin

i lay here for you, i followed you to the end, i will not be alone · parvis des droits de l'homme, trocadéro

a prone, elongated bronze figure by tracey emin lying on the floor
tracey emin, bronze. courtesy of white cube, via art basel.
a kneeling bronze figure by tracey emin
tracey emin, bronze. courtesy of white cube, via art basel.

three monumental bronzes, presented by white cube, on the esplanade between the two wings of the palais de chaillot. the body goes from lying down, to kneeling, to seated on a rock with a veiled face.

it is the first project art basel has ever placed on the parvis, and it is the one that runs longest: it stays up until 1 november, so it still works if your trip starts after the fair.

inside the same building, the cité de l'architecture shows kennedy yanko (below).

14 oct to 1 novFREEOUTDOORSTROCADÉRO · 16E
google maps →official page →
02

alice diop

geste de consolation · palais d'iéna

the filmmaker's first exhibition, a journey through four connected spaces inside the concrete palais d'iéna: a photograph by zanele muholi, diop's own two-screen video installation, then chambre à soi, a living room and library on carpets with a motif by mary lee bendolph.

at the center, a performance arena: texts by penda diouf, zora neale hurston, june jordan, audre lorde, marie ndiaye and zadie smith read live, nadia beugré's prophétique, and angel bat dawid with sistazz of the nitty-gritty. it ends with simone leigh's nearly five-meter bronze sentinel (mami wata).

five days only.

21 to 25 octFREE10h to 19hIÉNA · 16E

free admission, no booking needed to enter. miu miu says every guided tour slot is already booked and tour registration has closed.

google maps →official page →
portrait of filmmaker alice diop seated on a blue sofa
alice diop. courtesy of miu miu.
03

cosima von bonin

dollys & beaux · petit palais

a st bernard, a pair of scallops, a bulldog, an octopus, a whale and hermit crabs: von bonin's soft sculptures, newly dressed in tartan and silk scarves and staged among the petit palais' sculpture collection.

it is directly across the avenue from the fair, so it works before or after a ticketed slot at the grand palais.

20 to 25 octFREE10h to 18hCHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES · 8E

open late until 8pm on friday and saturday.

google maps →official page →
a large orange leather octopus sculpture by cosima von bonin
cosima von bonin, dolly 1, 2026. commissioned for the loewe fall winter 2026 show. courtesy gaga, galerie neu, petzel. photo: oskar lee.
04

kutluğ ataman

küba (2004) · chapelle des petits-augustins, beaux-arts de paris

forty television screens among mismatched armchairs and salvaged furniture. on each, a resident of küba, a former informal settlement on the edge of istanbul, talks straight to camera.

the only public program venue on the left bank. give it time: the point is sitting down and listening.

20 to 25 octFREE10h to 19hSAINT-GERMAIN · 6E
google maps →official page →
dozens of old television sets among mismatched armchairs in a large concrete hall
kutluğ ataman, küba, 2004, at the sorting office, london. commissioned and produced by artangel. courtesy the artist and niru ratnam. photo: thierry bal.
05

robert indiana

love wall (1966 to 2006) · place clemenceau

four stacked love forms in cor-ten steel, two upright and two upside down, so it reads differently from every side.

20 to 25 octFREEOUTDOORSCHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES · 8E
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robert indiana's love wall, four stacked cor-ten steel love forms, outdoors
robert indiana, love wall, 1966 to 2006. courtesy the robert indiana legacy initiative and almine rech. © the robert indiana legacy initiative / ars, ny.
06

lionel sabatté

champs d'oiseaux (2026) · square jean perrin

bronze birds on tall columns, paused mid-migration. sabatté was a 2025 marcel duchamp prize finalist. the square sits right by the fair's new side entrance.

20 to 25 octFREEOPEN AIRCHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES · 8E
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bronze birds by lionel sabatté perched on tall textured columns outdoors
lionel sabatté, exhibition view, château de chambord, 2023 (not the paris installation). courtesy ceysson & bénétière and domaine national de chambord. © aurélien mole.
07

boz deseo garden

celia, or the misfortunes of virtue (2026) · jardin de la nouvelle-france

two tall, narrow steel sculptures along a path in the garden, modelled on a lightning rod that washed ashore from the bristol channel, once a major slave-trade route. a quiet one, in a garden named after a former french colony.

20 to 25 octFREEOPEN AIRCHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES · 8E
google maps →official page →
a tall, narrow black steel sculpture modelled on a lightning rod
boz deseo garden, celia, or the misfortunes of virtue, 2026. courtesy the artist and petrine.
08

kennedy yanko

new sculptures in the galerie des moulages · cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine

salvaged metal wrapped in poured, dried and cut skins of acrylic paint, installed in the galerie des moulages among casts of french monumental sculpture. it runs until january, inside the building behind tracey emin's bronzes.

16 oct to 3 janCHECK ADMISSION11h to 19hTROCADÉRO · 16E

11am to 7pm, closed on tuesdays. shown within the cité's permanent collections.

google maps →official page →
detail of a kennedy yanko sculpture: crumpled salvaged metal wrapped in a pale blue skin of paint
kennedy yanko. image via art basel's public program page.
09

eight artists

sculpture on avenue winston churchill · avenue winston churchill

the avenue between the petit palais and the grand palais, walked from place clemenceau. in order:

  1. marcello maloberti, ciel (2026). a neon suspended about 20 meters above the avenue. look up.
  2. yinka shonibare, abstract bronze viii. bronze painted with dutch wax patterns.
  3. simone fattal, door (2024). a monumental fractured bronze gateway.
  4. niki de saint phalle, cat head totem (2000). mosaic totem linked to queen califia's magical circle.
  5. manfred pernice, bank-group (2026). four concrete benches. you are allowed to sit.
  6. alicja kwade, l'élévation des mondes (2026). stone spheres from different regions of the world.
  7. carmen herrera, angulo amarillo (2017). a yellow aluminium chevron.
  8. keita miyazaki, a symbiotic form (2025). recycled car parts and japanese paper.
20 to 25 octFREEOUTDOORSCHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES · 8E
google maps →official page →

the fair: grand palais

a visitor looking at a large abstract painting in a gallery booth at art basel paris
galeries sector, art basel paris. courtesy of art basel.

preview 21 to 22 oct by invitation · public 23 to 25 oct, 11am to 7pm.

  • 211 galleries from 41 countries and regions: 183 in galeries, 16 solo booths in emergence on the nave balconies, 12 historical projects in premise.
  • premise moves into the larger salon seine this year, and the conversations talks move into the grand palais auditorium for the first time.
  • oh la la! returns on friday and saturday: galleries rehang their booths around myths and legends, art-directed by philippine leroy-beaulieu.
  • new this year: an entrance on the square jean perrin side.
preview 21 to 22 oct · public 23 to 25 octMAIN ENTRANCE: AVENUE WINSTON CHURCHILL · 8ENO RE-ENTRY ON SINGLE TICKETS
tickets →google maps →
tickets, per art basel
day ticket€47one day, 23, 24 or 25 oct. one entry, no re-entry.
reduced€30students, under-26s, louvre jeunes / professionnels / famille card holders. proof required.
evening€40friday 23 oct, 5pm to 7pm. one entry, no re-entry.
vernissage€120thursday 22 oct, 2pm to 8pm, with a glass of champagne or a soft drink.
permanent€130all three public days, 11am to 7pm.
permanent+€220vernissage plus all three public days.

the museum shows that week

the shows art basel's press dossier lists for fair week. tickets and hours are each museum's own.

gallery shows

exhibitions galleries open in their paris spaces during fair week, as listed by art basel. check each gallery's hours before going.

two stops from the hoha list

only places already on the hoha list. no fair-week filler.

  • saint pearl

    japanese style brunch. the omelette and the matcha hot chocolate.

    about five minutes on foot from the beaux-arts chapel (küba).

    google maps →

  • puffy

    chunky cookies. that is the tip.

    a fifteen-minute walk north of the grand palais.

    google maps →
practical
  • fair tickets: see art basel's visitor information. day and evening tickets are one entry, no re-entry. the evening ticket is friday 23 oct only, 5pm to 7pm.
  • alice diop at the palais d'iéna: entry is free, but miu miu says the guided tours are fully booked and registration has closed.
  • late opening: cosima von bonin at the petit palais is open until 8pm on friday 23 and saturday 24 oct.
  • closed tuesdays: the cité de l'architecture (kennedy yanko).
  • on site: école du louvre students are at the public program sites daily during the fair week, 2pm to 5:30pm, to answer questions. each venue also has an official audioguide.
  • runs longest: tracey emin on the trocadéro parvis, until 1 november; kennedy yanko until 3 january 2027.
  • getting around: six of the nine public program sites are within a few minutes' walk of the grand palais. the trocadéro and palais d'iéna are together across the river; the beaux-arts chapel is on the left bank in saint-germain.

the map

free to use. tap a pin or a row, then open it in google maps. one pin per site.

  • 🎨 free public program
  • 🎨 the fair (ticket)
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sources: art basel public program · art basel paris 2026 press dossier · miu miu, geste de consolation. images are official press images, credited where shown. checked against official sources on 22 oct 2026; dates can change, so check the official page before you go.