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Paris Drawing Fairs: Salon du Dessin and Drawing Now Art Fair 2023

festival-fair · 2026-04-27

Paris hosted two major drawing fairs concurrently: the Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart and the Drawing Now Art Fair at Carreau du Temple. The Salon du Dessin featured high-value works including a 450,000-euro Aristide Maillol nude, a 500,000-euro Amoako Boafo drawing, and pieces by Otto Dix, Francis Picabia, Nicolas De Staël, Alberto Giacometti, Tamara Lempicka, Edgar Degas, and Paul Signac. Galleries like Dina Vierny, Galerie de la Presidence, Bailly, Artur Ramon Art, Peronnet, Laocoon, and ZEIT contemporary art presented diverse works. Drawing Now Art Fair, in its 16th edition, hosted 73 galleries with 35 new entries and 300 artists. Highlights included Octave Marsal's 120,000-euro Moriapolis, Suzanne Husky (winner of the Drawing Now Award 2023), Sandra Vasquez de La Horra, Oskar Holweck, David Tremlett, Anne et Patrick Poirier, and Michelangelo Penso. The fair featured sections 'insight' and 'process' and a curated exhibition 'Le prisme du féminin' by Joana P. R. Neves. The only Italian gallery, G7 of Bologna, presented works by David Tremlett and Anne et Patrick Poirier.

Key facts

  • Salon du Dessin held at Palais Brongniart, Drawing Now Art Fair at Carreau du Temple
  • Amoako Boafo drawing valued at 500,000 euros at Salon du Dessin
  • Aristide Maillol nude priced at 450,000 euros
  • Drawing Now Art Fair 16th edition with 73 galleries, 35 new entries, 300 artists
  • Octave Marsal's Moriapolis valued at 120,000 euros
  • Suzanne Husky won Drawing Now Award 2023
  • Only Italian gallery present: G7 of Bologna
  • Drawing Now featured sections 'insight' and 'process' and exhibition 'Le prisme du féminin'

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • Salon du Dessin
  • Drawing Now Art Fair
  • Palais Brongniart
  • Carreau du Temple
  • Dina Vierny
  • Galerie de la Presidence
  • Bailly
  • Artur Ramon Art
  • Peronnet
  • Laocoon
  • ZEIT contemporary art
  • Drawing Room (Hamburg)
  • Kitai
  • Bessieres (Chatou)
  • Galerie Alain Gutharc
  • Bendana | Pinel
  • G7 (Bologna)
  • Alberta Pane
  • Villa Arson
  • Le Carreau du Temple
  • Christie's
  • Didier Aaron & Cie
  • Jean-Luc Baroni & Marty De Cambiaire
  • Lancz Gallery
  • Terrades
  • De Bayser
  • Stephen Ongpin
  • Ambroise Duchemin
  • Enrico Frascione
  • Galerie Tarantino
  • Galerie Berès
  • Grässle Härb Nuti
  • W. Apolloni
  • Museo delle Arti Decorative
  • G7
  • Galleria Michela Rizzo
  • Galerie Éric Mouchet
  • Avignon Theatre Festival
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Paris
  • France
  • Palais Brongniart
  • Carreau du Temple
  • Marais
  • Saint Tropez
  • Rome
  • London
  • Hamburg
  • Chatou
  • Venice
  • Bologna
  • Villa Arson
  • Place de la Bourse
  • Le Carreau du Temple
  • Italy
  • Avignon
  • Switzerland

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