From 24 to 26 October 2025, the Grand Palais and the streets of Paris welcome Art Basel Paris. Among the most anticipated events, the imposing sculpture by Takashi Murakami for Louis Vuitton, symbol of the dialogue between art, fashion and contemporary culture.
From 24 to 26 October 2025, with preview days on 22 and 23 October, the Grand Palais in Paris welcomes the 2025 edition of Art Basel Paris, the second in its new venue. The fair thus confirms itself as one of the most anticipated events on the international contemporary art scene, with over 200 galleries from 41 countries.
Three perspectives on art
The edition is developed through different sections that offer a complete and varied experience. The beating heart remains the main body of the fair, where the historical and contemporary galleries present complete programs, capable of speaking to both the most expert collectors and the curious public. Alongside this, the spaces dedicated to emerging talents give voice to more experimental practices, while thematic curatorial projects connect different contexts and disciplines, sometimes also exploring the artistic past before 1900.
Among the novelties of this edition, the special section “Oh La La!” stands out, curated by Loïc Prigent, which explores the intersections between fashion and art. The public program also extends beyond the Grand Palais: installations and environmental works invade the city, transforming Paris into an open-air stage, where art is not limited to exhibition spaces, but becomes an integral part of urban life.
Market and opportunities
At a time marked by a slowdown in the global art market, the 2025 edition takes on particular significance. Interest focuses on mid-range works and emerging talents, making the fair not only a prestigious occasion, but a place of discovery, networking and cultural exchange between collectors, galleries and curators.
Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami
For the third consecutive year, Louis Vuitton accompanies Art Basel Paris as an associate partner and unveils the Collection Artycapucines VII – Louis Vuitton × Takashi Murakami. Twenty years after the first collaboration, Murakami signs a unique installation on the majestic Balcon d’Honneur of the Grand Palais: an eight-metre high sculpture in the shape of an octopus, inspired by Chinese lanterns, whose tentacles insinuate themselves into the exhibition space, welcoming visitors on a journey into the artist’s iconic world.
At the entrance, scenographic sketches prepare the public to enter a universe of colours, shapes and unmistakable characters. The 11 creations of the Collection then unfold inside the tentacles Artycapucines VIIin dialogue with Murakami’s famous characters, from Mr. DOB to the Panda Superflat, up to the iconic Smiling Flowers, and with the three Plush Balls, spherical works created by the artist since 1995.
Not to be missed
Among the most spectacular and evocative installations, it is worth being surprised by the less conventional routes of the fair. Some galleries transform the stands into real micro-theaters, where works that oscillate between minimalism and chromatic excess, between immersive videos and monumental sculptures, capture the visitor’s gaze.
It’s impossible not to pay a visit to Place Vendome where, for a few days now, crowds of curious people have gathered around a giant inflatable in the shape of Kermit. At the hands of Alex Da Corte, the most famous frog in American pop culture becomes an ironic and melancholic symbol, the echo of a childhood that continues to inflate and deflate under the gaze of the public. Part of the public program of Art Basel Paris, the installation is titled Kermit the Frog, Evensubtly recalling Duchamp and his The bride stripped naked by her bachelors, too.
