Curated by Charles Teyssou and Pierre-Alexandre Mateos, the Art Basel Paris Conversations 2024 celebrates the avant-gardes and dives deep into the art world. Experience live debates, in English and French, with over 35 thought leaders including artist Nil Yalter, Pinault Collection Director Emma Lavigne, and Dakar Biennial artistic director Salimata Diop.
‘The Art Basel Paris 2024 Conversations program is devoted to Parisian mythologies and the idea of duality,’ say Teyssou and Mateos. ‘Through 11 conversations featuring international guests, themes of transgression, the ugly, and street culture will take center stage. This rich edition will be full of surprises and give voice to Paris, its diasporas, its ghosts, its poets, and its liminal spaces.’
The program runs from October 17 to 19 in the Petit Palais, across from the Grand Palais. Access for free by booking your ticket.
Highlights
Premiere Artist Talk: Nil Yalter
The recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2024 Venice Biennale, Nil Yalter is a rebellious artist. From her participation in May ‘68, then in the second feminist wave and its sexual liberation, to her work denouncing the plight of immigrants in the West, Yalter gives a voice to those who have none. This conversation traces the evolution of an artist whose multifarious practice is finally getting the attention it deserves.
Galleries, the new institutions?
Sylvie Patry, Dame Julia Peyton-Jones
Moderator: Dr Jeni Fulton
Dakar: Nouvelle vague Atlantique
Salimata Diop, Hamedine Kane
Moderator: Simon Njami
Museums and transgression
Emma Lavigne, Manuel Segade
Moderators: Charles Teyssou and Pierre-Alexandre Matéos
Art x Fashion
Benjamin Barron, Bror August Vestbø, Dena Yago
Moderator: Ana Viktoria Dzinic
In collaboration with System magazine
Practical Information
How to get there:
Location: Auditorium, Petit Palais, Avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 Paris, France
If you are not able to attend live, our panels will be recorded and available to watch on our website and YouTube.
Source: Art Basel