Drawing Now 2017 — Le salon du dessin contemporain — Carreau du Temple — Fair — Slash Paris

Past: March 23 → 26, 2017

Lionel Sabatté — Prix Drawing Now 2017 Lionel Sabatté remporte le prix Drawing Now 2017, remis à l’occasion de la 11e édition de ce salon qui s’affirme année après année comme l’un des plus excitants de la saison. Représenté par la Galerie C, il présente du 23 au 26 mars une sélection de dessins réalisés au charbon qui repoussent encore les limites de sa pratique.

Since 2007, Parisian spring has been coming into bloom with contemporary drawing. This event, which has stood as a highly anticipated seasonal gathering for over ten years, promises collectors, professionals, and enthusiasts a unique encounter with a vast array of diverse contemporary drawing practices.

Thomas Levy-Lasne, Fête nº 76 — Aquarelle sur papier Courtesy Galerie Backslash

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72 galleries / 20 in the Emergence section

For 6 years now, Drawing Now has been hosting galleries that each present a Focus on an emerging artist. This section benefits from preferential exhibitor rates along with promotional opportunities, a distinct location, and its own scenography. The DRAWING NOW I EMERGENCE section is located in one of the two rooms on the lower ground (-1) level of Carreau du Temple, next to the fair’s specially curated international exhibition. This section features the galleries with an asterisk in the list below.

16 countries

Austria, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Hungary, Kenya, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA

40% of international exhibitors 20% of the galleries will exhibit at DRAWING NOW PARIS for the first time and 65% attended the Fair last year.