Whether visiting Sarah Andelman’s recommendations for French bed linens, following Vincenzo de Bellis’s strict Paris itinerary or taking a lesson on the avant-garde from Pierre Alexandre Mateos and Charles Teyssou, there’s a lot to do in Paris this week. But let’s not forget why we’re in town- It’s Art Basel Paris, of course. The buzz for this iteration of the fair has been building since last year when the entire art world concluded in unison that, for the moment anyway, Paris is where it is.
4. P·P·O·W: P·P·O·W was a potent mix of floral whimsy (see Grace Carney’s Signs of Life) and punchy symbolism (see Betty Tompkins Cunt Painting). Also of note is the inclusion of piece by Martin Wong.