Paris is still a moveable feast! As the city readies to celebrate the centenary of Art Deco at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (MAD), and the Mobilier National plays host to the show “Les Ensembliers” (more on that later), collectors and design enthusiasts will also enjoy two unmissable fairs: Art Basel Paris at the newly restored Grand Palais, and Design Miami/Paris at L’Hôtel de Maisons, topped by a magnificent exhibition, “Period Rooms of the Future,” curated by Invisible Collection and Féau Boiseries. Art Basel Paris anchors the season with the assurance of a headliner, concise in format, maximal in effect. Beneath the Grand Palais’ glass-and-iron dome, restored to its former splendor and now embellished by a monumental installation by Studio MTX and the specialty creators from Le 19M, international galleries meet France’s resurgent creative ecosystem. The fair’s focus is sharp: an elevated yet accessible showcase of artists, collectors, and institutions that define Paris’s present cultural authority.
Across the river, Design Miami/Paris offers a more intimate counterpoint. Set within the 18th-century Hôtel de Maisons, the fair turns each salon into a conversation between centuries. In this house-sized setting, design feels tactile, slow, and deeply Parisian: a salon culture where craft and conversation share the same oxygen. That same ethos finds a contemporary expression with “Les Ensembliers.” The title recalls the early 20th-century designer-decorators who imagined interiors as holistic compositions. Here, that lineage is reinterpreted for the 21st century, as contemporary creators – including AD100 honoree Sophie Dries – engage with the archives and ateliers of the French state. Exhibited at the Galerie des Gobelins under the helm of Le Mobilier national, “Les Ensembliers” celebrates the living dialogue between heritage and innovation.
If the fairs provide tempo, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs supplies the heartbeat with its sweeping Art Deco centenary exhibition. Marking a hundred years since the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, MAD revisits a style that once defined modern luxury. The exhibition traces Art Deco’s crystalline geometries and streamlined optimism across furniture, fashion, jewelry, and graphic arts, revealing its global reach and enduring relevance. In that same spirit, Invisible Collection, in collaboration with Féau Boiseries, presents “Period Rooms of the Future”, an exhibition where never-before-seen decors created at the height of Art Deco serve as fantastic backdrops for a curation of ultra-contemporary designs. Rare paneling, shelving, and boiseries, originally created for the tastemakers of their time, are displayed in their original splendor — a fascinating reminder of the cultural continuity between the 1920s and today’s collectible design, something Invisible Collection has championed since its inception. The exhibition runs until January 2026; an example of design as a living continuum, a way of thinking rather than a historical style.
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