In 2025, Art Paris partners again with BNP Paribas Banque Privée , the fair's Premium Partner, for the second edition of the BNP Paribas Banque Privée Prize. A Focus on the French Scene..

Launched in 2024 to support the French artistic scene, this prize valued at 40,000 euros will reward the career of a living artist chosen from 25 nominees selected by guest curators Amélie Adamo, writer and art historian, and Numa Hambursin, Managing Director of MO.CO. Montpellier, as part of their focus Immortal: a Focus on Figurative Painting in France..

This focus offers a new analysis of figurative painting in France, that will consider the historical context and compare artists from different generations.

Among the 25 nominated artists are:
Ronan Barrot (Galerie Claude Bernard), Marion Bataillard (Paris-B), Maty Biayenda (Double V Gallery), Vincent Bioulès (Galerie La Forest Divonne), Jean-Charles Blais (Galerie Yvon Lambert), Katia Bourdarel (Galerie Renard Hacker), Marcos Carrasquer (Polaris), Robert Combas (Strouk Gallery), Laura Garcia-Karrasw (Galerie Anne-Sarah Benichou), Vincent Gicquel (RX&SLAG), Yayoï Gunji (Galerie Catherine Issert), Dhewadi Hadjab (Mennour), Oda Jaune (Templon), Youcef Korichi (Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève), Thomas Levy-Lasne (Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire), Johanna Mirabel (Galerie Nathalie Obadia), Marlène Mocquet (Galerie BSL), Barbara Navi (Galerie Valérie Delaunay), Françoise Pétrovitch (Semiose), Laurent Proux (Semiose), Léa Toutain (Galerie Camille Pouyfaucon), Milène Sanchez (Galerie Claire Gastaud), Agnès Thurnauer (Galerie Michel Rein), Karine Rougier (Galerie Les filles du calvaire), Gaétan Valguelsy (Polaris).

The prize will be awarded at the opening of the fair, on April 2, 2025, by a prestigious jury composed of 9 personalities from the art and culture world:

Amélie Adamo, writer and art historian
Numa Hambursin, general director of MO.CO. (Montpellier Contemporain)
Valérie Duponchelle, journalist and art critic
Christine Macel, Museum curator, artistic and scientific consultant for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Nicolas Otton, director BNP Paribas Banque Privée France
Alfred Pacquement, independent exhibition curator
Guillaume Piens, fair director Art Paris
Marie-Aline Prat, art historian and collector
Floriane de Saint-Pierre, president of the Amis du Centre Pompidou

Winner of the BNP Paris Private Banque Privée 2024: Nathalie du Pasquier – Galerie Yvon Lambert