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31 March 2026

Salon du dessin 2026,
An Unparalleled International Success

With over 14,000 visitors, including 2,300 at the private view alone, hundreds of drawings sold, and nearly 500 museum curators from around the world in attendance, the 34th edition of the Salon du dessin confirms its outstanding international success.

Institutions from across the United States and Europe were present in large numbers, making acquisitions throughout the fair. Curators in attendance included representatives from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Getty Museum (Los Angeles), the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), the Staatliche Museum (Karlsruhe), the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg), the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the British Museum (London) and the Nationalmuseum (Stockholm), among others.

French institutions were also widely represented, with curators from the Louvre, the Petit Palais, the Musée d’Orsay, the Centre Pompidou, the Château de Fontainebleau, Chantilly and Versailles in attendance. Numerous regional museums were likewise present, including those in Amiens, Dijon, Orléans, Rennes and Lille.

The MuMA Le Havre was the guest of honour for this edition. The Fondation Daniel et Florence Guerlain awarded its 19th Contemporary Drawing Prize to Dutch artist Renie Spoelstra.
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UPDATE 11 March 2026

34th edition of the Salon du Dessin

Palais Brongniart – Paris
Wednesday 25 March – Monday 30 March 2026
(Press visit and Preview – Tuesday 24 March 2025)

The Salon du Dessin is the world’s leading event showcasing the very best in Old, Modern and Contemporary drawing. It is also the central event for all the peripheral shows and sales focusing on paper-based arts during Drawing week (La Semaine du Dessin) when Paris becomes the global capital of drawing for a week.

With 39 exhibitors and a significant proportion of international galleries (18 from 7 different countries), the 34th edition of the Salon du Dessin will welcome 4 new exhibitors who have never before exhibited at the Salon before…

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