PARIS.- Following the success of its first edition last year, Paris Print Fair returns from March 23 to 26, 2023 and will be held in the refectory of the Couvent des Cordeliers, located in the heart of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France. This new edition will welcome twenty exhibitors, associate members of the Chambre Syndicale de l'Estampe, du Dessin et du Tableau (CSEDT), who have selected their most beautiful prints.

Exhibitors from all over Europe, most of whom also attended last year's Paris Print Fair, will display an eclectic mix illustrating the full diversity of the printmaking world, from xylography to lithography, including etching and posters.

Held at the same time as the Paris Drawing Week, the Paris Print Fair offers an intimate fair format where novices as well as enthusiasts will be able to take the time to exchange and admire the art on display. The exhibitors of this very specialised event will present works from different art schools and art movements, from the first great masters of printmaking - Dürer, Rembrandt, etc. - to modern artists such as Goya or Picasso, and contemporary artists.

Several galleries, including Sarah Sauvin, Xavier Seydoux, Emanuel Von Baeyer, Martinez D., the Barcelona gallery Palau Antiguitats and the Frankfurt gallery Helmut H. Rumbler will offer a selection of works by great and little masters from the 14th to the 20th century. Christian Collin and the Bei der Oper gallery will exhibit works from various Japanese schools, prints and etchings from the Edo period and the Osaka school. Visitors will be able to discover lithographs and woodcuts from the Breton school of the 19th and 20th centuries on Stéphane Brugal’s stand. Grillon, for their part, will focus on more modern artists such as Pierre Alechinsky or Victor Vasarely. Finally, contemporary creation will be represented by several exhibitors including Lelong Editions as well as Nathalie Béreau, who will also exhibit young artists.

"The Paris Print Fair is a gathering place for art dealers, collectors and institutions, where exhibitors are both vessels of knowledge and interpreters of a narrative. It is a fair that aims to highlight the importance of printmaking in its function of spreading images over the centuries, illustrating the memories of civilizations from all over the world and giving us access to works by key artists from the 15th to the 20th century." Christian Collin, president of the Chambre Syndicale de l'Estampe, du Dessin et du Tableau.

The Paris Print Fair, the first event dedicated to printmaking in its uniqueness, succeeds the Salon de l'Estampe et du Dessin, held for the last time in 2016. The CSEDT had already instilled a new dynamic in this specific art branch by creating the Semaine des Galeries Parisiennes de l'Estampe et du Dessin in 2018, making the Paris Print Fair the must-attend annual event fully dedicated to this practice for specialists and the general public.