There’s a Paris+ by Art Basel effect just like there’s an Emily in Paris effect. In the entertainment world, the sentimental and irreverent TV show has brought about a renewal of mass tourism to the French capital and we might think that, by the same token, the choice made by the Swiss organizers of Art Basel to open a new fair/outpost in France last year has created a hyper-effect of global emulation in the field of current artistic creation.
One of the artists to look out for at Paris+ is the Chinese artist who lives in Tokyo, Lu Yang (born in 1984), presented by the BANK gallery from Shanghai. Having received particular coverage by European institutions, she was exhibited in Venice, Berlin, Basel and was named artist of the year by Deutsche Bank in 2023. She is the heroine of her 3D digital videos in which she features as an avatar evolving in a dystopian world. In Paris+, in a run of six copies, they are on sale for between 35,000 and 85,000 dollars.
