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Nave of the Grand Palais, Art Basel Paris

Where now · October 19–25, 2026

Paris: Art Basel Paris

Art Basel's October fair under the restored glass roof of the Grand Palais, with commissioned work placed across nine sites in the city.

Where the international social season is this week, where it goes next week and over the next thirty days, and where attention shifts after that — computed from the dated calendar, not from a press release.

Read this page top to bottom: what is on now, what starts next week, the month ahead, and then the chain of destinations the season passes through after that.

This week

October 19–25, 2026
The Garden in the courtyard of Petit Palais at Paris, France, Art Basel Paris Paris Art Basel Paris Oct 23–25 · Art Sunset at Circuit of the Americas, United States Grand Prix Austin United States Grand Prix Oct 23–25 · Motorsport Henderson Executive Airport is a public airport located 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) south of the central business, NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition Las Vegas NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition Oct 20–22 · Private Aviation

Also running — exhibitions and long seasons

Next week

October 26 – November 1, 2026

Next 30 days

The full month ahead →

Next major move

Paris → Melbourne

Attention moves to Melbourne Cup Carnival from October 31 – November 7.

National Gallery, London, England London Oct 14–18 Frieze London Port de Grenelle, Paris Paris Oct 23–25 Art Basel ParisNow Queen Victoria Market from above, Melbourne Melbourne Oct 31 – Nov 7 Melbourne Cup Carnival Lima Nov 3–4 The World's 50 Best Restaurants Photograph of Geneva Geneva Nov 6–9 Geneva Watch and Jewelry Auction Weeks View of the Empire State Building in New York City from the Top of the Rock at 30 Rockefeller Plaza during sunset New York Nov 9–20 New York Fall Marquee Auctions Symphony Park & The Smith Center, DTLV August 2016, Las Vegas Las Vegas Nov 19–21 Las Vegas Grand Prix Little Havana, Miami, Florida Miami Dec 1–6 Art Basel Miami Beach

Destinations entering their peak

All destinations →
Abu Dhabi's skyline in December 2014 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi Art · Abu Dhabi Art · Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · Abu Dhabi Finance Week Taken at PortMiami United States Miami Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show · Design Miami · Art Basel Miami Beach Interiors of restaurants in Paris France Paris Art Basel Paris · Paris Photo · Le Bal des Debutantes New York City, New York, USA United States New York CFDA Fashion Awards · New York Fall Marquee Auctions Aerial photographs of the canton of Geneva Switzerland Geneva Geneva Watch and Jewelry Auction Weeks · Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève Burj Khalifa (worlds tallest building) and the Dubai skyline United Arab Emirates Dubai DP World Tour Championship, Dubai · Dubai International Boat Show

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