There’s a lot of buzz around Saatchi Gallery’s autumn show — and for good reason. Curated by American writer and critic Antwaun Sargent, The New Black Vanguard features 15 international Black photographers, including Tyler Mitchell, Renell Medrano and Quil Lemons, who are contributing to a new vision of the Black figure in art and fashion.

A celebration of Black creativity and culture, it seeks to start conversations around the representation of the Black body and Black lives as subject matter, while presenting new perspectives on the notions of race, beauty, gender and power in contemporary photography.

Notable highlights include Tyler Mitchell’s portrait of a young woman in a pink floral hijab and Dana Scruggs’s 2019 portrait of a model in a crimson red dress on the beach. Also noteworthy is Campbell Addy’s striking portrait of the model Adut Akech in a light pink Valentino dress.

Images created by emerging Black photographers, dedicated to bringing a new set of experiences and references to contemporary image making, are shown alongside a vitrine of publications that contextualise them. Book now.

The art glitterati will be hot footing it to Paris this weekend for the inaugural edition of Paris + par Art Basel, featuring 156 galleries from 30 countries, including a core contingent with spaces in France. The exhibitors will present exceptional works across all media, from painting and sculpture to photography and digital works, underling Paris’s status as a global cultural hub.

The main section of the fair will feature 140 of the world’s leading galleries, including Simon Lee Gallery, Pilar Corrias and Pace, which brings together works by leading 20th century artists including Jean Dubuffet, Lucio Fontana and Louise Nevelson. Also noteworthy is Hauser & Wirth’s booth, featuring new works by George Condo, Avery Singer and Rashid Johnson.

In addition to the main section is Galeries Émergentes, which features 16 solo presentations from young galleries from across the globe. Not to be missed is Sites, which presents publicly accessible works in four iconic spaces across the city, among them the Jardin des Tuileries, the Place Vendôme and the Musée national Eugène-Delacroix. Stroll around and you’ll see works by Niki de Saint Phalle, Franz West and Nina Beier, among others.
While you’re in Paris, be sure to enjoy the wealth of satellite events, exhibitions and talks taking place alongside the fair. Highlights include a new solo show by Jenny Saville at Gagosian Paris, the first Alice Neel retrospective in France at the Centre Pompidou and a major Joan Mitchell retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Bon voyage.