Spread over multiple floors of Cité internationale des arts' Galerie, Bienvenue art fair presents a set of strong and demanding proposals and claims a desire to favor an intimate format, conveying a dialogue with the artworks. The deliberately reduced number of participants (twenty or so French and international galleries) makes it possible to offer everyone a space that is open to experimentation while placing each participant at the heart of a larger whole. By settling at the Cité internationale des arts, Bienvenue thereby perpetuates the institution’s commitment to defending artistic innovation.
As a platform for meetings and exchanges, Bienvenue brings together amateurs, collectors, artists and galleries in a historic and highly symbolic place. In a spirit of decompartmentalization, Bienvenue thus claims a radical innocence, necessary for experimentation, while emphasizing the plurality of artistic approaches that the galleries support. The philosophy behind Bienvenue is to create, through direct interactions, a connection between art, artists, gallery owners and the public.