Menart Fair 2026: the international art fair closed this Saturday

The countries of the Middle East and the Maghreb are brimming with talented contemporary artists. Come and discover them on October 23 and 25, 2026, at Menart Fair, the international art fair held at Galerie Joseph-Turenne in the Marais district of Paris. The fair will be closed to the public on October 24.

Please note that the fair will be closed to the public on Saturday, October 24, 2026, due to the demonstration in Paris.

It's back for another edition: dive into the heart of the cultures of the Middle East and the Maghreb through the international fair Menart Fair. Join us from October 23 to 25, 2026 at the Galerie Joseph-Turenne, in the 3rd arrondissement, to discover talented young artists from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

This original art fair lets us admire the innovative work of numerous artists from across the Levant, the Arab-Persian Gulf, and North Africa. For this seventh edition of Menart Fair, about forty art galleries have carefully curated the best in modern and contemporary art. These creators include photographers, painters, sculptors, and video artists. They have gathered for a moment of sharing and communion around modern and contemporary art, a universal language that forges some of the strongest human connections.

In this new edition, the Menart Fair centers on the theme "Where is home ?" (Where am I from, where is my home). A theme that probes both individual and collective identity, the history of a nation and patterns of movement... The artists also explore language, tradition, faith, the body, transmission: all that can foster a sense of belonging and comfort.

For this 2026 edition, organizers have lined up a special program, with details to be found on the fair’s website. Highlights include the planned exhibitions, artistic performances, the talks, and a video-focused area. In the "Project Room," visitors can see a selection of Algerian artists: this space showcases the full diversity of Algeria’s artistic scene.

Menart Fair is staged in October to join the festivities of Paris’s Art Week. During these autumn days, art lovers flock to the flagship contemporary-art event Art Basel, and to several other fairs that spotlight contemporary creation.

By the way, where does the name of this fair come from? "MENA" represents the participating countries (Middle East / North Africa). We mixed this acronym with the word art, which is at the heart of everything we do. The aim of the event is to showcase the artistic wealth of these countries, which are often forgotten by the Western art world.

Come and discover these exceptionally talented artists at this one-of-a-kind fair!