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Other Major Art Exhibitions in France

France has been the host of a number on important international fairs and exhibitions:

  • The Exposition universelle de Paris — a kind of World's Fair — was held in Paris in 1889. It was for this fair that the Eiffel Tower was built (1887–1889).
  • The Grand Palais and the Petit Palais were built as exhibition halls for the Exposition Universelle (1900).

Paris was also the site of two world exhibitions of decorative arts:

  • The Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes in 1925 launched the style called "Moderne", or "Streamline Moderne" or "Art Deco".
  • The subsequent exhibition, the "Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)", in 1937 saw, to a certain degree, the last flowering of this style; the Palais de Tokyo was built for this exhibition.

Today, France is host to one of Europe's most prestigious international contemporary art fairs, the FIAC ("Foire internationale d'art contemporain"), and to Paris Photo (an international photography exhibition). Other art fairs and salons include:

  • ArtParis - held in the Carrousel du Louvre. ArtParis website
  • SAGA ("Salon des Arts Graphiques Actuels") - specialized in lithography, etching and illustration

See also List of world's fairs.

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