Art Basel Paris

Mariane Ibrahim is delighted to return to the Grand Palais for the 2026 edition of Art Basel Paris, presenting exceptional works by gallery artists including Raphaël Barontini, Amoako Boafo, Salah Elmur, Clémence Gbonon, Ayana V. Jackson, Big Chief Demond Melancon, Leasho Johnson, and Zohra Opoku, among others.  

A few steps from the Grand Palais, Amoako Boafo will open The Home I’ve Never Had, at Mariane Ibrahim’s Parisian space (October 19–December 19, 2026). Known for his signature painting technique, through which he renders Black subjects with striking intimacy and an almost sculptural presence, Boafo transforms the gallery into an immersive environment populated by the friends, family, and community that surround him in Ghana. 

On October 19, coinciding with the opening of the exhibition, the gallery will join the annual MaSH evening, bringing together 39 galleries in the Matignon–Saint-Honoré district for a night of collective celebration. 

Back in the Salon d’Honneur of the Grand Palais, Clémence Gbonon will make her first appearance at Art Basel following the announcement of her global representation by the gallery earlier this year. Gbonon’s work was featured in the group exhibition I Dream I Cross the River in One Stride at Mariane Ibrahim Chicago in February 2026, and her first solo exhibition with the gallery will take place in Paris in 2027.  

New works by Raphaël Barontini follow the opening of a major site-specific installation at the Royal Ontario Museum as part of the Toronto Biennial of Art, Things Fall Apart (September 26–December 20, 2026), curated by Allison Glenn. Barontini will also be included, alongside Lorraine O’Grady, in An Infinite Woman: Black Archives in Two Acts, the inaugural exhibition of KANAL–Centre Pompidou, Brussels (November 28, 2026–April 26, 2027), curated by Sandrine Colard. 

Leasho Johnson’s voluptuous works draw on the visual and symbolic languages of Jamaican history, folklore, and the natural world. With those references, Johnson creates a semi-abstract vocabulary to explore masculinity, desire, and queer social space. His work was featured in Dancing the Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaeton at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. The exhibition is traveling to the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) from May 13 to September 6, 2027. His painting The Cool Ruler (2023) appears on the cover of fellow Jamaican author Marlon James’s new novel, The Dissapearers. 

New works by Big Chief Demond Melancon will be presented at Art Basel Paris while his work welcomes visitors at the entrance to Koyo Kouoh’s 61st Venice Biennale, In Minor Keys (through November 22, 2026). A central figure in the Black Masking culture of New Orleans since 1992, Melancon creates intricately hand-beaded works that draw on the histories of carnival and masquerade while engaging the language of contemporary painting and artists such as Kerry James Marshall.  

The presentation of new works by Salah Elmur comes just ahead of his major survey exhibition, Just as the Heart of a Mango Is a Stone, at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai (November 1, 2026–March 14, 2027), curated by Zain Al Saie and Qutouf Elobaid. The exhibition coincides with the publication of Salah Elmur: Ten Seasons, a new monograph published by Skira. The volume will be presented during Paris Art Week in the presence of the artist, with further details to be announced. 

Zohra Opoku has developed a textile-based practice combining screen printing, embroidery, and personal photography to examine the ways political, historical, and cultural contexts shape identity. Her works at Art Basel Paris resonate with her participation in The Harvest Season at Fondation Cartier, Paris, also opening during Paris Art Week, where she will unveil monumental new works alongside previous works from her celebrated series The Myths of Eternal Life.  

The new works by Ayana V. Jackson on view at Art Basel Paris were first unveiled in her exhibition The Good News Is Delivered Not on Mountaintops but in Clearings at the Abbaye de Montmajour as part of Rencontres d’Arles 2026. Jackson’s major institutional exhibition From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya, first presented at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, continues its international itinerary this autumn, opening at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in November 2026.