EVERYONE AT PAD 2025 - CHALLENGES MAGAZINE

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France is perhaps the world’s leading country when it comes to the decorative arts, both for the richness of its heritage and for the number of its exceptional interior architects and designers. Paris is home to the world’s most important classic and contemporary design fair. Since its creation in 1998, the PAD has been an event that no collector would want to miss. Every spring, in the Tuileries Gardens, the best French and foreign galleries come together. For its 27th edition, from 2 to 6 April, the show will be welcoming some 75 exhibitors, most of them specialists in design in the broadest sense, from the early twentieth century to the present day, but also dealers in contemporary art, ceramics and jewellery. The scenography plays a crucial role in the success of this event: it allows buyers to imagine how a particular object might fit into their interior. Chaired by decorators Jacques Grange and Laura Gonzalez, the ‘pope’ and rising star of the decorating world, a jury of top interior designers (India Mahdavi, Pierre Yovanoviteh, Oitoemponto…) will award prizes including the most beautiful stand. The beauty of the pieces and the way they are presented mean that you don’t have to be a collector yourself to enjoy a visit. To give you a foretaste, we have selected for Challenges, in all subjectivity, nine galleries that illustrate the enlightened eclecticism that is the hallmark of this unique event.

Galerie Chevalier-Parsua :

The Parisian gallery Chevalier showcases the works of renowned figures in modern and contemporary tapestry. It also produces Parsua rugs, preserving a traditional Persian technique, such as the one by textile designer and stylist Julie Chauvin, hand-knotted in Iran. Geometric in design, it pays tribute to the avant-garde aesthetics of the Wiener Werkstätte, a collective of artists and craftsmen from early 20th-century Vienna.