This unassuming sculpture lays bare the darkest impulses of consumer desire

Amid a city in the grip of major protests, Lorenza Longhi’s examination of luxury took on heightened, more loaded meanings at this year’s Art Basel Paris

This unassuming sculpture lays bare the darkest impulses of consumer desire
Lorenza Longhi, Art Basel Paris 2026

During Paris Art Week in October 2026, one of the world’s most prestigious and spectacular art fairs, Art Basel Paris, opened in the Grand Palais. The monumental venue was filled with galleries presenting work by some of the most eminent names in art, alongside emerging artists to watch. On the building’s mezzanine level, overlooking the ornate exhibition hall’s prodigious interior, a paper gift bag lay on the floor of one of the booths. An unremarkable bag in some ways,hellip;

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