On Wednesday morning, the first VIPs queuing up outside the Grand Palais for Art Basel Paris were bathed in sunshine. Inside the historic, glass-covered exhibition hall it was like a greenhouse – hot and sweaty – as the mercury flirted with 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

The historic venue, recently restored to the tune of €466m, is among a number of cultural institutions in Paris affected by heavy rains this week

For its third year, the annual event has expanded to 195 galleries and has added a section dedicated to lesser-known artists and practices

The art fair Art Basel Paris is finally back at home for the first time at the Grand Palais in the French capital.

As the art fair moved into its new home, luxury brands from Louis Vuitton to Miu Miu and Chanel hosted events and exhibitions.

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“A new name, a change of size and space, the inauguration of the renovated Grand Palais, everything is new!” says Clément Delépine, the director of Art Basel Paris. “It rarely happens that a fair has to reinvent itself, and more rarely even that it reinvents itself twice in three years.”

The inaugural edition at the restored Grand Palais featured works at price levels never seen before at Paris’s fall art fair.

From works by Yayoi Kusama and Salvador Dalí, to Pablo Picasso, Art Basel Paris is showcasing thousands of exceptional pieces from leading galleries. Here's your guide to this unmissable art extravaganza.

At the inaugural French edition of the powerhouse art fair, we asked a few standout visitors what they were thinking as they got dressed.