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PARIS — For its theme this year, the Biennale des Antiquaires has chosen the royal gardens of Versailles, transported and transfigured under the vaulted glass-and-iron ceiling of the Grand Palais by the French interior decorator Jacques Grange.
Trellises, arbors and potted topiary inspired by the work of the great 18th-century French gardener André Le Nôtre will add a green touch to the arts and antiques fair, which this year will feature 81 exhibitors — most of them French — offering works as varied as old masters, African masks, contemporary design and high-end jewelry.
The Biennale will kick off the art fair season in Paris, to be followed in October by FIAC, the contemporary art fair, also at the Grand Palais.
Mr. Grange said his installation represented a formidable challenge, given the security and safety requirements of the Grand Palais, as well as its monumental size. These constraints, he said, allowed “for a more modern reinterpretation of the gardens of Versailles.”(...)
