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I’ve arrived at the Grand Palais in Paris — one of the most beautiful buildings in the world — to attend Art Basel Paris. This is the first time I’ve ever attended such a large art fair. I am a watercolorist based in Boston, and I’ve never gone to any of the Basels. I happened to be in France because I just completed a two-week (very intensive) art residency in a tiny village at La Porte Peinte in Noyers-sur- Serein. After getting used to being in a village of just over 600 inhabitants, only one boulangerie, medieval structures and single-lane cobblestone streets, Paris hit me like a bomb. It is alive with people, filled with sunshine and cov- ered in gold everywhere you look. When I first walked into the Grand Palais, I immediately noticed how much the art inside the building spoke to the city outside its doors. There was gold everywhere in the booths. I was stopped in my tracks by … [Read more...] about A GOLDEN EVENT IN PARIS: AT THE GRAND PALAIS, ART BASEL WAS SPLENDID