Top galleries are placing plenty of works for prices above $1 million at Art Basel Paris 2026 . Dealer Emmanuel Di Donna told ARTnews at the Avant-Première preview on Tuesday afternoon (aka the VVIP opening) that the experience is like “drinking from a fire hose.” That was followed by the VIP preview on Wednesday.

This all came off without a hitch amid heightened security as protests roiled Paris after demonstrations by high school students against crumbling educational infrastructure and absent teachers in a local suburb literally caught fire, with thousands taking to the streets, with some resulting property damage.

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The priciest work on display, on offer from Pace Di Donna Schrader Galleries, is a rare 1917 painting of a reclining nude woman by Amedeo Modigliani, Nu étendu (Lolotte) , valued in excess of $100 million.…