Yesterday, visitors to the fifth edition of Art Basel Paris had the chance to preview its “Hors les murs” program, which spreads monumental artworks across nine exceptional cultural and heritage sites in the French capital. Among the highlights are works by Niki de Saint Phalle and Alicja Kwade, displayed along Avenue Winston Churchill, between the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais.

Yet these encounters also serve as reminders of what the program has lost. Kwade and Saint Phalle were previously featured on Place Vendôme and in the Tuileries, respectively, but both of those venues are now absent from the itinerary, as are the Institut de France, the Musée Eugène-Delacroix, and the courtyard of the Hôtel de la Marine.

If you’re missing some of the program’s former landmarks, there are, at least, sizable artworks in Paris that are not officially a part of the “Hors le murs” program.…