Application form - Drawing Now Paris

20th anniversary edition of Drawing Now Paris

Open to the public: Thursday, March 18 to Sunday, March 21, 2027.
Vernissage: Wednesday, March 17, 2027.
Set-up: Tuesday, March 16, 2027.

The show takes place at the Carreau du Temple in Paris.

Applications are made exclusively online, and are open until September 25, 2026.

DOSSIER DE CANDIDATURE 2027

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YOUR CONTACT FOR THE FAIR

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This email will be used for communication with the Fair's team. A copy of the application to participate will also be sent to this address.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Drawing Now Paris hosts more than 70 international galleries and is exclusively reserved for galleries that can justify at least three official exhibitions per year, independent artists are not accepted.

You can apply to 4 sectors within the show:

General sector: soloshow or focus on a booth artist (30%)
Process: explores the expanded territories of drawing and its dialogues with other media and disciplines: photography, architecture, pedagogy, research or history.
Inception: which welcomes emerging projects at all levels, thanks to affordable prices
Digital: exploring the encounter between drawing and new technologies (AI, VR, generative, etc.).

Applications are made via this platform only, and are open until September 25, 2026.

Special consideration will be given to applications from galleries that participated in the early editions.

Only galleries selected by the selection committee will be admitted to exhibit at Drawing Now Paris 2027.

You can apply to two sectors; the committee will determine which one best suits your project. An exception applies to the Digital sector: it is possible to exhibit in both the General and Digital sectors.

PRESENTATION OF THE GALLERY

This information is required for communication tools such as press kits, websites and catalogs.

Gallery Name*

Please spell your gallery name correctly (capitals, hyphens, umlauts, etc.), as we will use it as is in all our communications.

The letter you want to appear in alphabetical order*

Year of creation of the gallery*

Mailing address*

Gallery Phone*

General Gallery Email*

Gallery website*

Directors*

Civility

Forename

Name

Gallery Presentation/Positioning*

Your gallery is:*

We remind you that online galleries are not accepted by the fair.

A gallery with a dedicated physical location

A nomadic gallery

ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL DATA

Company name*

Used for invoicing

N° RCS*

Intra-community VAT number

Only for galleries located in member countries of the European Community

Billing address

(if different from gallery address)

ARTISTS AND FAIRS

List of artists permanently exhibited at the gallery*

Participation in trade fairs from 2021 to 2026*

Fair, Year

Next page: Your booth. Select the sector(s) you'd like to apply to and fill in the exhibited artists, images and your project for the fair.

You can apply for up to two sectors; the committee will determine which best suits your project. An exception applies to the Digital sector: it is possible to exhibit in both the General and Digital sectors.

Please note: Images must be submitted in a ZIP file!

Registration fee 150€ TTC

You must attach to your application 150 € including VAT of application fees by cheque or bank transfer.

Without this deposit, applications will not be considered. The application fee is not reimbursed in the event of a refusal by the selection committee.

PAYMENT

If your application is accepted by the selection committee, the first instalment of 50% is payable as soon as your application is accepted, and the balance by February 20, 2027 at the latest.

Please select your payment method below.*

By bank transfer, specifying "DNP2027 + gallery name" on the transfer order, as well as the express mention "Payment at no cost to the beneficiary".

By cheque payable to DS OFFICE (postal address: DS OFFICE, 12 rue Jules Guesde, 75014 Paris, France)

DS OFFICE account details:

code Code No. key 24219586043

Bank	Sort	Account	RIB	Domiciliation
10207	00118		40	BP RIVES CA RIVE GAUCHE (00118 )

IBAN	FR76 1020 7001 1824 2195 8604 340
SWIFT	CCBPFRPPMTG

PAYMENT OF VAT

For residents of EU countries (outside France): Exhibitors with a valid VAT number in their country of residence must provide us with their EU VAT number. This number will be written on the invoices and exhibitors residing in EU countries, apart from exhibitors residing in France, will not be subject to VAT. For residents of France or countries outside the EU: Exhibitors are responsible for declarations and payments relating to sales and taxes on their income, according to the laws of their country of residence. VAT must be paid.

My billing address is:*

In France

In the EU zone (excluding France)

outside the EU zone

SERVICE PACKAGE

Services package (mandatory) 500 € excl. VAT

Price:

The service package is mandatory. It covers the costs of, in particular:

-Registration fee
-Compulsory liability insurance
-Catalog page
-Your page on www.drawingnowparis.com
-Promotional material: posters, flyers, business invitations, personalized VIP invitations, vernissage invitations, public day invitations
-Exhibitor badges
-Free WIFI access

SUMMARY

Estimated Fees

Service package (mandatory)

General Area Area (m2)

Cost excluding tax General sector

Process Area (m2)

Cost excluding VAT for the Process Sector

Inception sector footprint (m2)

Cost excl. VAT Inception sector

Digital Sector footprint (m2)

Cost excluding VAT Digital Sector

TOTAL EXCL. VAT

VAT 20% (if applicable)

TOTAL INCL. VAT

VALIDATION

Art.1 - General provisions

Drawing Now Paris I Le salon du dessin contemporain 2027 runs from Thursday, March 18 to Sunday, March 21, 2027 at Carreau du Temple, with the opening on Wednesday, March 17, 2027.

Anyone wishing to exhibit must make a request to the organizers in order to receive an application. Galleries will be admitted to participate according to the artists they propose and their project, subject to available space corresponding to their project.

Unless participation is refused by the organizer, submission of this application constitutes a firm and irrevocable undertaking to pay the full price of stand rental and ancillary costs.

Galleries selected by the selection committee will be admitted to exhibit at Drawing Now Paris | Le salon du dessin contemporain 2027 and agree to abide, without restriction or restraint, by the clauses of these rules and any new provisions that may be imposed by circumstances and adopted by the organizers in the interest of Drawing Now Paris I Le salon du dessin contemporain 2027.

Art.2 - Exhibitors

Exhibitors are considered to be professional galleries of painting, sculpture, photography, new media – in the accepted definitions of original works – press organs, the commercial register being proof of the activity. French and foreign exhibitors who have reserved a stand must comply with the nomenclature of items accepted for display by the organizers. It should be noted that no multiple, apart from cartoons, is allowed at the Show.

Art.3 - Selection

The applicant is asked to provide a file on the works and artists that will be represented during the event. The selection committee may or may refuse to present it without giving any reason.

Under no circumstances does previous participation in the fair give rise to a right to a subsequent participation in this fair.

Art.4 - Booking and payment

- Galleries selected by the selection committee will receive a letter stating that they have been accepted to exhibit at Drawing Now Paris | Le salon du dessin contemporain 2027.

- The acceptance of the application file by the organizers entails the exhibitor's definitive adherence to all the clauses of these rules. The payment of the invoice must be made in two instalments according to the current schedule of the registration file. Exhibitors will not be admitted to their stand until they have paid all fees due (in the case of payment by bank transfer, they must provide proof of payment).

- If one or more invoices due to DS OFFICE remain unpaid at the latest 15 days after their date of issue, this non-payment will automatically and without prior notice result in forfeiture of the right to the site, without prejudice to the other provisions of this article and of these General Conditions. It follows that in such a case, DS OFFICE may freely dispose of the site and re-let it to another prospective exhibitor.

Art.5 - Cancellation

The full amount of the rental is due upon acceptance of the application by the selection committee. In the event of withdrawal of membership by the exhibitor, the latter will remain liable for the payment of the pitch invoice as long as the organisers do not have the possibility of re-renting under the usual conditions. Even if the booth is re-rented by the organizers, Drawing Now Paris | Le salon du dessin contemporain 2027 will retain 10% of the booth fee if the cancellation occurs before January 10, 2027. After January 10, 2027, the full amount of the participation is due.

SPECIAL COVID 19 CLAUSE

Should the show not take place for health reasons, the organizer undertakes to reimburse the sums already paid by exhibitors for stand rental and technical extras ordered.

Art.6 - Allocation of stands

- DS OFFICE alone determines the allocation of slots, which will be allocated in accordance with the selection criteria.

- Exhibitors may submit any reasoned objections within five days of DS OFFICE's notification of the allocated site. DS OFFICE will then take a reasoned decision. This decision will be final and notified in writing to the exhibitor.

- DS OFFICE reserves the right to relocate an allocated site, to modify its form, or to transfer one or more sites allocated to an exhibitor or a group of exhibitors to one or more other sites, if required for reasons of general organization.

DS OFFICE's exercise of such a right shall in no case give rise to any compensation whatsoever in favour of the exhibitor. DS OFFICE shall not be held liable for any decision taken by the owner or operator of the Building which may result in the alteration of the location or its appearance.

Art.7 - Assembly / Disassembly

The assembly and dismantling times will be communicated in the exhibitor's technical guide. Works arriving after the opening of the event may only be taken to the stands outside public opening hours. In the event that one of the exhibitors has not collected his goods within the allotted time, the organizers will proceed to secure the goods at the carrier, approved by the show, at the expense of the exhibitor. Any damages and additional costs that may occur during this security cannot be the responsibility of the organizers in any way. Each stand must be occupied at all times during the opening hours of the fair, up to and including the last day. Exhibitors must leave the locations, decorations and equipment made available to them in the condition in which they found them.

Art.8 - Stand layout

Exhibitors undertake to respect the artistic proposal made in their application, and in particular the presentation of an artist in focus on at least one third of the stand. Any decorations or animations that deviate from the general provisions provided for in the organization of a fair open to the public must be submitted to the opinion of the artistic direction and may not be carried out without the prior agreement of the latter. The exhibitor will be liable for any damage caused by an installation not provided by the organizer. Exhibitors must keep their stands in good order, and the management reserves the right to intervene to restore good order.

Art.9 - Sales

Sales are allowed during the event. However, for security reasons, no goods may leave the show hall without an exit voucher describing the goods taken, signed by the exhibitor and stamped by the organisers.

Art.10 - Security

- All the necessary measures will be taken by the organisers to ensure that the general security of the show outside opening hours is effective. It is the responsibility of each exhibitor to exercise vigilant control over his or her own equipment.

- DS OFFICE shall not be held liable for any person who enters a duly marked prohibited area.

Art.11 - Cleaning

The cleaning and permanent maintenance of the floors (circulation, entrance and free floor space) will be provided by the care and at the expense of the organizers. No waste may be deposited in the corridors after the cleaning service has passed through (carried out after the public has closed). Stand cleaning is at the exhibitor's expense.

Art.12 - Insurance

Apart from the coverage of the risks of the compulsory insurance, exhibitors must insure with their usual company that all other risks are covered, in particular theft, damage to works or exhibition equipment. Exhibitors release the organizers from any liability in the event of fire, explosion, flood, various disturbances, and for any element not attributable to the organizers, agents and attendants. In particular, damages may not be claimed from the organisers in the event that the rented property cannot actually be used by the exhibitors as a result of events of a force majeure nature.

Art.13 - Miscellaneous prohibitions

- Unless expressly authorised by the organisers, exhibitors are prohibited from:

rent all or part of their pitch free of charge, against payment or exchange of service
to broadcast music on their stand, or to demonstrate machines likely to disturb other exhibitors, except with the agreement of the artistic management.
In accordance with the applicable legal provisions, smoking is completely prohibited. Exhibitors must ensure compliance with this ban on and around their location.

Art.14 - Responsibility of the organizers

The organisers may, in the event of force majeure and in particular in the event of a transport strike, postpone the show, modify its opening hours, exclude the public. They can cancel or close it before the scheduled date. In all these cases, contracts concluded with exhibitors retain their full validity and payment for stand rental and any other services is due in full.

Art.15 - Application of this regulation

The organisers reserve the right to rule at any time on all disputed cases, or those not provided for in these rules. These decisions, even if transmitted verbally, are final and immediately enforceable.

The organisers reserve the right to amend these rules in the general interest of the show.

Art.16 - Complaints

Exhibitors' complaints must be submitted, for the purpose of an amicable settlement, to the organizers by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt within 15 days of the end of the show. After this period, complaints will no longer be admissible. Any dispute will fall exclusively under the jurisdiction of the courts of Paris and will be subject to French law. For the interpretation of the Regulation, only the French text is authoritative.

CONTRACT VALIDATION*

I declare that I have read the rules and general conditions of the Show, of which I accept all the clauses without reservation or restriction.

Signatory*

First Last Function

If you have any questions about your application, please contact:
Carine TISSOT, Director
carine.tissot@drawingsociety.org
Such. +33(0)1 45 38 51 15

Sophie GUIGNARD, Trade Fair Project Manager
sophie.guignard@drawingsociety.org
Such. +33(0)7 86 49 57 50