STRASBOURG.- ST-ART Strasbourg will celebrate its 30th edition from November 12 to 15, 2026, reaffirming its role as one of France’s pioneering regional contemporary art fairs and deepening its connection with the Alsace region through a new citywide initiative, Strasbourg Art Week.
Founded in 1997, ST-ART has become a key cultural event in France’s Grand Est region, bringing together around 60 exhibitors and nearly 13,000 visitors each year. For its anniversary edition, the fair will extend beyond the city’s new Parc des Expositions with a program designed to bring contemporary art into the streets, museums, galleries, cultural spaces, businesses and bookshops of Strasbourg.
“ For several years we have been working to ensure that ST-ART goes beyond the dimension of a fair. Strasbourg Art Week is the culmination of this ambition,” said Christophe Caillaud-Joos, General Director of Strasbourg Events. “Through this unifying event, we want to celebrate contemporary creation in our region for a week and make it accessible to as many people as possible.”
The 2026 edition will again welcome galleries from Alsace, France and abroad. Returning participants include Yannick Kraemer Gallery in Strasbourg, Galerie Murmure in Colmar, Justbee Galerie in Masevaux, Galerie Espiral in Noja, Spain, and Pigment Gallery in Barcelona. New international exhibitors will also join the fair, including Galerie Urbaneez from Lausanne and Anaid Art Gallery from Bucharest.
Institutions will also play a larger role this year. For the first time, FRAC Alsace will participate in ST-ART, presenting a selection of works from its collection in an exhibition titled Seconde nature.
Running from November 10 to 15, Strasbourg Art Week will mark the first time ST-ART expands into a broad off-site route across the city. The outdoor and citywide program will include several stops and itineraries, connecting contemporary creation with local heritage, industry and public space.
Among the participants will be Les Magnifiques, returning with L’Industrie Magnifique, a project that creates encounters between art and industry through collaborations among artists, private companies and local authorities. The facade of the SATI factory, a historic Alsatian coffee roaster at the Port du Rhin, will once again feature a work by the winning artist of the Les Talents SATI competition.
Batorama, the Strasbourg sightseeing boat company, will host monumental sculptures and photographs on its pontoons, while SAAMS, a longtime partner of the fair, will offer a family treasure hunt inviting visitors to discover works installed throughout the city.
Several Strasbourg cultural institutions will take part in the Art Week program. La Chambre will devote an exhibition to Alsatian photographer Alice Bommer, who lived from 1923 to 2004. The Würth Museum will present a photography exhibition, while HEAR, the Haute École d’Art du Rhin, will show works by its students. CEAAE, the European Center for Contemporary Artistic Actions, and Apollonia will also be part of the route.
The city’s galleries will form their own itinerary, creating a dialogue between the off-site program and the fair at the Parc des Expositions. Across the border in Kehl, Strasbourg’s German neighbor, the work of German artist Angela Murr will be presented in the streets. Each tree sculpture will be accompanied by a QR code, allowing visitors to explore the complete work digitally and generate new versions of it.
The week will also include talks and public encounters. Art critic and historian Hector Obalk will open the event on Tuesday, November 10, with his performance Toute l’histoire de la peinture en moins de deux heures. Batorama, in collaboration with SAAMS, will offer three talks on board its boats. Several bookshops will also join the program, hosting meetings, book signings and readings connected to contemporary art and glass art.
For the third consecutive year, ST-ART will place a special focus on glass art, a field closely tied to Alsace’s regional identity. Located near the forests of the Vosges, Alsace has long been associated with the fire arts, a tradition that continues to hold economic, cultural and heritage significance.
Visitors to the fair will encounter glass works presented by participating galleries, along with special institutional displays. Les Étoiles Terrestres, which brings together the Lalique Museum, the Meisenthal glass site and the Saint-Louis Crystal Museum within the Northern Vosges Regional Nature Park, will return to ST-ART. ESGAA, the European Studio Glass Art Association, will present work by British artist Anne Petters, while CERFAV, the European Center for Research and Training in Glass Arts, will show a selection of works produced by former students.
The fair will also highlight printmaking and publishing, in a nod to Strasbourg’s place in the history of printing. In the mid-15th century, Johannes Gutenberg developed key elements of modern printing while living in Strasbourg. Echoing that legacy, ST-ART will feature Espace Gutenberg and its member artists, who will demonstrate edition techniques at the fair.
A special exhibition will be dedicated to French engraver Philippe Mohlitz, a major figure in burin engraving. His finely detailed works open onto a fantastical world of visionary architecture, strange machines, enigmatic landscapes and silent figures.
Support for emerging artists remains central to ST-ART’s identity. Created in 2024, the European Young Creation Prize reflects the fair’s commitment to artists under 35 who work, live or have studied in Europe. Open to all artistic practices, the prize recognizes both an artist and their gallery. The winner receives a trophy created by the Meisenthal glassworks, a €2,000 award and a solo exhibition space at ST-ART the following year.
ST-ART will also continue its “ST-ART your collection” initiative, an area dedicated to young collectors. Following the 2025 edition, this section will bring together works offered by participating galleries for under €1,000, making the art market more accessible and encouraging first-time acquisitions.
SAAMS, the Society of Friends of the Arts and Museums of Strasbourg, will once again present the Théophile Schuler Prize at ST-ART. Awarded by a jury of art-world figures, the prize honors an artist under 35 living in Alsace. The winner receives €3,000 and is exhibited at the SAAMS booth during the fair.
The fair’s artistic committee is composed of Georges-Michel Kahn, collector and gallerist specializing in abstraction; Rémy Bucciali, publisher and printer of contemporary engravings; and Stéphanie Pioda, art historian and journalist. Their selection process aims to ensure a demanding and diverse program for the anniversary edition.
Organized by Strasbourg Events, ST-ART’s 30th edition will use its milestone year not only to look back at three decades of contemporary art in the region, but also to open the fair outward — into the city, across the border, and toward new artists, audiences and collectors.
