Galerie Devals, located in the Palais-Royal garden in the heart of Paris, is dedicated to minimal art, geometric abstraction, land art, and the avant-garde movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Founded by Alexandre Devals, the gallery highlights both historic and contemporary artists who explore the various shapes of abstraction in relation to sciences, nature, music and spirituality.
Among the artists exhibited are key figures such as John Armleder, John Cage, Alan Charlton, Philippe Decrauzat, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Richard Paul Lohse, Nobuo Sekine, Alan Sonfist, Bernar Venet, Kennedy Yanko.
With exhibitions such as 'Alan Sonfist: Telluric wonder', 'Skinny Lines' and 'New River', the gallery presents a rigorous program that merges formal experimentation with conceptual depth.
The curation of the gallery Devals aims at creating meaningful dialogues between generations and movements, offering a renewed perspective on abstract and conceptual practices from the 20th century until today.
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DEVALS at TEFAF Maastricht
14-19 March, 2026“It is an immense honor to be taking part in TEFAF for the first time. I have always loved coming to Maastricht for the diversity and exacting standards of its presentations, for the connections forged across centuries, and above all for the deep respect for the métier shared by exhibitors and visitors alike. TEFAF approaches the art market and the act of collecting as a genuine craft: a discipline grounded in expertise, a cultivated eye, and a rigorous commitment to selection, research, and presentation that rises above passing fashions. Because art belongs to its own time while at the same time transcending it, it is able to enter into dialogue across the centuries. We are honored to be part of this story.”
Alexandre Devals
For its first participation in Showcase (stand SC7), the gallery pays tribute to artists’ enduring fascination with stone.
“I sought to align the gallery’s program, comprising historical and seminal works from the postwar avant-gardes, with that of TEFAF, an event grounded in the long view of history. Our booth, dedicated to the mineral sources of sculpture, acknowledges the 7,000 years of history represented at the fair by evoking archaeological vestiges, ancient sculpture, and carved stone blocks from every period. As the original material of sculpture, stone is presented here as a raw substance. Through seminal works by European, American, and Asian artists associated with Land Art and Mono-ha. The historical significance and emotional resonance of these movements are confirmed fifty years after their creation.”
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Press
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THE ART NEWSPAPER - La TEFAF Maastricht dévoile ses nouveaux exposants pour 2026
January 7, 2026La foire d’art et d’antiquités néerlandaise accueillera en mars 2026 276 marchands et galeries, dont 26 nouveaux participants à son secteur principal. L’édition 2026 de la TEFAF Maastricht se tiendra... -
Transfuge - John Cage at Galerie Devals - A highlight from Transfuge magazine
March 1, 2025John Cage (1912-1992) jouit d’une réputation incontestée en tant que compositeur radical et pionnier de l'avant-garde du XX siècle. A l’exception de ses exquises partitions musicales, notations manuscrites élégamment dessinées,... -
Point de Vue - Épatante Galerie
November 2, 2022Sélectionné pour concourir au prix Marcel-Duchamp, passionné par les effets d'optique de l'art cinétique, Philippe Decrauzat est actuellement exposé au CentrePompidou et... dans la toute nouvelle galerie Devals au Palais-Royal.... -
Connaissance des arts - Les Quatre Cavaliers du Prix Marcel Duchamp
October 1, 2022Comme chaque année à l’automne, c’est el retour des aspirants au prestigieux Prix Marcel Duchamp. L’occasion de découvrir et de jauger les artistes de la scène française, avec cette année... -
TRANSFUGE - "Je déteste l’idée de l’artiste du moment !"
December 1, 2022Ce jeune homme au visage romantique échappé du XIXe siècle a longtemps prêté ses talents, sa culture et son oeil au sculpteur Bernar Venet qui en avait fait le très... -
Geste/s - Kennedy Yanko Curaté par Alexandre Devals
March 30, 2024Les artistes dialoguent à travers les siècles et Kennedy Yanko s’inscrit dans une longue tradition picturale et sculpturale. Elle se distingue pour son invention de paint skins, littéralement “peaux de... -
L’EXPRESS - Christophe Donner: Ce qui manque
December 1, 2022(...) Alors on déambule au long du Rio Grande, l'idée étant celle du travelling où c'est le spectateur qui dirige. On croise le mur de Trump, un cavalier qui passe... -
Le Monde - Le Monopoly des galeries d'art parisiennes
October 15, 2024(...) Pourquoi cette ruée vers l'ouest, confirmée en 2023 par l'ouverture de la galerie Hauser & Wirth près de l'avenue Montaigne? « On ne peut plus circuler depuis la fermeture... -
L’EXPRESS - Christophe Donner: L’art donc je suis
December 15, 2022(...) Alexandre, le directeur de la galerie Devals, a prévu de changer chaque semaine l'accrochage des œuvres associées au Bouche-trou de Morellet. Le jour où je suis passé devant la... -
L’EXPRESS - Christophe Donner: Les troubles de l’abstraction
January 5, 2023Si la beauté des beaux livres est sujette à controverses, ils ont en commun d'être lourds, et celui-là ne déroge pas à la règle. Réalisant le poids de l'objet qui...
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Exhibitions
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DEVALS invites L'Oeil de KO
Hamish Fulton - Sol LeWitt - John McCracken - Claudio Parmiggiani - Nobuo Sekine - Bernar Venet - Antoine Wagner 4 December 2025 - 6 January 2026DEVALS is pleased to announce its second collaboration with L’Oeil de KO across its two spaces. On the occasion of this invitation, a selection of pieces and objects curated by... -
En Grisaille
Susanna Fritscher – James Howell – Sol LeWitt – Ed Ruscha – Hiroshi Sugimoto 19 October - 22 November 2025The exhibition 'In Grisaille' is devoted to the visual, sensory, and conceptual powers of grisaille, and to the regimes of opacity it entails. Bringing together works by Susanna Fritscher, James... -
Dan Flavin, Untitled (To Barbara Lipper), 1973
15 Galerie de Montpensier, 75001, Paris 19 October - 22 November 2025Dan Flavin’s practice asserts itself through the disciplined use of commercially available fluorescent light, a medium that, in his hands, becomes inseparable from questions of space, perception, and context. Rather... -
Devals x Paulin Paulin Paulin
29 September - 13 October 2025Galerie Devals is delighted to present, within its space at 37 Galerie Montpensier, a unique exhibition in collaboration with Paulin Paulin Paulin. The exhibition showcases the photographic work of Thibaut... -
Faux Plat - Commissaire : Matthieu Poirier
Tarik Kiswanson, Lucia Koch, Ann Veronica Janssens, Heinz Mack, Juan Parada, Florian et Michael Quistrebert, Hugo Schüwer-Boss. 26 June - 22 September 2025The term faux plat refers to terrain that appears flat but in reality possesses a subtle incline. Here, it describes the ambiguous relationship to volume and space shared by a... -
La Ligne Mince
Alan Charlton, Philippe Decrauzat, Richard Paul Lohse, Nobuo Sekine, Daniel Turner. 22 March - 9 May 2025In 1950, Barnett Newman created The Wild, a painting now housed at MoMA. Towering at 2.43 meters yet just 4 centimeters wide, the work distills Newman’s signature « zip »... -
John Cage, New River
25 January - 15 March 2025In the 1980s, John Cage began experimenting with watercolor, creating graphic works where natural elements took center stage—burnt papers, stone silhouettes, and edible sheets—drawing inspiration from his connection to Japan.... -
Alan Sonfist / Songes telluriques
9 September - 7 October 2024Songes telluriques is the inaugural French exhibition of New York artist Alan Sonfist. Since the 1960s, Sonfist’s work has embodied a poetic yet profoundly committed approach, demonstrating a deep connection... -
Kennedy Yanko / She is a verb
15 October - 12 November 2023
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