Art & PhotographyNewsA Takashi Murakami artwork is up for grabs in an art treasure hunt in ParisPerrotin Gallery is hiding 20 artist’s works in the Grand Palais, and if you find one it’s yours to keepShareLink copied ✔️October 18, 2020Art & PhotographyNewsTextThom Waite The historic Grand Palais in Paris has announced that it’s hosting an art scavenger hunt in collaboration with Perrotin Gallery, and if you’re lucky you could get your hands on a free Takashi Murakami artwork. The project, titled “Wanted!”, is set to take place over 48 hours next weekend (October 24 to October 25) and participation will be free of charge. Hidden alongside the Murakami artwork will be 19 others from artists also represented by Perrotin, including Daniel Arsham, Emily Mae Smith, and JR. “The rules are simple,” reads a post on the gallery’s Instagram page: “20 artworks by Perrotin artists will be concealed in the empty nave of the Grand Palais. If you find one, you leave with it.” In a statement, Emmanuel Perrotin tells The Art Newspaper: “I am hugely grateful to my artists for their commitment and belief in this wild project. This is a rare moment. I love the idea of doing this as a gift to the city of Paris, as a moment of solidarity and joy.” Perrotin adds that he visited the Grand Palais empty to consider the space for a project with Maurizio Cattelan (the artist behind the infamous $120,000 banana at Art Basel) seven years ago. “During this visit, I happened to ask how much it cost to rent the Grand Palais,” he says. “Ever since, I have kept this idea in my mind.” Check out the announcement of “Wanted!” below. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe Renaissance meets sci-fi in Isaac Julien’s new cinematic installationMagnum and Aperture have just launched a youth-themed print saleArt Basel Paris: 7 emerging artists to have on your radarInside Tyler Mitchell’s new blockbuster exhibition in ParisAn insider’s portrait of life as a young male modelRay Ban MetaIn pictures: Jefferson Hack launches new exhibition with exclusive eventArt to see this week if you’re not going to Frieze 2025Here’s what not to miss at Frieze 2025Portraits of sex workers just before a ‘charged encounter’Captivating photos of queer glamour in 70s New YorkThis erotic photobook archives a decade of queer intimacyGuen Fiore’s tender portraits of girls in the flux of adolescence