FORA Gallery presented works by Anar Huseynzada, Guzel Zakir and Huseyn Jalil at the 7th edition of MENART Fair
(Booth F2, Galerie Joseph, 116 rue de Turenne), held 23-25 October 2026 during Paris Art Week. The presentation, titled ‘Where Is Home?’, examined belonging, cultural identity, collective memory and the relationship between place, heritage and displacement.
Founded in 2021 by Laure d’Hauteville, MENART Fair is Europe’s only fair dedicated to modern and contemporary art from the Middle East, North Africa and their diasporas. This year it brought together 34 galleries from 18 countries around the question of home, with a Project Room dedicated to Algeria. For FORA, which has since 2024 focused on artistic practices from the Caucasus and Central Asia, the fair was a natural platform. These regions are linked by centuries of exchange along historic trade routes such as the Silk Road, and by parallel experiences of imperial rule and its aftermath. They share questions of memory, cultural transmission and identity with the fair’s geographies, and the 2026 theme let that conversation extend eastward.
The booth featured new works by Huseyn Jalil, works by Anar Huseynzada and works by Guzel Zakir.
The presentation drew strong interest from collectors, curators, press and visitors, and led to meaningful new relationships. Two works by Zakir entered a significant private collection, a placement that reflects growing interest in the region’s artistic voices.
The fair took place at a fragile moment for Paris. One public day was cancelled because of demonstrations across the city, yet the energy of the exchanges at Booth F2 confirmed the value of being present, and of sharing a regional perspective with an international audience at a time when conversations about belonging are especially urgent.
