The Shangri-La Paris palace hotel shows Chiharu Shiota’s red-thread works until 27 October

Until 27 October 2026, the Shangri-La Paris palace hotel is showing a selection of works by Chiharu Shiota, the Japanese artist of taut threads, in its Rotonde. Organised with Galerie Templon to coincide with Art Basel Paris, the exhibition is billed as free to enter: a chance to step through the gates on avenue d’Iéna without booking a room.

From 14 to 27 October, beneath the dome

Galerie Templon, which represents the artist, describes the event as an exclusive exhibition hosted by the hotel in its Rotonde. This round room, crowned by a moulded dome, is the hotel’s entrance hall; on the floor, marble marquetry traces a broad rosette. This is not one of the giant, room-filling installations Chiharu Shiota has created for museums, but a hang of works to be studied up close.

A mannequin, a mask, a diary caught in thread

The two Inside Memory pieces (2025) each hold an object like a buried memory: a dressmaker’s mannequin in red, white and black threads, then a vintage camera and a red box in a scarlet tangle. The State of Being series encloses a gilded mask (Mask, 2023), handwritten pages (Diary, 2022) or broad red loops (Boat, 2025). Strange Home, from 2026, draws a red house on the wall, its edges tracing roof, walls and floor.

Who is Chiharu Shiota?

Born in Osaka in 1972, Chiharu Shiota has lived and worked in Berlin since 1997. Working with woollen yarn, she blends performance, body art and installation around memory, absence and the bonds between people. She represented Japan at the 2015 Venice Biennale with The Key in the Hand, and the Grand Palais devoted a major exhibition to her from December 2024 to March 2025.

Art Basel Paris, two kilometres away

The Art Basel Paris fair takes over the Grand Palais with 206 galleries from 41 countries: trade days on 21 and 22 October, public opening from 23 to 25 October. The Shangri-La exhibition is not part of the fair’s official programme, but it benefits from the buzz, some two kilometres from the Grand Palais. Another palace-hotel date during the fair: La Table Ruinart at Cheval Blanc Paris.

Prince Bonaparte’s former mansion

Shangri-La Paris occupies the former mansion of Prince Roland Bonaparte, great-nephew of Napoleon I, built in the late 19th century and listed as a historic monument. Awarded Palace status in 2014, it has 100 rooms and suites facing the Eiffel Tower or avenue d’Iéna. Its restaurants and bars were reworked this year around the prince, from Maison Roland to the Bar Botaniste; it ranks among the 33 palace hotels of Paris and France.

Staying at the hotel: from €1,632 a night

To extend the visit, the cheapest room, a 36 m² Superior Double overlooking the dome of La Bauhinia restaurant or the courtyard, was listed at €1,632 a night for the night of 12 to 13 November 2026, for two adults, taxes included, with a 20% year-end discount and breakfast extra (€70), as checked on Booking.com on 19 October 2026. Eiffel Tower view rooms started at €2,832 the same night.

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