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Twenty works by artists including Takashi Murakami, JR, Emily Mae Smith, Daniel Arsham, and Bharti Kher are about to be hidden in one of the highest-stakes treasure hunts Paris has ever seen.

“Wanted!” a collaborative project between Perrotin Gallery and the Grand Palais, will take place next week between October 24 and 25. Participants who secured a spot in the scavenger hunt will have the chance to take home whichever works they find concealed in the empty nave of the iconic Grand Palais.

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It's an unusual gimmick, but uncertain times call for unorthodox ideas. Art dealer Emmanuel Perrotin explained in a statement that, “since we don’t know where we are going, it is almost as if anything is possible: immense, adventurous, and unapologetic projects make us feel connected to the world in this moment.”

“These experiments are part of the history of avant-garde art, and it’s truly astonishing how some of the participating artists have inventively hidden their work within the Grand Palais,” Chris Dercon, president of the Grand Palais, said in a statement.

Due in part to social-distancing restrictions, the treasure hunt has been separated into 50-minute sessions, with a 500-person maximum capacity per slot.

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