Authorities in Paris have put the kibosh on Design Miami’s first Parisian edition after police there cited a lack of security at its planned site, the historic Place de la Concorde.

The concern led to the July 29th denial of permit issuance by the city’s new police chief Laurent Nunez, who extended his predecessor Didier Lallement’s decision from a month prior on the grounds that the area would present “security problems.” As reported in Le Monde, a source familiar with the case feels the real culprit is a fear of France’s Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vest protesters, who previously sparred with police in the same location in a series of public demonstrations that turned violent near the end of 2018.

As a result, the fair’s organizers announced they will be forced to cancel the October event, stating that “the timeline has proved too short to proceed this Autumn.” Organizers also confirmed each exhibitor will be given a full refund and that they are working to find an alternative location for a yet undetermined future date.

The fair was supposed to present a “significant market opportunity” to the French culture capital, according to Artnet. The inaugural edition was to be curated by Maria Cristina Didero, a former Salone del Mobile exhibitor whose most recent show in Basel (titled “The Golden Age”) perhaps ironically examined the legacy of a design impulse that is “propulsive of technological and creative developments, [sic] benefitting Earth and people.”

A spokesperson for Art Basel, Design Miami’s strategic and creative partner, told Artnet that the cancelation of the first Design Miami Paris edition would, however, not have “any impact” on the planned Paris+ art fair to be put on concurrently in the Grand Palais.