The
46th edition in Basel. This year, 284 leading international galleries
will present works ranging from the Modern period of the early 20th
century to the most contemporary artists of today. The fair show will
present a geographically diverse selection of galleries from 33
countries.
Art Basel today announced details of its 46th edition in Basel, Switzerland, taking
place June 18 to June 21, 2015. This year, 284 leading international galleries will
present works ranging from the Modern period of the early 20th century to the
most contemporary artists of today. The Basel show, whose Lead Partner is UBS,
will present a geographically diverse selection of galleries from 33 countries.
While galleries from Europe continue to be strongly represented, the show presents new
exhibitors and artists from across the globe. This year’s edition will once again offer a
strong selection of exhibitors with spaces in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region.
The participating galleries have exhibition spaces in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
China, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan,
Lebanon, Mexico, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore,
Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United
Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Galleries, the main sector of the show, will feature 223 galleries presenting the highest
quality of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography, video and editioned
works. A strong list of returning exhibitors is joined by three galleries who will exhibit
within the sector for the first time, having previously shown in Statements or Feature.
These galleries are: Rodeo (Istanbul, London), Take Ninagawa (Tokyo) and Vilma Gold
(London).
The Feature sector presents galleries with precise curatorial projects, showing both
historical and contemporary work. This year's edition will feature 30 galleries from 13
countries. Highlights of Feature include a presentation by Luxembourg & Dayan (New
York, London) of two lesser-known bodies of works by Michelangelo Pistoletto, ‘La
Gabbia’ and ‘Mobili Capovolti', which are critical within the development of the artist’s
oeuvre and significant given the political and historical context in which they were created.
James Cohan Gallery (New York, Shanghai) will show a selection of iconic works by John
Cage, a leading figure of the post-war Avant Garde, including his very first visual art
project, ‘Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel’, as well as later watercolours and
smoke drawings. Borzo Gallery (Amsterdam) will present a rare and previously unseen
collection of works by Constant, including a number of structures, oil paintings, drawings,
watercolours and photo collages, drawn from his ‘New Babylon’ series of work, the artist-
architects vision of a utopian anti-capitalist city. Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
(Culver City) will show an installation of drawings by Andrea Bowers, entitled
‘#sweetjane’, examining an Ohio high-school rape case from 2012, its subsequent trial and
the political activism that was triggered by it. Tokyo Gallery + BTAP (Tokyo, Beijing) will
present a thematic show on Mono-ha, the sculpture-based Japanese art movement from
the late 1960s onwards, including work by Jiro Takamatsu, Nobuo Sekine, Kishio Suga,
Susumu Koshimizu and Koji Enokura. The artist Judith Bernstein will create a site-
specific recreation of her iconic, censored screw drawing ‘Horizontal’ on the booth of
Karma International (Zurich), alongside a selection of the artist’s historic anti-Vietnam war
drawings and a series of new works.
Further highlights include a presentation by Parra & Romero (Madrid, Santa Gertrudis) of
seminal works by Nancy Holt, offering an in-depth look at the early projects of the artist,
whose pioneering work falls at the intersection of art, architecture, and time-based media.
Salon 94 (New York) will present an installation of David Hammons’ rarely seen dung
sculptures, alongside ‘Body Prints’ from the late 1970s – direct imprints of the artist’s
body made on paper with grease then powdered with pigment. Galerie Georges-Philippe
& Nathalie Vallois (Paris) will show a series of important art historical pieces from
Nouveau Réalisme and the French Avant Gardes of the 1960s, including works by
François Dufrêne, Daniel Spoerri, Jacques Villeglé, Jean Tinguely, Martial Raysse,
Alain Jacquet, Niki de Saint Phalle, Yves Klein and Arman. .
Solo presentations in the Statements sector offer visitors and collectors the opportunity
to discover the work of emerging artists and young galleries. This year, eight of the 16
galleries exhibiting within Statements will be new to the show. Statements will include a
presentation by Laura Bartlett Gallery (London) of a major new two-part film by British
artist Beatrice Gibson. Société (Berlin) will show an installation by the New York-based
artist Bunny Rogers, a series of objects relating to the idea of mourning the death of a
fictional character, and a homage to Michael Scofield from the TV series ‘Prison Break’.
Ellen de Bruijne Projects (Amsterdam) will present a series of sculptures produced mainly
in concrete, wood and metal by the Danish artist Kasper Akhøj, which can be seen as a
poem to the late Brutalist architect João Batista Vilanova Artigas, founder of the so-called
‘School of São Paulo’. ‘Not Easy Being Green’, an installation specifically conceived for
the show by the Los Angeles-based artist Nancy Lupo, presented by Wallspace (New
York), will comprise new sculpture and a video that explore green as a colour, a
communal site, an ethos and a nutritional supplement. Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler (Berlin)
will show painter Avery Singer’s first site-specific installation, ‘Private Setting’, a work
inspired by Fritz Glarner’s ‘Rockefeller’s Dining Room’. Grey Noise (Dubai) will present
‘Remote Local’, an installation by Caline Aoun consisting of three works, playing with the
parallel languages of printing, sculpture and architecture, and is a physical enactment of
the artist’s encounter with the surroundings of her studio in the Lebanese countryside.
RaebervonStenglin (Zurich) will show a site-specific project by Raphael Hefti, which will
see the Swiss artist produce aluminium sculptures onsite that will be installed and
operated throughout the duration of the show, while Bureau (New York) will present a
new collection of paintings by Julia Rommel.
The Baloise Art Prize will be awarded to up to two artists exhibiting in Statements, with
recipients being announced during the show in June. The Bâloise Group also acquires
works by the award-winning artists, which it donates to two European museums. The
institutions will hold solo exhibitions for the recipients of the award.
Unlimited, Art Basel's unique platform for projects that transcend the limitations of a
traditional art-fair stand, will be curated for the fourth year by Gianni Jetzer, Curator-at-
large at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC, with circa 70
works ranging from large-scale sculptures and paintings to video projections, installations
and live performances. Further details will be announced in the coming months.
Florence Derieux, Director of FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, returns for the third
consecutive year to curate Parcours, a series of site-specific sculptures, interventions and
performances by renowned international artists and emerging talents, presented by Art
Basel galleries. Each year, Parcours seeks to engage with a different area of the city of
Basel, and this year will take place around the Münsterplatz area near the Basel cathedral.
Parcours is open to the public and free of charge. Further details will be announced in the
coming months.
Screened at Stadtkino Basel, Art Basel's Film program, which features films by and about
artists, will be curated for the first time by Cairo-based film curator and art lecturer Maxa
Zoller, who has presented experimental film screenings at Tate Modern, South London
Gallery, Filmmuseum Munich and the Centre of Contemporary Art Geneva. Further details
on this year's Film program will be released in the coming months ..
Conversations and Salon, the extensive program of talks and panel discussions
accompanies the gallery presentations in Basel offering audience’s access to first-hand
information on the international art world. The talks will take place in the auditorium within
Hall 1. Videos of past talks and discussions can be found at artbasel.com/basel/talks.
Further details on this year's Conversations and Salon program will be released in the
coming months ..
Design Miami Basel.
Design Miami Basel, the global forum for collectible design, runs June 16-21, with a
preview day on Monday, June 15 (by invitation). The fair resumes in Hall 1 South on the
Messeplatz. The 10th edition presents more than 50 participating galleries exhibiting
historic and contemporary design alongside a robust cultural program of commissions,
talks and satellite shows. .
Museum Shows.
During Art Basel, the city’s museums will once again offer a series of significant
exhibitions. Fondation Beyeler will present a major exhibition of Paul Gauguin, bringing
together many significant masterpieces from leading international museums and private
collections. The Schaulager will show ‘Future Present’, an exhibition devoted to the
collection of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, representing its first extensive public
presentation in over 30 years, while ‘Joseph Beuys: Installations, Actions & Vitrines’,
will be on display at the Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Museum Tinguely will present
‘Haroon Mirza: HRM199LTD’, a significant exhibition bringing together the full range of
the artist's work, while Kunsthalle Basel will show a major new installation by Anicka Yi
and new work by Vincent Fecteau. Vitra Design Museum will present ‘Making Africa’,
shedding new light on contemporary design in Africa.
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Private View
Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 11am to 8pm (by invitation only)
Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 11am to 3pm (by invitation only)
Vernissage
Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 3pm to 8pm (by invitation only)
Art Basel
Messe Basel, Messeplatz
Public Days
Thursday, June 18, 2015, 11am to 7pm
Friday, June 19, 2015, 11am to 7pm
Saturday, June 20, 2015, 11am to 7pm
Sunday, June 21, 2015, 11am to 7pm
Ticket Options
Day Ticket: CHF 48
Evening Ticket, after 5 pm: CHF 25
Two-Day Ticket: CHF 80
Permanent Ticket: CHF 110
Reduced Day Ticket for Students/Seniors: CHF 35
Combination Ticket for Art Basel and Design Miami/Basel: CHF 65
Groups of 10 people or more: CHF 35 per person
Accompanied school groups: CHF 25 per person
Art Basel 2015
dal 16 al 21 giugno 2015
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amalia di Lanno
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