Welcome to the premier international art show of its kind for Modern and contemporary works, bringing leading galleries from around the world to the heart of Europe. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and editioned works. Basel is uniquely situated at the border between Switzerland, France and Germany. With its world-class museums, theaters, concert halls, medieval old town, and new architecture, it ranks as one of Europe's most alluring cultural cities.
About the Show
Art Basel has been described as the ‘Olympics of the Art World’. Approximately 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa show the work of more than 4,000 artists, ranging from the great masters of Modern art to the latest generation of emerging stars. The show's individual sectors represent every artistic medium: paintings, sculpture, installations, videos, multiples, prints, photography, and performance. Each day offers a full program of events, including symposiums, films, and artist talks. Further afield, exhibitions and events are offered by cultural institutions in Basel and the surrounding area, creating an exciting, region-wide art week.
Sectors
Our show's sectors allow visitors to explore the many dimensions of Modern and contemporary art including museum-caliber paintings, sculptures and classical photography, as well as works of an outsized scale, precisely curated projects, and site-specific artworks and interventions woven throughout the historical districts of Basel.
The anchor of Art Basel is its Galleries sector, more than 200 of the world's leading galleries of Modern and contemporary art show 20th- and 21st-century artworks. Visitors will discover a breadth of works including paintings, drawings, sculpture, installations, prints, photography, video and digital art by more than 4,000 artists.
Highlights of the 2015 edition
The main sector of the show will feature a strong list of 223 galleries. The returning exhibitors will be 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).
Talks
Art Basel hosts a series of conversations and talks on a range of subjects, including the collection and exhibition of art, understanding art from a geographical and historical perspective, and timely topics concerning the contemporary art scene. Artists, gallerists, art historians, curators, museum directors, publishers, and collectors participate in panel discussions, book signings, and interviews.
The morning Conversations series offers a platform for discussions that allows audiences access to an insider’s point of view. Dynamic dialogs take place between prominent members of the international artworld, each offering their unique perspective on producing, collecting, and exhibiting art.
2015 EXHIBITORS
Galleries from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa make up the impressive list of participants in Basel's show. To see the full gallery list for the 2015 edition, click here.
CURATORS
Our Unlimited, Parcours, and Film sectors are curated from works proposed by our galleries and selected by internationally renowned curators with expertise in each sector's domain.
Art Basel invites internationally recognized experts in particular spheres of the artworld to curate our Unlimited, Parcours, and Film sectors in Basel. These compelling projects bring precision and focus to the sectors, as well as an engagingly personal point of view that excites and provokes both experts and the general public.
2015 Unlimited
Gianni Jetzer
Gianni Jetzer is a curator and critic based in New York. He has realized numerous exhibitions in his positions as curator at Migros Museum in Zurich, Director of Kunsthalle St. Gallen, and Director of Swiss Institute in New York. As a critic, Jetzer has written articles for many notable catalogues, art magazines, and newspapers.
Florence Derieux is the Director of FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, which conceives and produces exhibitions of contemporary art, and organizes educational activities and events to engage the public in contemporary art. She has curated independent projects worldwide and has authored several books, essays and articles on the subject of contemporary art and artists. She lectures frequently at art institutions around the world.
2015 Film
This Brunner
This Brunner has over 40 years of experience in the film industry in Switzerland and abroad. He is a member of the European Film Academy and the Swiss Film Academy, and a well informed observer of the world cinema and the international film festival scene. He has been the curator of the Art Basel's Film sector since 1992, and Film curator for Art Basel in Miami Beach since 2002.
Maxa Zoller
Maxa Zoller is a film curator and art lecturer based in Cairo. Zoller has presented experimental film screenings at Tate Modern, South London Gallery, Filmmuseum Munich and the Centre of Contemporary Art Geneva. Currently, she is co-curating a solo exhibition of Anthony McCall at EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam.
Partners
Sponsorship is essential for the support of cultural events. Art Basel is grateful to have collaborating corporate partners who share our goal of creating an international platform for Modern and contemporary art of the highest standard.
Basel is home to 37 museums, quite extraordinary for a city of its size. In addition to its world famous institutions, major public artworks include Richard Serra’s monumental sculpture 'Intersection' and Jean Tinguely's whimsical fountain, a collection of fanciful, water-spitting sculptures.
Save the days for Art Basel June 18 - 21, 2015Art Basel - Basel Main address:
Art Basel - BaselWells Fargo CenterMesseplatz 10CH-4005Basel, SwitzerlandArt Basel - BaselWells Fargo CenterMesseplatz 10CH-4005Basel, Switzerland
Art Basel June 18–21, 2015
Welcome to the premier international art show of its kind for Modern and contemporary works, bringing leading galleries from around the world to the heart of Europe. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and editioned works. Basel is uniquely situated at the border between Switzerland, France and Germany. With its world-class museums, theaters, concert halls, medieval old town, and new architecture, it ranks as one of Europe's most alluring cultural cities.
About the Show
Art Basel has been described as the ‘Olympics of the Art World’. Approximately 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa show the work of more than 4,000 artists, ranging from the great masters of Modern art to the latest generation of emerging stars. The show's individual sectors represent every artistic medium: paintings, sculpture, installations, videos, multiples, prints, photography, and performance. Each day offers a full program of events, including symposiums, films, and artist talks. Further afield, exhibitions and events are offered by cultural institutions in Basel and the surrounding area, creating an exciting, region-wide art week.
Sectors
Our show's sectors allow visitors to explore the many dimensions of Modern and contemporary art including museum-caliber paintings, sculptures and classical photography, as well as works of an outsized scale, precisely curated projects, and site-specific artworks and interventions woven throughout the historical districts of Basel.
The anchor of Art Basel is its Galleries sector, more than 200 of the world's leading galleries of Modern and contemporary art show 20th- and 21st-century artworks. Visitors will discover a breadth of works including paintings, drawings, sculpture, installations, prints, photography, video and digital art by more than 4,000 artists.
Highlights of the 2015 edition
The main sector of the show will feature a strong list of 223 galleries. The returning exhibitors will be 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).
Talks
Art Basel hosts a series of conversations and talks on a range of subjects, including the collection and exhibition of art, understanding art from a geographical and historical perspective, and timely topics concerning the contemporary art scene. Artists, gallerists, art historians, curators, museum directors, publishers, and collectors participate in panel discussions, book signings, and interviews.
The morning Conversations series offers a platform for discussions that allows audiences access to an insider’s point of view. Dynamic dialogs take place between prominent members of the international artworld, each offering their unique perspective on producing, collecting, and exhibiting art.
2015 EXHIBITORS
Galleries from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia, and Africa make up the impressive list of participants in Basel's show. To see the full gallery list for the 2015 edition, click here.
CURATORS
Our Unlimited, Parcours, and Film sectors are curated from works proposed by our galleries and selected by internationally renowned curators with expertise in each sector's domain.
Art Basel invites internationally recognized experts in particular spheres of the artworld to curate our Unlimited, Parcours, and Film sectors in Basel. These compelling projects bring precision and focus to the sectors, as well as an engagingly personal point of view that excites and provokes both experts and the general public.
2015 Unlimited
Gianni Jetzer
Gianni Jetzer is a curator and critic based in New York. He has realized numerous exhibitions in his positions as curator at Migros Museum in Zurich, Director of Kunsthalle St. Gallen, and Director of Swiss Institute in New York. As a critic, Jetzer has written articles for many notable catalogues, art magazines, and newspapers.
Florence Derieux is the Director of FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, which conceives and produces exhibitions of contemporary art, and organizes educational activities and events to engage the public in contemporary art. She has curated independent projects worldwide and has authored several books, essays and articles on the subject of contemporary art and artists. She lectures frequently at art institutions around the world.
2015 Film
This Brunner
This Brunner has over 40 years of experience in the film industry in Switzerland and abroad. He is a member of the European Film Academy and the Swiss Film Academy, and a well informed observer of the world cinema and the international film festival scene. He has been the curator of the Art Basel's Film sector since 1992, and Film curator for Art Basel in Miami Beach since 2002.
Maxa Zoller
Maxa Zoller is a film curator and art lecturer based in Cairo. Zoller has presented experimental film screenings at Tate Modern, South London Gallery, Filmmuseum Munich and the Centre of Contemporary Art Geneva. Currently, she is co-curating a solo exhibition of Anthony McCall at EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam.
Partners
Sponsorship is essential for the support of cultural events. Art Basel is grateful to have collaborating corporate partners who share our goal of creating an international platform for Modern and contemporary art of the highest standard.
Basel is home to 37 museums, quite extraordinary for a city of its size. In addition to its world famous institutions, major public artworks include Richard Serra’s monumental sculpture 'Intersection' and Jean Tinguely's whimsical fountain, a collection of fanciful, water-spitting sculptures.
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