Art Basel Reveals Line-up of 284 of the
World's LeadingnGalleries for its 2023 edition in Basel
The 2023 edition of Art Basel in Basel will feature 21 first-time participants, including three galleries entering directly into the main Galleries sector of the show: blank projects from Cape Town, Empty Gallery from Hong Kong and Offer Watermann from London. 18 galleries will join the fair for the first time in the Feature and Statements sectors.
First-time exhibitors in Feature:
~ acb (Budapest)
~ David Castillo (Miami)
~ Thomas Erben Gallery (New York)
~ Gajah Gallery (Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Singapore)
~ M77 Gallery (Milan)
~ Martos Gallery (New York)
~ Jacky Strenz (Frankfurt)
~ Galerie Bene Taschen (Cologne)
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First-time exhibitors in Statements:
~ Broadway (New York)
~ Cooper Cole (Toronto)
~ Gaga (Mexico City and Los Angeles)
~ Hua International (Beijing and Berlin)
~ Jhaveri Contemporary (Mumbai)
~ LC Queisser (Tbilisi)
~ Kendra Jayne Patrick (Bern and New York)
~ sans titre (Paris)
~ SMAC Art Gallery (Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Stellenbosch)
~ Soft Opening (London)
Messeplatz
Art Basel will also stage a site-specific presentation by Moroccan, Swiss-based sculptor and installation artist Latifa Echakhch on thencity's Messeplatz, curated by Samuel Leuenberger, Curator for Parcours, Art Basel's sectorn for site-specific works.
Echakhch, who represented Switzerland at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022, has a long tradition of working with deconstructed stages - the symbol of wreckage and ruins - to uncover then hope and possibilities that lie within them. A sprawling superstructure situated in the Messeplatz will act as the backdrop for a series of live concerts and performances organized in collaboration with Luc Meier, Director of La BecquenArtist Residency.
The musical acts interrogate the fundamentals of sound and music-making as a shared experience between the artist and the audience. Beyond the performances, the various islands and stage settings will benavailable for the public to sing, recite poetry, share knowledge, or simplyncome to rest.
Images: R. Eberhard, messekompakt.com, EBERHARD print & medien agentur gmbh
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