The emerging from LISTE, the established at Art Basel and the museum exhibitions of Kunstmuseum Basel. At the fairs, I have prioritised those artists I haven’t spoken about or featured yet on the blog. These are my highlights.
Day 1: Art Basel 2017
Tacita Dean, When first I raised the Tempest, 2016 8 panels, chalk on board, 244 x 976 cm “Driving down Sunset Boulevard early on in my stay, I was confronted by a voluminous atomic cloud blooming at the end of the road in front of me, back-dropped by a deep blue sky. This inspired me to take up chalk on blackboard once again: I have since become a cloud watcher” Tacita DeanLeft: Frank Stella, D. Scramble: Ascending Green Values/Ascending Spectrum, 1978; Right: Agnes Martin, Untitled, #9, 1988Marisa Merz, Untitled, Undated Pencil on canvas, 40 x 30 cmPhilip Guston, Num 11, 1952 Oil on canvas. 123.5 x 130.8 x 4.4 cmPhilip Guston, Num 11, 1952. DetailJohn MacLaughlin, Untitled, c.1950 Gouache on illustration board 50.8 x 50.8 cmAlexander Calder, PiscesRobert Adams, Untitled, 2005 Gelatin-silver print 35.6 × 27.9 cmThomas Ruff, press++51.14, 2016 C-Print, 185 × 231 cm Edition 1/4
Dorothea Lange
Dorothea Lange
Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter
Erin Shirreff, A.P. (17) and A.P. (24), 2017 Archival Pigment Print, each 86.4 x 116.8 cm, with fold Edition 1/4Gordon ParksGordon ParksDamian OrtegaMilton AveryMatt Connors, Untitled, 2017Henry Taylor, Cicely and Miles visit the Obamas, 2017Jannis Varelas, Au bord de la Mer, 2017Sanya Kantarovsky, Blue Bells, 2017Cecile, B. Evans, concrete structure housing an animated film
Day 2: LISTE and Fondation Beyeler
Samara Scott, Installation view, The Sunday Painter, LISTE Art Fair 2017, BaselSamara Scott (detail), The Sunday Painter, LISTE Art Fair 2017, BaselRenee Levi, Curated by White Frame for LISTE Art Fair 2017, BaselNed Vena, LISTE Art Fair 2017, BaselElisa Montessori, Monitor at LISTE Art Fair 2017, BaselFondation Beyeler, Basel
Wolfgang Tillmans, Installation view, Fondation Beyeler
Day 3: Kunstmuseum Basel
Not contemporary art but whenever you have a chance to see part of El Prado exhibition, always say yes. At the moment Kunstmuseum Basel is hosting Hola Prado!, creating a relationship between both museums’ collections as well as a separate exhibition, The Hidden Cézanne, focusing on his sketch books and works on paper.
Day 3: Kunstmuseum Basel
