Art Basel in 72 Hours

Art Basel

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
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 Dean
Left: Frank Stella, D. Scramble: Ascending Green Values/Ascending Spectrum, 1978; Right: Agnes Martin, Untitled, #9, 1988
Left: Frank Stella, D. Scramble: Ascending Green Values/Ascending Spectrum, 1978; Right: Agnes Martin, Untitled, #9, 1988
Marisa Merz, Untitled, Undated
Marisa Merz, Untitled, Undated
Pencil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Philip Guston, Num 11, 1952
Philip Guston, Num 11, 1952
Oil on canvas. 123.5 x 130.8 x 4.4 cm
Philip Guston, Num 11, 1952. Detail
Philip Guston, Num 11, 1952. Detail
John MacLaughlin, Untitled, c.1950
John MacLaughlin, Untitled, c.1950
Gouache on illustration board
50.8 x 50.8 cm
Alexander Calder, Pisces
Alexander Calder, Pisces
Robert Adams, Untitled, 2005
Robert Adams, Untitled, 2005
Gelatin-silver print 35.6 × 27.9 cm
Thomas Ruff, press++51.14, 2016
Thomas Ruff, press++51.14, 2016
C-Print, 185 × 231 cm
Edition 1/4
Erin Shirreff, A.P. (17) and A.P. (24), 2017
Erin Shirreff, A.P. (17) and A.P. (24), 2017
Archival Pigment Print, each 86.4 x 116.8 cm, with fold
Edition 1/4
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
Damian Ortega
Damian Ortega
Milton Avery
Milton Avery
Matt Connors, Untitled, 2017
Matt Connors, Untitled, 2017
Henry Taylor, Cicely and Miles visit the Obamas, 2017
Henry Taylor, Cicely and Miles visit the Obamas, 2017
Jannis Varelas, Au bord de la Mer, 2017
Jannis Varelas, Au bord de la Mer, 2017
Sanya Kantarovsky, Blue Bells, 2017
Sanya Kantarovsky, Blue Bells, 2017
Cecile, B. Evans, concrete structure housing an animated film
Cecile, 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, Basel
Samara Scott, Installation view, The Sunday Painter, LISTE Art Fair 2017, Basel
Samara Scott (detail), The Sunday Painter, LISTE Art Fair 2017, Basel
Samara Scott (detail), The Sunday Painter, LISTE Art Fair 2017, Basel
Renee Levi, Curated by White Frame for LISTE Art Fair 2017, Basel
Renee Levi, Curated by White Frame for LISTE Art Fair 2017, Basel
Ned Vena, LISTE Art Fair 2017, Basel
Ned Vena, LISTE Art Fair 2017, Basel
Elisa Montessori, Monitor at LISTE Art Fair 2017, Basel
Elisa Montessori, Monitor at LISTE Art Fair 2017, Basel
Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Fondation Beyeler, Basel

Fondation Beyeler, Basel

Wolfgang Tillmans, Fondation Beyeler
Wolfgang Tillmans, Installation view, Fondation Beyeler

Wolfgang Tillmans, Fondation Beyeler Wolfgang Tillmans, Fondation BeyelerWolfgang Tillmans, Fondation Beyeler Wolfgang Tillmans, Fondation BeyelerDay 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.

Kunstmuseum Basel

Kunstmuseum Basel

Francisco de Zurbaran, Agnus Dei, 1635-40 Copyright © Museo Nacional del Prado
Francisco de Zurbaran, Agnus Dei, 1635-40
Copyright © Museo Nacional del Prado
Jeronimo Jacinto Espinosa, Saint John the Baptist, 1645 Copyright © Museo Nacional del Prado
Jeronimo Jacinto Espinosa, Saint John the Baptist, 1645 Copyright © Museo Nacional del Prado
Paul Cézanne, Landscape, 1904
Paul Cézanne, Landscape, 1904
Paul Cézanne, Still life with sliced watermelon, 1900
Paul Cézanne, Still life with sliced watermelon, 1900
Paul Cézanne, Road with Trees on an Embankment, 1904
Paul Cézanne, Road with Trees on an Embankment, 1904
Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel

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