Basel Art runs to 19 June (photo: Michael Werner Gallery, New York)BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Sales at Art Basel are widely expected to be good this year, with the total value of the artwork estimated at $1.75 billion by an expert interviewed by Reuters.
It is the world’s largest contemporary art show, dedicated to the business of selling art, and it will attract 60,000 people in four days, but not everyone is there to buy.
The show is more akin to a modern art museum for many Swiss residents, with the best in contemporary art on display. Some 300 galleries, selected from 1,000 that applied, are showing the work of 2,500 artists, 20th and 21st century works from around the world. American galleries, as usual predominate, with 73 of the places, but German, Swiss and UK galleries are well represented.
Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, at Basel Art 2011Basel Art opened Wednesday, following a day of celebrity and official guests and parties, and it closes Sunday evening 19 June. There are five basic elements: the galleries, Art Feature, Art Unlimited with 62 large-scale works, Art Statements and Art Edition.
Money matters at Basel Art, so while the casual visitor is admiring the art, hot sales are going on.
Art Investment Russia writes Thursday that Wednesday already saw a number of hot deals: “the gallery Amy Gold sold to [an] American collector work Mark Rothko “Untitled” for nearly $5 million; gallerist Amman Doris (Doris Ammann) helped out on $1.1 million for two of Warhol’s series with the banks sauce Campbell; New York gallery Acquavella has found a buyer for the work “Untitled” Sigmar Polke (sold [for] approximately $1.3 million dollars) and the Madrid gallery Elvira Gonzalez rescued about two million for the work of Richard Serra, wrought iron.”
Galerie M Bochum, Basel Art 2011Basel Conversations was started in 2002 and it offers visitors a pause in the viewing to reflect on the state of contemporary art, with a series of panel presentations. Wednesday’s premiere featured Allen Ruppersberg, a New York/Los Angeles artist in conversation with Jay Sanders, curator and writer, New York.
Thursday’s panelists address the question “How will museums collect”, with Chris Dercon, director, Tate Modern, London; Martin Roth, director general, Dresden State Art Collections at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and incoming director, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Nancy Spector, deputy director and chief curator, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York with András Szántó, author and consultant to arts and philanthropic organizations, New York, as moderator.
Other topics: patronage and politics with a focus on the Middle East, the artist as urbanist and what is alternative – alternative to what?
The panel discussions are from 10:00-11:00 every day, with an opportunity to meet the panelists afterwards.
Art Basel is open daily from 11:00-19:00 and takes place in two halls at Messe Basel, Messeplatz. Public transport is easy; allow 15 minutes from the city’s main train station.
Entry price: CHF39 for one day or CHF70 for two, with children up to age 16 free when accompanied by a parent. Tickets are sold at the halls.
The show’s web site is well organized and offers a wealth of practical information in English, including an online catalogue.
Smart phone, iPod Touch and iPad users will find a collection of apps, useful for navigating through the maze of displays.
Artinfo’s reviewer offers a highly personal selection of what to see and what to miss.
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