Basel Art Week 2018: Nine Fairs to Visit
Art Basel 2018 opens with nearly 300 galleries. Italian participation in the main section includes Alfonso Artiaco (Naples), Galleria Continua (San Gimignano), Massimo De Carlo (Milan), and others. New Italian entries in the Feature section are Monica De Cardenas (Milan, Zuoz, Lugano), Fonti (Naples), Lorcan O’Neill (Rome), P420 (Bologna), and Emanuel Layr (Vienna, Rome). Liste, the longest-running satellite fair, returns to Warteck with 80 galleries from 30 countries, including Italian participants Frutta Gallery (Rome/Glasgow), Laveronica (Modica), Francesca Minini (Milan), and Monitor (Rome). Volta, founded in 2005 by Amanda Coulson, moves to the COOP distribution center near Novartis campus, with 10 Italian galleries out of 75. Scope changes location near Messeplatz, with Italian newcomers M77, One Arts Club (Milan), and Rizomi (Parma). Frame debuts at Basel Art Center with 12 galleries and a foundation, no Italian presence. Paper Positions, from Berlin and Munich, opens at Ackermannshof with 26 mostly German galleries. Photo Basel, fourth edition at Volkshaus, features Italian gallery Mimmo Scognamiglio (Milan). I Never Read, a fair for books and prints, expands globally with a project room at Manifesta in Palermo curated by Valentina Bruschi and Ignazio Mortellaro. Design Miami/Basel returns to Messeplatz.
Key facts
- Art Basel 2018 features nearly 300 galleries.
- Italian galleries in main section: Alfonso Artiaco, Galleria Continua, Massimo De Carlo, Lo Scudo, Invernizzi, kaufmann repetto, Magazzino, Giò Marconi, Massimo Minini, Franco Noero, Christian Stein, Tega, Tornabuoni, Tucci Russo, Zero…
- New Italian entries in Feature: Monica De Cardenas, Fonti, Lorcan O’Neill, P420, Emanuel Layr.
- Liste fair has 80 galleries from 30 countries, 15 new entries.
- Volta fair moves to COOP distribution center near Novartis campus.
- Scope fair changes location near Messeplatz; Italian participants are M77, One Arts Club, Rizomi.
- Photo Basel fourth edition at Volkshaus; Italian gallery Mimmo Scognamiglio participates.
- I Never Read fair will have a project room at Manifesta in Palermo.
Entities
Artists
- Robert Barry
- Daniel Buren
- José Yaque
- Nedko Solakov
- McArthur Binion
- Jim Hodges
- Olivier Mosset
- Andra Ursuta
- Rodolfo Aricò
- Candice Breitz
- Lara Favaretto
- Alex Katz
- Barbara Probst
- Salvatore Emblema
- Rachel Whiteread
- Paolo Icaro
- Ana Lupas
- Stano Filko
- Valentina Bruschi
- Ignazio Mortellaro
- Claudia Compte
- Jérôme Bel
- Dana Michel
- Eva Birkenstock
- Thom Browne
- Marco Enrico Giacomelli
- Eyrie Alzate
- Maximilian Arnold
- Antonio Lopez
- Francesco De Bernardi
- Margherita Moscardini
- Valentina Artone
- Adrian Schachter
Institutions
- Art Basel
- Alfonso Artiaco
- Galleria Continua
- Massimo De Carlo
- Lo Scudo
- Invernizzi
- kaufmann repetto
- Magazzino
- Giò Marconi
- Massimo Minini
- Franco Noero
- Christian Stein
- Tega
- Tornabuoni
- Tucci Russo
- Zero…
- Monica De Cardenas
- Fonti
- Lorcan O’Neill
- P420
- Emanuel Layr
- Liste
- Frutta Gallery
- Laveronica
- Francesca Minini
- Monitor
- Volta
- Amanda Coulson
- Galleria Bianconi
- The Flat
- Doris Ghetta
- Montoro12
- Privateview
- Maurizio Caldirola
- Alessandro Casciaro
- E3
- Anna Marra
- Paola Verrengia
- Scope
- M77
- One Arts Club
- Rizomi
- Frame
- Basel Art Center
- Paper Positions
- Photo Basel
- Volkshaus
- Herzog & de Meuron
- Mimmo Scognamiglio
- I Never Read
- Design Miami/Basel
- Gufram
- Atelier Biagetti
- TOILETPAPER
- Manifesta
- Orto Botanico
- Artribune
- Marco Enrico Giacomelli
- Design Miami
- Galleria Artiaco
- Continua
- Zero...
- Federico Vavassori
- Supportico Lopez
- the flat
- Massimodeluca
- Antonella Cattani
- Federico Rui
- Pack
- Primo Marella
- Wunderkammern
- L'Affiche
- mc2
- Raffaella De Chirico
- VisionQuesT 4rosso
- Antonella Villanova
- Erastudio
- Rossella Colombari
- Nilufar
- Stagetti/Galleria O.
- Galleria dello Scudo
- A arte Invernizzi
- Gió Marconi
- Galleria Massimo Minini
- Galleria Franco Noero
- Galleria Christian Stein
- Galleria Tega
- Tornabuoni Art
- Tucci Russo Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea
- ZERO…
- Noire Contemporary Art
- Galleria Raffaella Cortese
- Mazzoleni
- Studio Trisorio
- Vistamare
- Lia Rumma
- Liste Art Fair Basel
- Diana
- Matta
- Zazà
- Triangolo
- Gian Marco Casini
- Acappella
- Amanita
- Messe Basel
Locations
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Naples
- Italy
- San Gimignano
- Beijing
- Les Moulins
- L’Havana
- Milan
- London
- Hong Kong
- Verona
- Brescia
- Rome
- Turin
- Firenze
- Forte dei Marmi
- Paris
- Crans Montana
- Torre Pellice
- Zuoz
- Lugano
- Bologna
- Vienna
- Warteck
- Modica
- Berlin
- Markthalle
- COOP distribution center
- Novartis campus
- Ortisei
- Monza
- Bolzano
- Salerno
- Messeplatz
- Parma
- New York
- Miami
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Ackermannshof
- Munich
- Monaco di Baviera
- Germany
- Palermo
- Volkshaus
- Florence
- Venice-Mestre
- Genoa
- Cremona
- Livorno
- United States
- Geneva
- Montreal
- Canada
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Istanbul
- Turkey
- Bangkok
- Thailand