Basel Social Club 2026 Turns Abandoned UBS Office into Office-Life Satire

Key facts

• Basel Social Club 2026 is held in an abandoned multi-storey office building that once housed a UBS training centre.
• The exhibition features experimental works on office life, including microwaved desk lunches, water coolers, neckties, and parking garages.
• Participating artists include Elleanna Chapman, Xiao Guo Hui, Botond Keresztesi, İhsan Oturmak, Esben Weile Kjaer, and Georgia Gardner Gray.
• The programme includes nightlife, DJ sets, exercise classes, a cold plunge, and on-site cosmetic injections.
• The show runs until 20 June at Erdbeergraben 1.
• The presentation poses the question: 'Shouldn’t you be working?'
• Galleries involved include Teaspoon Projects, Galerie Fabian Lang, Longtermhandstand, Öktem Aykut, Andersen’s Contemporary, Electric Art Collective, and Sadie Coles HQ.
• The exhibition examines labour and productivity in the gig economy, particularly for cultural workers.