Art Basel Launches Curated OVR: Portals with 94 Galleries
Art Basel's OVR: Portals, a specially curated digital version of its Online Viewing Rooms, is available until June 19, 2021, showcasing 94 galleries from 29 different nations. Curators Magali Arriola, Christina Li, and Larry Ossei-Mensah emphasize contemporary sociopolitical themes from 2020, such as the pandemic and political unrest. Notable features include Sawangwongse Yawnghwe addressing Myanmar's crisis, works by Yoan Capote and Hank Willis Thomas exploring governance, Liam Gillick's take on corporate culture, and Tomas Saraceno's focus on planetary coexistence. Additionally, William Eggleston's pieces from the 1970s-80s reflect uncertainty, while Richard Saltoun Gallery exhibits Violetta Costello and Holly Stevenson. Five galleries are participating for the first time. Noah Horowitz remarked that the platform brings forth new curatorial perspectives.
Key facts
- OVR: Portals is the first curated edition of Art Basel's Online Viewing Rooms.
- The digital event runs until June 19, 2021.
- 94 galleries from 29 countries participate, each showing up to eight works.
- Curators: Magali Arriola, Christina Li, and Larry Ossei-Mensah.
- Themes include pandemic, political upheaval, mass protests, and social change from 2020.
- Highlights include works by Sawangwongse Yawnghwe, Yoan Capote, Liam Gillick, Tomas Saraceno, and William Eggleston.
- Five galleries debut: Addis Fine Art, Galeria Nora Fisch, First Floor Gallery Harare, Gallery Vacancy, Galerie Fons Welters.
- Noah Horowitz, Director Americas of Art Basel, announced the curatorial expansion.
Entities
Artists
- Sawangwongse Yawnghwe
- Yoan Capote
- Awol Erizku
- Hank Willis Thomas
- Liam Gillick
- Tomas Saraceno
- Sharon Lockhart
- Simon Starling
- Rirkrit Tiravanija
- William Eggleston
- Violetta Costello
- Holly Stevenson
- Magali Arriola
- Christina Li
- Larry Ossei-Mensah
- Noah Horowitz
Institutions
- Art Basel
- Nova Contemporary
- Ben Brown Fine Arts
- Air de Paris
- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
- neugerriemschneider
- David Zwirner
- Richard Saltoun Gallery
- Procreate Project
- Addis Fine Art
- Galeria Nora Fisch
- First Floor Gallery Harare
- Gallery Vacancy
- Galerie Fons Welters
- Museo Tamayo
- ARTNOIR
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
- Artribune
Locations
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Hong Kong
- China
- New York
- United States
- Myanmar
- Addis Ababa
- Ethiopia
- London
- United Kingdom
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Harare
- Zimbabwe
- Victoria Falls
- Shanghai
- Basel
- Switzerland