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9 unusual facts about Art Basel


Alserkal Avenue

Two contemporary art galleries from the district, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde and Green Art Gallery, were selected to participate in Art Basel in the Art Statements section, "for the first time in the history of the region".

Ching Chong Song

They have toured in the US and Europe, and performed at such diverse events as Art Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, Primavera a la Ciutat, in Barcelona, Spain, Ladyfest Rotterdam, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the Nachtbar Porn Festival in Berlin, Germany.

Diego Bowie

Performed at Zones Contemporary Art Fair, parallel to the Art Basel Fair in Miami, December 2013.

Gallery Homeland

galleryHOMELAND has shown imported and local Portland artists, as well as produced Lifeboat-Miami for Art Basel Miami Beach, Lifeboat-Hamptons for Scope Art Fair Hamptons, Waterways, an Istanbul Biennale project, and co produced The EAST/WEST Project Berlin.

Matt McCormick

He has had three films screen at the Sundance Film Festival, has had work exhibited at Art Basel, The Moscow Biennial, and the Museum of Modern Art, and his film The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal was named in ‘Top 10 film lists of 2002’ in both Art Forum Magazine and the Village Voice.

Michael Alan

He's also been featured in well over 200 group shows, including "10 x 10 Decade End" at Whitebox, Art Basel Miami, "Exhibitionists Both" at Jonathan Schorr, "Object Affection" at BOFFO Arts, and the Auction for Art World Digest at Rare Gallery.

Rokni Haerizadeh

His video ‘Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes so Different, so Appealing?’ was exhibited at the Sharjah Biennial in 2010 and at Art Basel, Art Statements in 2012, and is in the Tate Collection.

Sara Fitzmaurice

Fitzmaurice has spearheaded campaigns for clients including Art Basel, for which Fitzmaurice conceived the museum trustee group outreach program, the first of its kind for an art fair, and the 2001 launch of Art Basel in Miami Beach, for which she served as a lead U.S.-based strategist.

Thomas Houseago

Giant Geiant, 2010, Art 41 Basel, on Messeplatz, sited directly in front of the buildings hosting the Art 41 Basel



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Edward A. Shanken

Following the second concern, he organized and chaired a panel discussion with Nicolas Bourriaud, Peter Weibel and Michael Joaquin Grey at Art Basel in June 2010 (see external link below) and organized and chaired a panel discussion at the College Art Association Annual Conference (CAA) in 2011, the papers of which were published in a special issue of ArtNodes (see links below).