In the Swiss city of Basel was called I-40 from international contemporary art fair Art Basel

C 10 to 14 June in the Swiss city of Basel will take place 40-th International Fair of Contemporary Art Art Basel. It involved nearly three hundred galleries, including the Moscow-XL Gallery. The fair will see the works of more than two and a half thousand artists.

One of the sectors of trade fairs, Art Premiere, dedicated curatorial project galleries. Each year, nineteen art dealers an opportunity to arrange an exhibition there. This may be a solo exhibition of an artist, and exhibition devoted to the creative dialogue of two masters. In Art Premiere are also dealers who can demonstrate unique products already included in the history of world art.

Another sector, Art Statements, presents the work of beginners and not so famous artists. To participate in this project have applied more than three hundred art dealers, of which the fair organizers chose twenty-seven. Each of the gallery made a solo exhibition of one of its wards. Opportunity to show their works in this sector is considered to be fair to the artist's great success - many of the «Alumni» Art Statements have become real stars of contemporary art. In different years, they exhibited such authors as William Kentridzh (William Kentridge), Kara Walker (Kara Walker) Bikroft and Vanessa (Vanessa Beecroft).

Large-scale projects are presented at Art Unlimited. You can see the video, large installations and massive sculptures, as well as a variety of performances. Among those who participate in Art Unlimited this year - Japanese artist Nara Esitomo (Yoshitomo Nara), famous because of his painting of a evil little children. His installation - house of recycled materials, where a copy of the studio artist.

Customers will also be given a wide range of mass, including books produced by artists and albums. In addition, the fair will see the movies of artists and buy magazines about art.

As part of Art Basel will be very unusual exhibition, arranged by the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist (Hans Ulrich Obrist), and artists Philippe Parreno (Philippe Parreno), Anri Sala (Anri Sala) and Rirkrit Tiravaniya (Rirkrit Tiravanija ). From 12 to 14 June at 8.30 pm at the Basel Theater will be the presentation of installations, as well as different representations of actors, singers, dancers and musicians. All of these pieces together in «Opera Visual Arts» under the name Il Tempo del Postino ( «Time postman»). The aim of the organizers - to create an exhibit that «takes time, not space». That is, the artist determines how much time a viewer spends on the inspection of a work of art. The participants in the project include Matthew Barney (Matthew Barney), Olafur Eliasson (Olafur Eliasson), Doug Eytken (Doug Aitken), Carsten Heller (Carsten Höller) and others.

In addition to Art Basel, the Swiss town hosts several fairs. Fair opens June 8, SCOPE, where you can buy works by young artists. In the same building passes Fair Art Asia, where the creativity of authors from the East. Both events will last until June 14.

Creativity beginners and not very well known artists are also fairs Volta (from 8 to 13 June) and Liste (from 9 to 14 June). There exist Liste «age»: there may be only part of art dealers whose galleries have not yet turned five years old. And the artists whose works are exhibited at their stands, should be less than forty.

Another great fair is called Hot Art Fair. Here you can buy works by artists from Latin America. Like Art Basel, it will be held from 10 to 14 June.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova, AI

Source: artbasel.com , artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru