Art 37 Basel 2006

Art 37 Basel: Eldorado of the International Art World

The 37th edition of Art Basel takes place in the museum city of Basel (Switzerland) from June 14 through 18, 2006. It is the world’s leading art show and annual meeting place of the international art world. Some 300 galleries from all continents have been selected to participate. They will be showing works by over 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Making its debut this year is the special «Art Premiere» sector, where 12 promising young galleries will be presenting their programs. Further special sectors feature one-person shows of young artists, editions and multiples, artists’ films, artists’ books, and public art projects. The «Art Unlimited» exhibition, presenting over 70 large-scale projects, and «Art Basel Conversations,» with distinguished panelists, represent further highlights. This year the international art show will already be closing on Sunday, June 18, with a big final event. «Professional Day,» for which the galleries will be organizing special activ ities, takes place on Friday, June 16. The museums of the city will be staging fascinating exhibitions and a broad range of events to complement the show.

Every form of artistic expression will be represented at Art 37 Basel, the repertoire ranging from paintings, drawings, editions, and sculptures to installations, performance work, and internet and video art. Works costing a few thousand dollars by young, yet-to-be discovered artists will be on display alongside museum-quality masterpieces priced in the millions. The «Art Unlimited» hall will be showcasing ambitious large-scale projects such as can be seen and purchased at no other art fair in the world. Exhibition Square in front of Art Basel will provide a platform for art projects in public space. Six projects by Chris Burden, Massimo Bartolini, Jeppe Hein, Mark di Suvero, Jack Pierson, and Martin Creed will be displayed there during the international art show. Over 50,000 visitors and approximately 1,800 media representatives are expected at the 37th edition of Art Basel. The cultural institutions of the city will be staging accompanying events and mounting exhibitions fo cusing on such artists as Henri Matisse, Hans Holbein the Younger, Tacita Dean, Francis Alÿs, Edgard Varèse, Lee Lozano, Daniel Richter, and Joe Colombo.

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New: «Art Premiere» The «Art Premiere» sector makes its debut at Art Basel this year. 12 young galleries from Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, India, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the USA will be taking part. With this new commitment, Art Basel reinforces its efforts to offer a platform to the youngest generation of gallerists and to constantly update and energize the show.

«Art Statements» This year marks the tenth anniversary of «Art Statements.» The popular sector offers galleries and their young artists a special, reduced-rate platform that brings them to the attention of an international audience of curators, collectors, and the media. The «Art Statements» sector has been relocated to a prominent new position near the entrance of the «Art Unlimited» hall. The new exhibition architecture, designed by the Basel architects’ practice of Steinmann and Schmid, allows for variable spatial configurations adapted to the artists’ projects. It provides the ideal context for the 22 solo shows of young artists. The exhibition platform is complemented by a bookstore, a video library, a cafeteria, and the «Art Lobby» forum, where artists, art mediators, and the public have several opportunities daily to meet and exchange ideas.

«Professional Day» This is the third time «Professional Day» will be taking place (Friday, June 16, 2006). The event is aimed at museum professionals, art dealers, and art collectors. Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., many exhibitors will be staging special activities or rehanging parts of their booths. «Art Basel Conversations» and the «Art Lobby» will also be running information events geared to professional visitors. Until 2 p.m. on Friday, admission to the international art show is only by invitation of the participating galleries and the Show Management. The special exhibitions («Art Unlimited,» «Art Statements,» «Artists’ Books,» and «Art Lobby») will already be open to the public at 11 a.m.

«Art Basel Conversations» Leading artists, curators, gallery owners, private collectors, and architects will be presenting and discussing the following subjects: «Art Collecting and Philanthropy,» «Art Institutions in the Middle East,» «Museums Envisioned by Artists,» and «The Concepts behind Forthcoming Biennales.» The panelists include Monica Bonvicini, Thomas Demand, Angela Bulloch, Marino Golinelli, Robert Weil, Okwui Enwezor, Hou Hanru, Crissie Iles, Rasem Badran, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Agnès Troublé, Vasif Kortun, Suzanne Landau, Tirdad Zolgadhr, and Robert Storr, to name only a few.

«Art Unlimited» The «Art Unlimited» hall provides a platform for some 70 ambitious artworks that exceed the scope of most art fairs owing to spatial, temporal, technical, financial, contextual, or conceptual restrictions. The selection was made from a record number of over 200 projects proposed by the galleries exhibiting at Art 37 Basel. With the accent on innovative and large-scale works, everything from outsize sculptures and installations to video projections, mural paintings, and performance art will be on show and for sale. The list of artists ranges from Ilya Kabakov, Sherrie Levine, and Barbara Kruger to Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Silvie Fleury, and Ernesto Neto. There will also be works by young and little-known artists. Many artists will be there in person.

«Public Art Projects» The exhibition area in front of the main hall of the international art show is scheduled to become an arena for art projects in public space. Six projects by internationally acknowledged artists – Chris Burden, Massimo Bartolini, Jeppe Hein, Jack Pierson, Mark di Suvero, and Martin Creed – will be on display and available for purchase throughout Art 37 Basel. The works on Exhibition Square engage directly with the spectator, connecting with the daily lives of passers-by in ways now poetic, now alienating or surprising. In no way a traditional sculpture exhibition, «Public Art Projects» showcases interventions in urban space.

«Artists’ Books» The «Artists’ Books» exhibition, which celebrated its successful premiere last year, will once again be taking place in the «Art Unlimited» hall. Whereas last year’s exhibition focused on artists’ books produced in the previous 5 years, this year’s is dedicated chiefly to artists’ books from the seventies. The exhibition is scheduled to be accompanied by information events and presentations in the presence of the artists and publishers. «Artists’ Books» is organized by Geneva curator and publisher Lionel Bovier in collaboration with AA Bronson of Art Metropole, Toronto, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Printed Matter (New York).

«Art Film» The «Art Film» sector once again has a top-flight program of new films by and about artists in store at the Stadtkino Basel. «Art Film» is curated by Benjamin Weil, Curator of Media Arts at the famed San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. On Saturday, June 17, there will be a screening of the new film «Absolute Wilson,» in the presence of star director Bob Wilson.

«Film Premiere» «Zidane, a 21st century portrait,» by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, presents a different approach to sports film, creating a real-time portrait and a far-reaching, in-depth film focusing on one of the greatest soccer players of our time: Zinedine Zidane. During the entire 90 minutes of the game, seventeen 35mm cameras set up around the playing field were trained solely on Zidane, who had agreed to become the center of attention for this out-of-the-ordinary, full-length feature film. The Scottish Mogwai Band, who composed the film score, will be performing live. Thursday, June 15, St. Jakobs Park, Basel.

Museums exhibitions in Basel Rarely have the museum exhibitions in and around Basel been as outstanding as this year.

On show at the Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel: «Henri Matisse. Figure Color Space»; at the Kunstmuseum Basel: «Hans Holbein the Younger. The Years in Basel 1515 – 1532»; at the Schaulager: «Tacita Dean and Francis Alÿs»; at the Museum Jean Tinguely: «Edgard Varèse (1883 – 1965)»; at the Kunsthalle Basel: «Lee Lozano»; at the Kunstmuseum Basel – Museum für Gegenwartskunst: «Daniel Richter.»

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// Art Statements: Pierre Ardouvin, Valentin, Paris/ Shannon Bool, Kadel, Karlsruhe/ Matthew Brannon, Kordansky, Los Angeles/ Steven Claydon, Hotel, London/ Keren Cytter, Kaufmann, Zürich / Gardar Eide Einarsson, Team, New York/ Susanna Fritscher, cent8, Paris/ Vidya Gastaldon, Art:Concept, Paris/ Barnaby Hosking, Wigram, London/ Talia Keinan, Noga, Tel Aviv/ Terence Koh, Peres projects, Los Angeles/ Isa Melsheimer, Wien, Berlin/ Simon Dybbroe Møller, Kamm, Berlin/ Jesús Bubu Negrón, Comercial, San Juan/ Peter Piller, Frehrking Wiesehöfer, Köln/ Michael S. Riedel, Senn, Wien/ Mathilde Rosier, Zürcher, Paris/ Lucy Skaer, Doggerfisher, Edinburgh/ Mungo Thomson, Connelly, New York/ Clemens von Wedemeyer, Wolff, Paris/ Martin Westwood, Approach, London/ Ralf Ziervogel, Thumm, Berlin

// Art Unlimited Darren Almond, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin/ Carlos Amorales, Yvon Lambert, Paris, New York/ Kurimanzutto, Mexico D.F./ Christian Andersson, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Stockholm / Kader Attia, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm; Daniel Templon, Paris/ Lynda Benglis, Cheim & Read, New York/ John Bock, Anton Kern Gallery, New York; Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin/ Reto Boller, Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich/ Martin Boyce, The Modern Institute, Glasgow/ Johnen + Schöttle, Köln/ Fernando Bryce, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin; Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona/ Jean-Marc Bustamante, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, Salzburg; Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Bruxelles/ Valentin Carron, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich / David Claerbout, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen/ Gallery Yvon Lambert, Paris, New York; Johnen, Schöttle, Köln, Berlin, München; Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, London/ Anke Doberauer, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich/ Sam Durant, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York/ Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/ Cecilia Edefalk, Brändström & Stene, Stockholm/ Sylvie Fleury, Sprüth Magers Lee, Köln, München, London/ Ceal Floyer, Esther Schipper, Berlin/ 303 Gallery, New York; Lisson Gallery, London / Alicia Framis, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid;/ Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam/ Michel François, carlier | gebauer, Berlin/ Xavier Hufkens, Bruxelles/ Hamish Fulton, Galleri Riis, Oslo; Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Zuoz, Engadin; Maureen Paley Ltd., London/ Ellen Gallagher , Edgar Cleijne, Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, London/ Ryan Gander, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam/ Imi Giese, Galerie Christian Nagel, Köln/ Douglas Gordon, Yvon Lambert, Paris, New York/ Rodney Graham, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago/ Hauser & Wirth Zürich London, Zürich, London/ Subodh Gupta, Art & Public Cabinet PH, Genève/ Arturo Herrera, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York/ Susan Hiller, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London/ Carsten Höller, Gagosian Gallery, New York / Olaf Holzapfel, Galerie Gebrüder Lehmann, Dresden/ Johnen, Schöttle, Köln, Berlin, München/ Sabine Hornig, Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin/ Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa/ Cristina Iglesias, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, Paris/ Junya Ishigami, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo/ Ilya Kabakov, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Beijing/ Martin Kersels, Deitch Projects, New York/ Joseph Kosuth, Sprüth Magers Lee, Köln, München, London/ Barbara Kruger, Sprüth Magers Lee, Köln, München, London/ Peter Land, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen/ Sherrie Levine, Jablonka Galerie, Köln/ Mark Lewis, Galerie Cent8 - Serge le Borgne, Paris/ Jan Manãu‰ka, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York/ Meyer Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe/ Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin/ Fabian Marcaccio, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin/ Chris Marker, Peter Blum Gallery, Blumarts Inc., New York/ Anthony McCall, Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln/ Barry McGee, Stuart Shave , Modern Art, London/ Deitch Projects, New York/ Aernout Mik, carlier | gebauer, Berlin/ Helen Mirra, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe/ Jonathan Monk, Lisson Gallery, London/ François Morellet, Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel/ Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich; Dabbeni Studio d'arte contemporanea, Lugano; Galerie m Bochum, m Bochum Kunstvermittlung, Bochum; A arte Studio Invernizzi, Milano;/ Matt Mullican, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich; Galerie Daniel Blau, München; Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin/ Georg Kargl, Wien; Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa, Galerie Nelson, Paris/ Bruce Nauman, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf/ Ernesto Neto, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York/ Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo/ Markus Oehlen, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main/ Luca Pancrazzi, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Beijing/ Perejaume, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona/ Daniel Pflumm, Galerie Neu, Berlin/ Julius Popp, Galerie Joceliyn Wolff, Paris; Galerie Nächst St. Stefan, Wien/ Sergio Prego, Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid / Tobias Putrih, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Ljubljana, / La Ribot, Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid/ Ugo Rondinone, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich/ Sadie Coles HQ, London/ James Rosenquist, Acquavella Galeries, New York/ Markus Schinwald, Georg Kargl, Wien; Giò Marconi, Milano/ Gedi Sibony, Art: Concept, Paris/ Sturtevant, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London/ Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, Salzburg/ Frank Stella, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris/ Vibeke Tandberg, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin; c, o Gerhardsen, Berlin/ Monique van Genderen, Gallery Bernier , Eliades, Athens/ Inez van Lamsweerde + Vinoodh Matadin, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York/ Xavier Veilhan, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm/ Banks Violette, Team Tallery, New York / Christopher Wool, Luhring Augustine, New York/ Erwin Wurm, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien; Xavier Hufkens, Bruxelles

// Galerien: 303 Gallery, New York , Acquavella, New York, Air de Paris, Paris, Aizpuru, Madrid, Alexander and Bonin, New York, de Alvear, Madrid, Ammann, Zürich, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Andriesse, Amsterdam, Anhava, Helsinki, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Zürich, Art & Public, Genève, Artiaco, Napoli, von Bartha, Basel, Benitez, Madrid, Berggruen, San Francisco, Berès, Paris , Bernier/Eliades, Athens, Beyeler, Basel, Bischofberger, Zürich, Blau, München, Blum, New York, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, Bonakdar, New York, BQ, Köln, Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, Brown, New York, Brusberg, Berlin , Buchholz, Köln, Buchmann, Berlin, Agra/Lugano, c/o Gerhardsen, Berlin, CAAW/Meile, Beijing, Luzern, Campaña, Köln, Capitain, Köln, carlier gebauer, Berlin, Carzaniga, Basel , Cheim & Read, New York, Cobo, Madrid, Coles, London, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Continua, San Gimignano, Bejing, Cooper, New York, Corkin Shopland, Toronto, Crousel, Paris, Dabbeni, Lugano, Daiter, Chicago , de Cardenas, Milano, De Carlo, Milano, Deitch, New York, Denise René, Paris, Di Meo, Paris, Galerie Ditesheim, Neuchâtel, Genève, Ecart, Genève, Eigen + Art, Berlin , Feigen Richard, New York, Fischer, Düsseldorf, Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warszawa, Fontana, Milano, Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Fraenkel, San Francisco, Freeman, New York, Friedman, London, Friedrich, Basel, Frith Street, London, Gagosian, New York, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, Galerie de France, Paris, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, Galerist, Istanbul, Galleria dello Scudo, Verona, Gelink, Amsterdam, Gibson, London, Gladstone, New York, Gmurzynska, Köln, Zürich, González, Madrid, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Goodman Marian, New York, Grässlin, Frankfurt, Gray, Chicago, New York, Greve, Köln, Guerra, Lisboa, Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Hauser & Wirth, Zürich, London, Galerie Erna Hécey | Luxembourg, Rolf Hengesbach, Räume für neue Kunst | Köln, Hetzler, Berlin, Hilger, Wien, Hopkins-Custot, Paris, Hoppen, London, Hoss, Paris, Houk, New York, Hufkens, Bruxelles, Hutton, New York, Hyundai, Seoul, Invernizzi, Milano, Jablonka, Köln, Jacobson, London, Janda, Wien, Janssen Michael, Köln, Janssen Rodolphe, Bruxelles, Johnen/Schöttle, Köln, Berlin, Juda, London, Kaplan, New York, Kargl, Wien, Kelly, New York, Kerlin, Dublin, Kern, New York, Kewenig, Köln, Kicken, Berlin, Kilchmann, Zürich, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Klüser, München, König, Wien, Koyama, Tokyo, Koyanagi, Tokyo, Kraus, New York, Kreps, New York, Krinzinger, Wien, Krugier, New York, Genève, Kukje, Seoul, Kulli, Zürich , kurimanzutto, Mexico, L.A. Louver, Venice, L&M, New York, La Città, Verona, Lahumière, Paris, Lambert, Paris, New York, Landau, Montreal, Leavin, Los Angeles, Lehmann, Dresden, Lehmann Maupin, New York , Lelong, Zürich, Linder, Basel, Lisson, London, Lorenzo, Madrid, Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Luhring Augustine, New York, m Bochum, Bochum, Maass, Berlin, Magazzino, Roma, Mai 36, Zürich, March, Valencia, Marconi, Milano, Marks, New York, Marlborough, Zürich, New York, London, Monaco, Madrid, Mathes, New York, Maubrie, Paris, Mayer, Düsseldorf, Mayor, London, McKee, New York, Meert Rihoux, Bruxelles, Meier, San Francisco, Metro Pictures, New York, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Millan Antonio, São Paulo, Miller, New York, Minini, Brescia, Miro, Hackney, London, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, Modern Art, London, Modern Institute, Glasgow, Moeller, New York, Mot, Bruxelles, Müller, Zürich, Munro, Hamburg, nächst St. Stephan, Wien, Nagel, Köln, Nagy, London, Nahmad Helly, London, Neff, Frankfurt am Main, Nelson, Paris, Neu, Berlin, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, New Art Centre, Wiltshire, Noero, Torino, Nolan/Eckman, New York, Nordenhake, Stockholm, Berlin, Nothelfer, Berlin, Nourbakhsch, Berlin, OMR, Mexico, Orangerie-Reinz, Köln, Oxley9, Sydney, PaceWildenstein, New York, Painter, Santa Monica, Vancouver, Paley, London, Pauli, Lausanne, Paviot, Paris, Persano, Torino, Petzel, New York, Piccadilly, London, Prats, Barcelona, Praz-Delavallade, Paris, Presenhuber, Zürich, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Rech, Paris, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, Anthony Reynolds, London, Riis, Oslo, Ropac, Paris, Rosen, New York, SCAI, Tokyo, Scalo, Zürich, Scheibler, Köln, Schipper, Berlin, Schlégl, Zürich, Schöttle, München, Schulte, Berlin, Seroussi, Paris, ShanghART, Shanghai, Shugoarts, Tokyo, Side 2, Tokyo, Sikkema Jenkins, New York, Skarstedt, New York, Skopia, Genève, Sommer, Tel-Aviv, Sonnabend, New York, Sperone Westwater, New York, Sprüth Magers Lee, Köln, München, London, Stampa, Basel, Starmach, Craców, Stein, Milano, Strina, São Paulo, Szwajcer, Antwerpen, Tanit, München, Taylor, London, Tega, Milano, Templon, Paris, Thomas, München, Tschudi, Glarus, Zuoz, Ubu, New York , Utermann, Dortmund, van Orsouw, Zürich, Verna, Zürich , von Senger, Zürich, Waddington, London, Wallner, Copenhagen, Washburn, New York, Jamileh Weber, Zürich, Weiss, Berlin, Welters, Amsterdam, Werner, New York, White Cube, London, Wuethrich, Basel, XL, Moscow, Young, Chicago, Zander, Köln, Zeno X, Antwerpen, Ziegler, Zürich, Zwirner, New York, Zwirner & Wirth, New York

Art 37 Basel 2006
The International Art Show

// Art Statements
mit Pierre Ardouvin, Shannon Bool, Matthew Brannon, Steven Claydon, Keren Cytter, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Susanna Fritscher, Vidya Gastaldon, Barnaby Hosking, Talia Keinan, Terence Koh, Isa Melsheimer, Simon Dybbroe Moller, Jesus Bubu Negron, Peter Piller, Michael S. Riedel, Mathilde Rosier, Lucy Skaer, Mungo Thomson, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Martin Westwood, Ralf Ziervogel

// Art Unlimited
Darren Almond, Carlos Amorales, Christian Andersson, Kader Attia, Lynda Benglis, John Bock, Martin Boyce, Fernando Bryce, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Valentin Carron, David Claerbout, Anke Doberauer, Sam Durant, Cecilia Edefalk, Sylvie Fleury, Ceal Floyer, 303 Gallery, Alicia Framis, Michel François, Xavier Hufkens, Ellen Gallagher / Edgar Cleijne, Ryan Gander, Imi Giese, Douglas Gordon, Rodney Graham, Subodh Gupta, Arturo Herrera, Susan Hiller, Carsten Höller, Olaf Holzapfel, Sabine Hornig, Cristina Iglesias, Junya Ishigami, Ilya Kabakov, Martin Kersels, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Peter Land, Sherrie Levine, Mark Lewis, Jan Mancuska, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Fabian Marcaccio, Chris Marker, Anthony McCall, Barry McGee, Aernout Mik, Helen Mirra, Jonathan Monk, François Morellet, Galerie Mark Müller, Matt Mullican, Bruce Nauman, Ernesto Neto, Markus Oehlen, Luca Pancrazzi, Perejaume , Daniel Pflumm, Julius Popp, Sergio Prego, Tobias Putrih, La Ribot , Ugo Rondinone, James Rosenquist, Markus Schinwald, Gedi Sibony, Elaine Sturtevant, Frank Stella, Vibeke Tandberg, Monique van Genderen, Inez van Lamsweerde / Vinoodh Matadin, Xavier Veilhan, Banks Violette, Christopher Wool, Erwin Wurm

// Art Film
Kuratoren: Benjamin Weil, John Armleder , Arto Lindsay ...
Künstler: Yasumasa Morimura, Valerie Mrejen, Roth / Stauffenberg, Julien Berthier, Yael Bartana, Deimantas Narkevicius, Sam Samore, Kendell Geers, Donald Urquhart, G.R.A.M. + Josef Dabernig, Sislej Xhafa, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Sharon Lockhart, Miriam Bäckström, Patricia Piccinini, Ed Henderson, Robert Wilson, Julio Bressane ...