photo basel, Switzerland’s first and only art fair dedicated to photography based art, returns to the Volkshaus Basel for its sixth edition. The fair runs from 21-26 September 2021, coinciding with the international modern and contemporary fair Art Basel.
Artist: Alia Ali (USA – born 1985)
Title: Chevron, Indigo Series, 2019
Image courtesy of the artist and Gallery Peter Sillem, Frankfurt, Germany
Artist: Alia Ali (USA/Bosnia – born 1985)
Title: Cosmic Vibrations, Migration Series, 2021
Image courtesy of the artist and Gallery Peter
Sillem, Frankfurt, Germany
Artist: Terri Loewenthal (USA – born 1977)
Title: Psychscape 12, 2018
Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Catherine
et André Hug, Paris, France
Most prominent photography fair in the Germanspeaking region
From its inaugural edition in 2015, photo basel has cemented its profile as the most prominent photography fair in the Germanspeaking region. Bringing together galleries from around the world, the fair fosters a dialogue between members of the photographic and broader art world communities, attracting collectors, visual art experts and international media at a key moment in the annual art world calendar (Art Basel week).
photo basel has a great potential : a great location, a great team spirit and a core of quality galleries that firmly intend to make it successful!
Pierre André Podbielski, Gallery Director, Podbielski Contemporary, Berlin
Following the fair’s expansion in 2019, the fair takes over both floors of the Volkshaus Basel again.
Artist: Lisandro Suriel (Saint Martin – born 1990)
Title: Chitapo, the Black Siren
Image courtesy of the artist and Chrysalid
Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Artist: Moira Forjaz (Zimbabwe – born 1942)
Title: Mozambique 1975-1985
Image courtesy of the artist and AKKA Project,
Venice (Italy) & Dubai (UAE)
Artist: Iveta Gabaliņa (born 1979)
Title: my hand is warmer than the sun
Image courtesy of the artist and ISSP Gallery,
Riga, Latvia
Exhibitors
photo basel welcomes 40 international exhibitors – coming from 16 nations for this September edition. Some of the newly incoming exhibitors this year include Robert Morat (Berlin), Migrant Bird Space (Berlin), Gowen Contemporary (Geneva), Galerie 193 (Paris), Artco (Berlin, Aachen & Cape Town), AKKA (Venice & Dubai), ISSP (Riga), Gallery Bart (Amsterdam), Thierry Marlat (Paris).
Artist: Jessica Backhaus (Germany – born 1970)
Title: Cut Out 18, 2020
Image courtesy of the artist and Robert Morat
Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Artist: Jessica Backhaus (Germany – born 1970)
Title: Cut Out 25, 2020
Image courtesy of the artist and Robert Morat
Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Artist: Jessica Backhaus (Germany – born 1970)
Title: Cut Out 37, 2020
Image courtesy of the artist and Robert Morat
Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Artist: Jessica Backhaus (Germany – born 1970)
Title: Cut Out 67, 2020
Image courtesy of the artist and Robert Morat
Gallery, Berlin, Germany
The artistic director of photo basel
photo basel is pleased to work with Audrey Hoareau as artistic director of photo basel for this edition. A photography specialist, Hoareau began her career working in the Collections department of the musée Nicéphore Niépce in Chalon-sur-Saône from 2003 to 2016. She also contributed to the launch of the Lianzhou Museum of Photography in China.
Artist: Nikita Teryoshin (Russia – born 1986)
Title: IDEX Abi Dhabi from the series Nothing
Personal 2019
Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie
Koschmieder, Berlin, Germany
Artist: Nikita Teryoshin (Russia – born 1986)
Title: ADEX Seoul from the series Nothing Personal 2017
Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie
Koschmieder, Berlin, Germany
Special Projects
Vintage Cabinet
This year marks the third iteration of the Master Cabinet which presents a selection of vintage prints provided by the participating galleries; all of which are for sale and will be curated by Pauline Guex on the thematic of the sound dimension of photography.
Hommage to Arnold Odermatt
In addition, photo basel dedicates a curated exhibition to the recently deceased Swiss photographer Arnold Odermatt.
NFT Cabinet
In collaboration with Samsung, photo basel introduces the first ever NFT cabinet – featuring digital photographic positions to be seen, experienced, and bought at the fair.
Flooded art project
Extreme floods have shattered parts of Germany (and Europe) this past July. Unavoidable, it has destroyed many businesses and did not make a halt from galleries and their respective art storages. So it did in the case of German gallery Artco (Berlin, Aachen and Cape town). To demonstrate what so called “flooded art” looks like – photo basel dedicates a small sector to this new form of destroyed art and hopes to highlight the impact of the climate on various aspects of our lives.
Swiss Grand Award for Design 2021 – Winner Peter Knapp
Since 2007, the Swiss Federal Office of Culture presents this prestigious award. This year’s winner, acclaimed fashion photographer Peter Knapp, will shoot individual portraits during the official fair hours at photo basel. (Parts of the benefits will run into helping the flooded art project).
During Art Basel week 2021
Fair location
Volkshaus Basel
Rebgasse 12-14
4058 Basel
Switzerland
Opening times September 2021
Monday, September 20th from 6pm-21pm (by invitation only)
Tuesday, September 21st from 12pm-20pm
Wednesday, September 22nd from 12pm-20pm
Thursday, September 23rd from 12pm-20pm
Friday, September 24th from 12pm-20pm
Saturday, September 25th from 12pm-20pm
Sunday, September 26th from 12pm-6pm
Entry guidelines
The health and safety of our staff, exhibitors and visitors is paramount to photo basel. In compliance with the Swiss federal and cantonal public health department, all visitors to the fair must be either fully vaccinated, recovered or tested negative against Covid-19.
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