Kaarel Kurismaa presented by Temnikova and Kasela in Unlimited. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
By PAUL LASTER, June 2019
Art fairs are trade shows, but they are also a place to discover new artists, new work by your favorite artists and unknown treasures that are new to the market. Some people come to buy while others just come to look. There’s no better place to do both than at Art Basel in Basel, which opened to VIP visitors on June 11, the general public on June 13 and runs through June 16.
Sifting through more than 1000 photographs shot in the Galleries, Statements, Unlimited, Feature and Edition sections by Art Basel’s team of photographers during the opening days of the fair, we’ve selected 25 images that curiously catch people in the art of looking at art, while simultaneously providing a peak at some of the fascinating artworks on view. WM
Galleria Continua's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
The Modern Institute's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Buchmann Galerie's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Peres Projects's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Galerie Urs Meile's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
A Gentil Carioca's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Jan Mot's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Galleria Continua's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Pace Gallery's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Lisson Gallery's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Jack Shainman Gallery's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Greengrassi's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Xu Zhen presented by Perrotin in Unlimited. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Canada's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Duane Hanson presented by Gagosian in Unlimited. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Marfa's presentation in Statements. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Paul McCarthy presented by Hauser and Wirth and Xavier Hufkens in Unlimited. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Jack Shainman Gallery's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Huma Bhabha presented by Salon 94 in Unlimited. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Galeria Elba Benitez's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Zoe Leonard presented by Galerie Gisela Capitain, Galleria Raffaella Cortese and Hauser and Wirth in Unlimited. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Esther Schipper's presentation in Galleries. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Tom Wesselmann presented by Gagosian in Unlimited. Courtesy Art Basel in Basel
Paul Laster
Paul Laster is a writer, editor, curator, artist and lecturer. He’s a contributing editor at ArtAsiaPacific and Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art and writer for Time Out New York, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Galerie Magazine, Sculpture, Art & Object, Cultured, Architectural Digest, Garage, Surface, Ocula, Observer, ArtPulse, Conceptual Fine Arts and Glasstire. He was the founding editor of Artkrush, started The Daily Beast’s art section, and was art editor of Russell Simmons’ OneWorld Magazine, as well as a curator at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, now MoMA PS1.
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