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Art 41 Basel – The Premier International Art Show This year, the 41st edition of Art Basel takes place in Basel, Switzerland, from June 16 through June 20, 2010. As the world’s premier art show, Art Basel marks the annual summer reunion of the international artworld, hosted by the city of Basel, which has been a cultural capital for centuries.]]>
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Founded by a group of local gallerists, the first Art Basel took place in 1970 and the event has long ranked as the most prestigious art show worldwide. The show regularly attracts some 60,000 artists, collectors, gallerists, museum directors, curators, andart enthusiasts, all drawn by both the quality and diversity of the artworks exhibited.
Art 41 Basel showcase every form of artistic expression, including paintings, drawings, editions, sculptures, installations, photography, performances, and video art. Inexpensive works by emerging artists are on display alongside museum-quality masterpieces priced in the millions.
More than 300 of the world’s leading galleries exhibit at Art Basel, selected from more than 1,100 applicants by the Art Basel Committee, an international jury of renowned gallerists. These include 72 galleries from the United States; 53 from Germany; 32 from Switzerland; 27 from both France and Great Britain; 20 from Italy; 8 each from Belgium and Spain; 7 from Austria; 6 from Japan; 5 from India; 4 from Brazil; 3 each from China, Mexico and the Netherlands; 2 from Canada, Denmark, Norway and Poland; and one from Argentina, Australia, Colombia, Czech Republic, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Monaco, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, South Korea, South Africa, Sweden, and Turkey. (See a full list of exhibitors at www.artbasel.com/galleries).
Art Galleries and Art Edition sectors
Once again, the world’s leading galleries will are exhibiting at the show, for which more than 99 percent of last year’s exhibitors reapplied. This year’s strong roster of returning participants are enhanced by diverse new galleries. Newly presenting contemporary art in Art Galleries are by Baronian Francey (Brussels), i8 Gallery (Reykjavik), Nicolas Krupp (Basel), Simon Lee Gallery (London), Kamel Mennour (Paris), Galerie Nathalie Obadia (Paris), Sies + Höke (Düsseldorf), Taka Ishii Gallery (Tokyo), and Tucci Russo (Torino). After a brief hiatus, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. (New York) rejoins Art Basel’s ex-hibitors in the Art Galleries sector. The lineup of galleries showing 20th-century classics is augmented by Galerie Jacques de la Béraudière (Geneva) and Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art (New York). The specialists in Art Edition are joined by Item Editions (Paris), and the roster of photographic galleries is enhanced by the addition of Sage Paris (Paris).
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