photo basel, Switzerland’s first and only art fair dedicated to photography, returns to the Volkshaus Basel for its seventh edition. The fair runs from 14-19 June 2022, coinciding with the international modern and contemporary fair Art Basel.
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). Following the fair’s expansion in 2019 and 2021, the fair takes over both floors of the Volkshaus Basel again.
photo basel welcomes around 40 international exhibitors - coming from 18 different nations and various continents. Over 550 photographic positions by 130 artists will be exhibited.
As for the 7th edition, we...are truly happy to welcome Sonia Voss as our appointed Artistic Director. Sonia is an author and curator. Her exhibitions include; Isabelle Le Minh: Cristal réel. After Alfred Ehrhardt (Goethe Institut Paris & Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation Berlin, 2019-20); Restless Bodies: East-German Photography 1980-89 (Rencontres d’Arles, 2019), Louis Roederer Discovery Award 2021 (Rencontres d’Arles, 2021) and two exhibitions at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris: Sophie Calle, Serena Carone: Beau doublé, Monsieur le marquis! (2017–18) and George Shiras: In the Heart of the Dark Night (2016–17). In addition, Sonia is the editor of publications at Éditions Xavier Barral, Koenig Books, Filigranes, and Kehrer.
Special Projects
Homage Anita Neugebauer
Anita Neugebauer (1916 – 2012) founded her gallery “photo art basel” 1976 – and was one of the first if not the first art gallery with the sole focus on fine art photography. Not only was she the meeting point for collectors and enthusiasts, but she also became a pioneer and advocate beyond the Swiss boarders. Her own collection, centers around her childhood friend, Gisèle Freund’s oeuvre whom she met while her family immigrated from Nazi Germany to Argentina.
photo basel is paying homage to the one and only, Anita Neugebauer and her gallery.
Anita’s point of vier is curated by her daughter, Claudia Neugebauer and Alessa Widmer.
Entrada actualizada el el 16 jun de 2022
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