On the occasion of the opening of Art Basel 2023 on home turf in Basel. Switzerland, we've selected a few highlights from various booths. Founded in 1970, Art Basel is the international art world's preeminent fair. Over 2,000 top galleries present their most significant artists and artworks to an audience of top collectors, museums and institutions. Programming throughout the fair explores the most relevant and topical issues of our contemporary culture.
Sara Issakharian (b. 1983, Tehran, Iran)
One Day, 2023
Acrylic, ink, charcoal, pastel, and marker on canvas
98.1×217.2 cm 78×85½ in
Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin
Jean-Marie Appriou (b. 1986, Brest, FR)
Horizons, 2023
216 1/2 x 200 x 137 3/4 in
Clearing Gallery, New York, Brussels, Los Angeles
Firelei Báez (b. 1981, Dominican Republic)
A Taxonomy for Tenderness (Carte Figurative et Approximative Représentant Pour l’année 1858 Les Émigrants Du Globe), 2023
Oil and acrylic on archival printed canvas
973/4 x 131 x 1 5/8 in
James Cohan Gallery, New York
Sam Gilliam (b. 1933, Tupelo, MS - d. 2022, Washington, DC)
Panel, 1968
acrylic on canvas
116 1/2 x 46 x 2 in
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, New York
Julie Mehretu (b. 1972, Ehiopia)
Chromatic Light Paintings (sphinx), 2021–2022
Ink and acrylic on canvas
96 × 120 in
White Cube, London