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8/6/2009

Art 40 Basel

Messe Basel, Basel

The world's premier international art show for Modern and contemporary works, Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. More than 2,500 artists, ranging from the great masters of Modern art to the latest generation of emerging stars, are represented in the show's multiple sections. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and editioned works.

60,000 people attended Art 39 Basel, the last edition of this favorite rendezvous for the global artworld, including art collectors, art dealers, artists, curators and other art enthusiasts. The New York Times has called Art Basel the «Olympics of the Art World.» Le Monde named Art Basel
«La meilleure foire du monde» («The best fair in the world»), and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung observed «Die beste Kunst ist gerade gut genug» («The best art is barely good enough»).

With its world-class museums, outdoor sculptures, theaters, concert halls, idyllic medieval old town and new buildings by leading architects, Basel ranks as a culture capital, and that cultural richness helps put the Art Basel week on the agenda for art lovers from all over the globe. During Art Basel, a fascinating atmosphere fills this traditional city, as the international art show is reinforced with exhibitions and events all over the region.

Located on the banks of the Rhine, at the border between Switzerland, France and Germany, Basel is easily navigated by foot and trams. On this website you can find practical information about visiting Art Basel, photos of past shows, press releases, and information concerning participating galleries and artists. To stay current on developments for the 2009 show, join our mailing list and you will receive updates as information becomes available.

Art Basel Conversations offers the show's public access
to first-hand information on aspects of art collecting by facilitating direct encounters between leading personalities of the international art world. It is a forum that encourages the exchange of ideas through a series of platform discussions.

The themes of Art Basel Conversations focus on the collection and exhibition of art. Distinguished art collectors, museum directors, biennale curators, gallery owners, publishers, artists and architects take part. They present their current and upcoming projects, report on their experiences and comment on the challenges they face, providing an insider’s view and opening up an opportunity for dynamic and inspiring dialog.

Below stands the 2009 Art Basel Conversations program. (For transcripts of past Art Basel Conversations, click on the link at left.)

Art Lobby
A dense program of talks, panels, book signing and other presentations - often informal - by figures active in the international artworld. (Hall 1)

There will be three presentations of “Il Tempo del Postino”, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 10 – 12, 2009 at 8.30 pm at Theater Basel.



The presentation of “Il Tempo del Postino” at Theater Basel will be one of the most spectacular events at this year’s Art Basel. The Independent called this unique show "The world's first visual arts opera" after its first and only presentation at the Manchester International Festival in 2007. A group of the
world’s leading visual artists created a major experimental presentation.

Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno as a group exhibition that would occupy time rather than space, “Il Tempo del Postino” (Postman time) is presenting a sequential display of time based art on the theatre stage. Each of the over fifteen artists is creating an act of different length. In Basel “Il Tempo del Postino” will be directed by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala and Rirkrit Tiravanija.

In addition to the artists who participated in Manchester in 2007, Doug Aitken, Matthew Barney & Jonathan Bepler, Tacita Dean, Trisha Donnelly, Olafur Eliasson, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Pierre Huyghe, Koo Jeong-A, Philippe Parreno, Anri Sala, Tino Sehgal and Rirkrit Tiravanija, “Il Tempo del Postino” in Basel will include new contributions by Thomas Demand and Peter Fischli / David Weiss. The graphic design for Manchester was created by Peter Saville, for Basel it was created by Ludovic Balland.

By focusing on time-based work, this unique group show aims to redefine how the visual arts can be experienced. Set in a classic theater architecture, it transforms the established exhibition model into an exhilarating, shared audience experience. “Il Tempo del Postino” is organized by Art Basel, Fondation Beyeler and Theater Basel and was originally co-commissioned by the Manchester International Festival and Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris for the World Premiere in Manchester in July 2007.

The question that was originally posed by the curators was: “What happens if having an exhibition is not a way to occupy space, but a way to occupy time?” For “Il Tempo del Postino” each artist creates their own piece, including the presentation
of installations, and inviting performing artists, singers, actors, dancers and a full orchestra playing specially commissioned music.“Il Tempo del Postino” is delivered to the audience in its own presentation time, rather than the audience walking through it in their own time; the final production was created collaboratively with all participating artists feeding into the overallstructure, assisted by a creative team of experienced theatre practitioners and technicians.

Launched in 2000, Art Unlimited is Art Basel's pioneering exhibition platform for projects that transcend the classical
art-show stand - including video projections, large-scale installations, massive sculptures and live performances. Selected by the Art Committee, it has been curated since
its inception by Geneva curator Simon Lamunière. (Hall 1)

The Art Premiere sector, which focuses on the curatorial aspects of the gallerist’s practice, this year presents 19 gallery projects, featuring either an artistic dialogue juxtaposing two artists from all generations, a presentation by a single artist of any age or exceptional art historical material – a new possibility within the sector.

Image: Renée Green, Partially Buried in Three Parts, 1996/97

Press contact: Sonja Dorig press@artbasel.com

Opening for invited guests: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 11 a.m. until 9 p.m.

Messe Basel
Messeplatz - Basel
Daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Admission:
Day pass: CHF 38
Evening pass after 5 p.m.: CHF 18
2-day pass: CHF 65
Permanent pass: CHF 90
School children, students, disabled, seniors / IV: CHF 28
(upon presentation of valid ID)
Groups of 10 people or more: CHF 28 per person
Guided school classes: CHF 12 per person
Admission is free for children up to 16, when accompanied by a parent.

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