Art Basel Reveals Exhibitor List for 2025 Swiss Fair
180Feb. 14, 2025
The organizers ofArt Baseltoday named the 291 galleries slated to participate in the Swiss fair’s flagship edition, to take place June 19–22 with preview days June 17 and 18. The exhibitors represent forty-two countries, with eighteen galleries making their debut appearances at the event. The fair for the first time will feature a Premiere sector, allowing galleries the chance to exhibit cutting-edge works made in the past five years by up to three “exceptional” artists. Also this year, German artist Katharina Grosse will spray-paint the city’s Messeplatz in her signature chromatic style.
“I am excited to once again welcome the global art world to our flagship event in June,” said Art Basel’s executive director, Maike Cruse, in a statement. “Art Basel 2025 promises to be a defining moment, showcasing a diverse range of extraordinary artworks, sparking international dialogue, and reinforcing its position as one of the most influential events on the global art calendar. With an unmatched line-up of galleries, the introduction of exciting new sectors like Premiere, the return of Parcours, and a stunning immersive installation by Katharina Grosse, Art Basel continues to be a powerful platform for discovery and a driving force for cultural exchange, innovation, and artistic expression.”
The fair’s main Galleries section will feature 239 exhibitors. Two—London’s Arcadia Missa and the Los Angeles– and New York–based François Ghebaly—are entirely new to the fair, while five have graduated from the Features and Statements sections. These include Beijing’s Beijing Commune, which will present works by four generations of artists examining such themes as memory and globalization; Prague’s hunt kastner, which will offer works by four artists exploring the relationship between the animal kingdom and humanity; and Osaka, Japan’s Third Gallery Aya, which will showcase work by three trailblazing Japanese female photographers.
The brand-new Premiere section will welcome ten galleries, including two newcomers: Edel Assanti, of London, which will show works by Lonnie Holley themed around social justice; and Kosaku Kanechika, of Tokyo, which will present new work by Junko Oki, known for her abstract embroidery practice. New York’s Chapter NY will present Antonia Kuo’s multimedia photochemical paintings and Erin Jane Nelson’s ceramic wall works, while Frankfurt’s Jacky Strenz will offer a solo survey of late sculptor Lin May Saeed.
The Feature section, which centers art-historical projects, will host seventeen galleries, including six newcomers: Anat Ebgi, of Los Angeles; Jean-Kenta Gauthier and Polka Galerie, both of Paris; Galería Leandro Navarro, of Madrid; Repetto Gallery, of Lugano, Switzerland; and Galerie Oskar Weiss, of Zurich. Highlights include the presentation by Lisbon’s Madragoa of Swiss artist Annette Barcelo’s late-’80s/early -’90s bathtubs exploring issues related to womanhood and motherhood; and the presentation by LA’s Parker Gallery of early works by Franklin Williams, showcasing his pathbreaking soft sculptures and embroidered painting.
Devoted to emerging artists, the Statements section will offer eighteen solo presentations and welcome eight new participants. Among those debuting are Tbilisi’s Artbeat, which will present an immersive installation by Nika Kutateladze; Warsaw’s Gunia Nowik Gallery, which will showcase mixed-media sculptures and installations by Ukrainian artist Sana Shahmuradova Tanska investigating themes of identity and displacement; and Luanda’s Jahmek Contemporary, which will show a multisensory installation by Zimbabwe artist Felix Shumba reflecting on the Chimoio massacre and the role of spiritual healers in the liberation struggle.
The site-specific Parcours section, stretching along Basel’s Clarastrasse, will be organized for the second year in a row by Stefanie Hessler, director of the Swiss Institute, New York. Natalia Grabowska, curator at large of Architecture and Site-Specific Projects at London’s Serpentine, is organzing Grosse’s intervention into the Messeplatz, while Giovanni Carmine, director of the Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, will organize the Unlimited sector, which showcases large-scale installations and performances. The Kabinett sector will return for a third time, allowing galleries to present carefully curated installations within their main booths.
The Twenty-Sixth Baloise Art Prize, accompanied by CHF 30,000 (roughly $33,000) will be presented to up to two artists appearing in the Statements section. The Baloise Group, a Swiss insurance holdings company, will also purchase works by the winning artists and donate them to European museums; these institutions will award the winning artists solo exhibitions.
A complete list of exhibitors can be found here.