Art Basel brings the international artworld together, with 291 of the world's leading galleries showing the works of over 4,000 artists with galleries from 35 countries and six continents.
Once again, a very strong contingent of galleries from Europe will be joined by exhibitors from across the globe. 17 of them will participate for the first time, including three new exhibitors from the Asia Pacific region – Antenna Space, Hopkinson Mossman and Magician Space – and one from Africa, Cairo's Gypsum Gallery.

The main sector of the show, Galleries, will feature 226 exhibitors presenting the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography, video and editioned works.

Dedicated to prints and limited-editioned works, the Edition sector will bring together 15 leading specialists in the field.

The Feature sector this year presents 32 galleries with precise curatorial projects, showing both historical and contemporary work and this year’s sector welcomes seven galleries new to the show.

For the 19th time, the Baloise Art Prize will be awarded to up to two artists exhibiting in Statements, with recipients being announced during the show. The Baloise Group also acquires works by the award-winning artists, which it donates to two leading European museums. The institutions will hold solo exhibitions for the recipients of the award.

Unlimited, Art Basel's unique platform for projects that transcend the limitations of a traditional art-fair stand, will be curated for the sixth year by Gianni Jetzer, Curator-at-large at the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC. This year's edition consist of 76 large-scale projects including works by Doug Aitken, Carl Andre, John Baldessari, Andrea Bowers, Chris Burden, among others.

Parcours, a series of site-specific sculptures, interventions and performances by renowned international artists and emerging talents, presented by Art Basel galleries, will be curated for the second year by Samuel Leuenberger, founder of the non-profit exhibition space SALTS in Birsfelden, Switzerland. Parcours will feature 22 site-specific artworks by both internationally renowned and emerging artists.

Screened at Stadtkino Basel, Art Basel's Film program, features films by and about artists, and will be curated for the third consecutive year by Cairo-based film curator and art lecturer Maxa Zoller and will include a special screening of Stanley Tucci's 'Final Portrait' (2017), selected by New York-based film curator Marian Masone.

Conversations, the program of talks and panel discussions which accompanies the gallery presentations in Basel, offers audiences access to first-hand information on the international art world.

Further exhibitions and events are organized in Basel and its surrounding area such as Design Miami / Basel, Liste - the Young Art Fair, I never Read, SCOPE Basel, and Selection Artfair.

For more information, please visit Art Basel’s website.

Anna Giulia Parini © Modemonline