Art Basel’s 2022 edition closed on Sunday, June 19. The 2022 edition featured 289 leading international galleries from 40 countries and territories.
One of the best sections according to Contemporary Lynx’s editors were Unlimited, curated by Giovanni Carmine, Director of the Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen.
Unlimited featured 70 large-scale installations from monumental sculptures and vast wall paintings to extensive photographic series and video projections. Highlights included: a mural installation by Theaster Gates, ‘Hardware Store Painting’ (2020/2022), presented by Gray; t, and Galeria Luisa Strina; Thomas J Price‘s sculptural installation ‘Moments Contained’ (2022), presented by Hauser & Wirth; and Andrea Zittel‘s ‘A-Z Personal Uniforms, 2nd Decade: Fall/Winter 2003–Spring/Summer 2013’ (2003-2013), comprised of 76 ensembles designed and hand-crafted by the artist from 2003 to 2013, presented by Regen Projects.
Art Basel also hosted its first Unlimited Night (On Thursday, June 16), offering visitors the opportunity to explore the sector with a program of special performances by Ari Benjamin Meyers and Nora Turato. Art Basel also presented a special event with Grammy-Award-winning artist Chance the Rapper in relation to the release of ‘The Highs & The Lows,’ a new music video featuring the work of artist Yannis Davy Guibinga.
Have a look at our photos taken in Basel. See you next year.
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Marianna Simnett, Prayers for Roadkill, 2022, Video/Film, Film installation: single-channel 16mm film transferred to video; sculptural seating elements, 6.2m -
Marianna Simnett, Prayers for Roadkill, 2022, Video/Film, Film installation: single-channel 16mm film transferred to video; sculptural seating elements, 6.2m -
Lorna Simpson, Wigs II, 1994-2006, Other Materials, Serigraph on felt; 54 panels with 17 text felt panels; 248.9 × 685.8 × 1 cm overall, Edition 1 + 1 AP -
Lorna Simpson, Wigs II, 1994-2006, Other Materials, Serigraph on felt; 54 panels with 17 text felt panels; 248.9 × 685.8 × 1 cm overall, Edition 1 + 1 AP -
Liu Wei, Dimension, 2021, Sculpture, Aluminum and car paint, Edition 1 of 1, Artwork size: 248.0 x 792.0 x 233.0 (cm) -
Liu Wei, Dimension, 2021, Sculpture, Aluminum and car paint, Edition 1 of 1, Artwork size: 248.0 x 792.0 x 233.0 (cm) -
Kennedy Yanko, By means other than the known senses, 2022, Sculpture, paint skin and metal, Artwork size: 614.0 x 320.0 x 272.0 (cm) -
Jenny Holzer, happening with Russia, 2020, Installation, Text: U.S. government document; 40 etched copper panels; 41.9 × 32.4 × 1.3 cm each -
Jenny Holzer, happening with Russia, 2020, Installation, Text: U.S. government document; 40 etched copper panels; 41.9 × 32.4 × 1.3 cm each -
Theaster Gates, Hardware Store Painting (2020/2022), Installation, Steel pegboard, pegs and hardware store inventory, Artwork size: 487.7 x 853.5 (cm) -
Isabella Ducrot, Omaggio a Mishima (Homage to Mishima), 2016, Installation 6 collages on paper recto/verso, 180 × 120 cm each; 1 work on paper, 1450 × 510 cm. Overall dimensions variable. -
Leonardo Drew, Number 341, 2022, Installation Wood, paint, and sand; Dimensions variable -
Sonia Boyce, For you, only you, 2007, 3-channel video, stereo sound, and 2-speakers; 15′, dimensions variable
