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Art Basel Unlimited, a fair within the fair

Art Market | Since 2000, the Unlimited section of Art Basel has devoted 15,000 square meters of space to presenting specific projects and monumental works overseen by galleries that pay high prices. Curated for the fourth time by Gianni Jetzer (Hirschorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.), it is increasingly seen as an autonomous space, a chessboard concentrating galleries’ visibility strategies and thus a forerunner of tomorrow’s market. Spotlight on the 2015 fair.

Art Basel  2015 General Impression © Art Basel
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Quantitatively, among the 74 artist represented in this section, 15% are from Asia and the Middle East, 46% from Europe, and 38% from the American continent; more precisely : 5 Chinese artists, 21 from the United States, 6 South Americans; for Europe, Germany is in the lead with 10 artists, 8 for Great Britain, 3 for France, while Africa is represented by one Cameroonian.
Qualitatively, Continua Gallery confirms its global vision by investing in four spaces for Ai Weiwei, Kader Attia, Pascale Marthine Tayou and Shilpa Gupta; […]

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Art Basel  2015 General Impression © Art Basel Gilbert & George,Scapegoated. A triptych, 2013 Unlimited in Basel 2015 © Art Basel Jesús Rafael Soto,Sphère Lutétia, 1996 Unlimited in Basel 2015 © Art Basel Galleria Continua Ai Weiwei,Stacked, 2012 Unlimited in Basel 2015 © Art Basel Kader Attia, Arab Spring, 2014 Unlimited in Basel, 2015 © Art Basel Pascale Marthine Tayou, Plastic Tree, 2014 Unlimited in Basel 2015 © Art Basel Shilpa Gupta, Untitled, Rock, 2012 Unlimited in Basel 2015 © Art Basel Dan Flavin, European Couples, 1966?1971 Unlimited in Basel 2015 © Art Basel

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