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Volkshaus Basel

photo basel 2024

international art fair dedicated to photography

11. – 16. Juni 2024

Vernissage: Montag, 10. Juni 2024 | 18:00 VIP preview until 9pm; by invitation only

photo basel is Switzerland’s first and only international art fair dedicated to photography based art. photo basel brings together galleries from around the world in a unique, authentic setting and sees itself as an integrative and hybrid platform that connects all actors of the art world (online and onsite). As a fair, photo basel aims to actively contribute to this dialogue and make art photography even more accessible. To achieve this, photo basel has put together a varied supporting program alongside 39 international galleries for this year’s edition.

Since 2016, photo basel is located in the immediate proximity of Art Basel, situated in the beautiful compound of the Volkshaus Basel. Volkshaus Basel is a building softly renovated by acclaimed Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. Volkshaus is located at Rebgasse 12, just 700 meters from the Art Basel exhibition center.

photo basel welcomes 41 galleries from 15 countries to its ninth edition. Over 450 photographic artworks by 150 artists are on show. photo basel is delighted to count among this year’s new galleries Anita Beckers (Frankfurt am Main), Doyle Wham (London), In The Gallery (Copenhagen & Palma de Mallorca), inside-out gallery (Brussels), nüüd.gallery (Berlin), POLARWIND (Zürich), SmithDavidson Gallery(Amsterdam, Mexico City & Miami), N.Smith Gallery (Paddington/Australia) AN INC. (Seoul) as well as Window Fourteen (Geneva).

Special Projects and Exhibitions 2024:

• Eyewitness Kurt Wyss in dialogue with Jean Dubuffet
• beyond photography sector
• spotlight africa sector
• novum sector

For the second time, the Maurice de Mauriac Award will be awarded. In the run-up to photo basel, Maurice de Mauriac will select a shortlist of works that will be exhibited at photo basel. On Thursday, June 13, the winner of the MdM x photo basel award will be announced at the fair.