Art Basel 2018

15 July 2018

Art Basel 2018
The next day I was at Art Basel and Heidi Bucher’s ‘Dragonfly (Costume Object)’ from 1976 was monumental
Art Basel 2018
Also, at The Approach was Amanda Ross-Ho’s ‘Untitled Timepiece (THE LANGUAGE TO DESCRIBE OUR PATHOLOGY HAS NOT YET BEEN INVENTED)’, 2018
Art Basel 2018
In front of a Christopher Wool the girls, Tatiana, Tiffany and Olivia were planning an Instagram assault on Simon and I!
Art Basel 2018
My favourite work of the art show were these beautiful sunglasses lenses by Jim Lambie at Sadie Coles
Art Basel 2018
We also loved Sarah Lucas’ sexy legs
Art Basel 2018
The best moment for me was hanging out with the youngsters!
Art Basel 2018
It was great to see Ed Atkins’ ‘Safe Conduct Epidermal (for Parkett no. 98)’, 2016 which we already have in the collection
Art Basel 2018
Michael E. Smith’s two swans at KOW was most poetical. Found taxidermy on the internet
Art Basel 2018
Tiffany loved the Jacqueline Humphries at Greene Naftali
Art Basel 2018
Doreen Garner at JTT was a killer
Art Basel 2018
Our final day in Basel was spent visiting the museums. At the newly refurbished Kunstmuseum there was a wonderful show by Sam Gilliam who was born in 1933, same year as my mother. His work is often described as the ‘Music of Colour’
Art Basel 2018
The new space is attached to Hauptbau which was designed in 1936 by architect Rudolf Christ and his colleague Paul Bonatz – magnificent
Art Basel 2018
We bumped into Alain Servais in the corridor wearing the Zabludowicz Collection Jon Rafman Cool Aid badge on his lapel. Thanks Alain for flying the flag!
Art Basel 2018
We then had time to visit Jamie Fitzpatrick and Lindsey Mendick’s show ‘SMUT’. The work was presented in a very lively manner - I loved Lindsey and James’ energy
Art Basel 2018
Lindsey’s ceramic works were full of life and vigor – a brilliant sense of humour
Art Basel 2018
My highlight was Bruce Nauman ‘Disappearing Acts’ at Schaulager, one of the best exhibitions I have ever seen
Art Basel 2018
He continues to produce astonishingly diverse and uniquely radical works