Art Basel Day 2

26 November 2021

Art Basel Day 2
Cindy Sherman’s Icelandic woman was quite wonderful. Her tapestries at Sprüth Magers were magnificent
Art Basel Day 2
It was great to be united with Benoît and Javier at Peres Projects, it had been such a long time since we had seen each other
Art Basel Day 2
A great painting, ‘Expansion Vessel’, 2021 by Toby Ziegler at Simon Lee Gallery
Art Basel Day 2
‘Eve in the Garden’, 2021 was my favourite painting by Keith Tyson at Hauser & Wirth.
Art Basel Day 2
It was wonderful to see Samara Scott at The Sunday Painter. So happy to see her artworks in ‘Mixing It Up: Painting Today’ at the Hayward Gallery in London too
Art Basel Day 2
We spotted Darren Bader’s AI installation at Sadie Coles HQ which was quite awesome
Art Basel Day 2
My favourite work in the whole art fair was this incredible mask by Gillian Wearing
Art Basel Day 2
Ed Atkins created a fascinating work called ‘Children’ which comprised of three frames each with over a hundred Post it notes under the glass. Every day Ed would leave a Post it note in his kid’s lunchbox
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At Thomas Dane Gallery there was an ambitious Lynda Benglis work
Art Basel Day 2
Rose B. Simpson, at Jessica Silverman, is a stunning new artist from the Santa Fe area. Fascinating and alternative; the work is about the psychological, emotional, sculptural, social and spiritual, Rose wants these works to cure
Art Basel Day 2
Trey Abdella’s ‘Washed Out’ was a wonderful piece with so many underlying narratives. Such a strong art work by such a young artist
Art Basel Day 2
Then on my way out, I was dazzled by this incredibly positive work by Alex Da Corte called ‘The Big Little Falls’
Art Basel Day 2
And at Hauser & Wirth we discovered this sculpture by one of our very own past Master Class Artist Lecturers, Thomas J Price