Art Basel Paris Day 1

19 February 2024

Art Basel Paris Day 1
It was a very exciting day for us which started with a tour of the Mark Rothko exhibition at the Foundation Louis Vuitton which was led by his son, Christopher Rothko. It was wonderful to see a great estate held in the hands of caring kin
Art Basel Paris Day 1
We then went to visit Giuseppe Penone at Gagosian, who showed us his gentle art works
Art Basel Paris Day 1
Then it was onto to the exhibition of Wade Guyton
Art Basel Paris Day 1
It was a great pleasure to see Zabludowicz Collection’s artwork loan at Lafayette Anticipations, Izzy Wood’s ‘Will He’. Izzy felt it was her right to take back a nude painted so many old masters
Art Basel Paris Day 1
The show was masterful and a great institutional beginning for Izzy
Art Basel Paris Day 1
At Bourse de Commerce, the Pinault Collection there were some stunning works by Mike Kelley
Art Basel Paris Day 1
At last I finally got to see a retrospective of Mike Kelley!
Art Basel Paris Day 1
The show showed his breadth of practice and how he brought LA childhood into LA dystopia
Art Basel Paris Day 1
We were invited to a very special lunch at the Museum du Luxemborg hosted by the President of the Senat. We had loaned our Glenn Ligon work to the Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso exhibition
Art Basel Paris Day 1
Then it was onto one of my favourite Paris art fairs Paris Internationale preview’. At greengrassi, I thought there was something beguiling about the David Musgrave works
Art Basel Paris Day 1
Remember the Chapman Brothers? Well, Dinos Chapman continues his cool paintings on etchings!
Art Basel Paris Day 1
At Hagiwara Projects I loved this work by Nana Matsumoto
Art Basel Paris Day 1
At Ciaccia Levi I was very fond of the presentation of Zoe Williams work
Art Basel Paris Day 1
The work was art not quite functional
Art Basel Paris Day 1
At Crèvecœur, Yu Nishimura was showing originality and mystery
Art Basel Paris Day 1
I loved ‘A Thousand Plateaus’ by Bi Rongrong
Art Basel Paris Day 1
Goswell Road was fascinating. I loved spotting this Rafman!
Art Basel Paris Day 1
At Amanda Wilkinson I was introduced to a fantastic Oisín Byrne work called ‘Crioch’
Art Basel Paris Day 1
I love this work by Juliette Blightman. Now we know what to do with our old toilets!
Art Basel Paris Day 1
The evening ended with a glamorous dinner at Musée d'Art Moderne