switzerland´s first international art fair
solely dedicated to photography.
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photo basel.
Switzerland’s first art fair solely dedicated to photography had a great finissage last Saturday, June 20th in it’s inauguration year.
The first edition of photo basel was one huge success. The media echo (over 50 press clippings were counted so far) helped to establish photo basel right from the beginning as the premier photography art fair of Switzerland.
Some highlights of the first edition have been the many visits of representatives, curators and collectors of institutions such as: Sotheby’s, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Maison Européenne de la Photographie Paris, NEAR Lausanne, Centre de la photographie Genève, GRID Photography Biennials, Huis Marseille Amsterdam, Festival Images Vevey, Fondation Henri Cartier Bresson, Bieler Fototage, Paris Photo, Photo London, Unseen Amsterdam, Liste, Tate Modern London, Centre Pompidou Paris, Schweizer Kulturstiftung, Fondation Carmignac, UBS, Philadelphia Museum of Art and more.
photo basel provided an outstanding platform for international galleries to sell, meet and mingle with an international crowd. With the overwhelming success of the first edition (over 7000 visitors), it is clear that photo basel will return next year during Art Basel week – we are already working on the second edition, so stay tuned!
We also wanted to thank everyone that supported us throughout these exciting times and are looking forward to welcoming you again in 2016.
Check out the footage of photo basel 2015, first edition:
pictures by team members of photo basel
Thank you and see you soon -
Your photo basel family
For more information visit www.photo-basel.com.