Art Basel presents 2026 flagship show in Basel from 18 to 21 June, with 290 galleries from 43 countries and territories participating, including 21 newcomers. The 2026 edition reaffirms Basel’s position as the world’s most comprehensive expression of the global art market, presenting its full breadth – from historical foundations to the most progressive contemporary and digital practices.
Returning for its second edition, the Premiere sector expands to 17 presentations, further strengthening the show’s capacity to accommodate ambitious new production and museum-scale projects created within the past five years. Two major public commissions by the inaugural Art Basel Awards Gold Awardees in the Established Artist category will be unveiled in Basel, with new large-scale works by Nairy Baghramian on the Messeplatz and Ibrahim Mahama on the Münsterplatz.
Additional highlights include Ruba Katrib’s first edition of Unlimited and a newly articulated curatorial vision for Parcours 2026 by Stefanie Hessler, alongside key presentations spanning historic works and emerging practices in the Feature and Statements sectors. Art Basel in Basel will once again activate the city as a whole, unfolding across Messe Basel, public spaces, and leading institutions, and anchoring a major week of exhibitions and cultural events throughout Basel and the wider region.
Art Basel, whose Global Lead Partner is UBS, will take place from June 18 to 21, 2026, with Preview Days on June 16 and 17, bringing the international art world to Basel for a week of exhibitions, encounters, and cultural events across the city and region.
Art Basel 2026 welcomes new and returning gallery representation from Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, further broadening the show’s international scope. Bringing together galleries whose programs span historical, modern, postwar, contemporary, and emerging practices, Art Basel in Basel offers a moment-in-time view of the global art world, where different generations, geographies, and artistic languages converge within a single exhibition context.
For one week, Basel becomes the central meeting point of the art world – where historic depth meets bold new production across the halls and throughout the city. From major new public commissions by Nairy Baghramian and Ibrahim Mahama to Ruba Katrib’s first edition as curator of Unlimited and the expansion of Premiere, this edition reflects both the enduring strength of the field and the exciting directions it is taking next, reinforcing Basel’s role as the global reference point for the art market. I am excited to welcome the global art community back to Basel.” Maike Cruse, Director, Art Basel in Basel
Across all sectors, the 2026 edition brings art-historical depth into close proximity with recent production and emerging practice, reflecting the show’s singular capacity to present the art world in its full breadth at once. Beyond the exhibition halls, Art Basel’s flagship show will once again unfold across the city, extending into public space and leading cultural institutions, and anchoring a week of exhibitions and events throughout Basel and the wider region.
As part of the inaugural class of Art Basel Awards Gold Awardees, Nairy Baghramian and Ibrahim Mahama will unveil two major new public works in Basel this June, marking the first time that commissions stemming from the Awards program will premiere in the city where their recognition first took shape. As the inaugural Gold Awardees in the Established Artist category, both artists were invited to conceive ambitious, site-responsive projects for Basel’s public realm. Baghramian’s new work will unfold on the Messeplatz, while Mahama will present a large-scale installation on the Münsterplatz, extending the show’s presence into the historic heart of the city and reinforcing Art Basel’s long-term commitment to supporting artists beyond the exhibition halls as a platform for new formats.
Parcours
Parcours – Art Basel’s sector dedicated to site-specific installations, sculptures, performances, and public interventions — will be curated for the third consecutive year by Stefanie Hessler, Director of the Swiss Institute (SI), New York. The 2026 edition will coalesce around the notion of “conviviality” – the joy and challenges of living together – and unfolds across historic sites and public spaces along Clarastrasse, in close proximity to the show, inviting deeper engagement between artworks and the urban environment.
Galleries
The show’s main sector will welcome 232 international galleries showing the depth of their programs, bringing together museum-quality works spanning historical masterpieces and ambitious new productions. Increasingly conceived as tightly curated presentations, many booths this year unfold under clearly articulated themes — from examinations of metamorphosis and material transformation to reflections on memory, abstraction, and spatial perception – offering visitors a series of exhibition-scale experiences that resonate across the halls.
14 exhibitors will participate in the Galleries sector for the first time, including 10 galleries that will graduate from Feature, Statements, and Premiere:
- Jessica Silverman (San Francisco) presents Significant Others, a curated booth exhibition featuring Judy Chicago, Loie Hollowell, Atsushi Kaga, Woody De Othello, GaHee Park, and Rose B. Simpson.
- Silverlens (Manila, New York) spotlights contemporary practices from Southeast Asia, with works by Pacita Abad, Yee I-Lahn, and Geraldine Javier.
- LC Queisser (Tbilisi, Cologne) stages a group exhibition exploring the poetics of transition, bringing together works by Ser Serpas, Tolia Astakhishvili, Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi, and Karlo Kacharava.
- Pippy Houldsworth (London) foregrounds intergenerational dialogue, including paintings from Jacqueline de Jong’s iconoclastic series La vie privée des Cosmonautes (1966-1967), unseen in public since their debut in Paris.
- Larkin Erdmann (Zurich) presents a focused dialogue across Dada, Surrealism, Minimalism, and Concrete Art, with major works by Agnes Martin, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and Meret Oppenheim, among others.
- Marcelle Alix (Paris) presents Aftershow, uniting Charlotte Moth, Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz, Armineh Negahdari, Mira Schor, and Donna Gottschalk in an exploration of the “backstage” as a space of transformation, instability, and feminist re-imagination.
- Kalfayan Galleries (Athens, Thessaloniki) present Dialectics of the Visible, a curated dialogue juxtaposing a historic posthumous presentation of Vlassis Caniaris’s seminal installation Bicycle(1973–80) and key paintings by Giorgos Ioannou with new works by Antonis Donef and Farida El Gazzar.
- P420 (Bologna) brings together key works by Irma Blank, Laura Grisi, and Ana Lupas with newly commissioned pieces by Adelaide Cioni, June Crespo, and Francis Offman, reflecting its long-standing commitment to institutional rediscovery and the development of emerging practices.
- Almeida & Dale (São Paulo) presents an cross-generational dialogue between modern and contemporary Brazilian artists, including José Leonilson, Chen-Kong Fang, Rayana Rayo, Vivian Caccuri, and Tunga.
- Galerie Oskar Weiss (Zurich) presents a cross-generational booth bringing together emerging and established artists whose works reflect on political instability, media culture, inequality, and systems of power.
Four galleries will make their debut in Art Basel’s flagship show and enter directly into the main sector:
- Berry Campbell (New York) brings together 10 American postwar female artists for a group presentation, featuring Elaine de Kooning, Lynne Drexler, and Lucia Wilcox.
- Tim Van Laere Gallery (Antwerp, Rome) presents a cross-generational and cross-disciplinary booth bringing together Dirk Braeckman, Carroll Dunham, Adrian Ghenie, Leiko Ikemura, Tal R, Rinus Van de Velde, Eline Vansteenkiste, and Franz West.
- Phillida Reid (London) debuts with a group presentation spanning generations, cultures, and geographies, featuring Mohammed Z. Rahman and Prem Sahib, as well as major works by Joanna Piotrowska, among others.
- Ortuzar (New York) stages a cross-generational dialogue including Lynda Benglis, Suzanne Jackson, and Lee Bontecou.
To discover the full list of Galleries exhibitors, please visit artbasel.com/basel/galleries.
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