Art Basel Hong Kong 2020 has been cancelled due to the severe outbreak and spread of the new coronavirus epidemic, which has recently been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. Just like the physical fair, the Art Basel online Viewing Rooms stagger visitors’ entry based on prestige levels. VIP clients will have first crack at the inventory on offer from 12-20 March 18. The general public will then be allowed through the virtual gates from 20-25 March.
By Dimitris Lempesis Photo: Art Basel Archive
In a nod to transparency, all works on offer at Viewing Rooms prices will be listed for the public and the sales status will be actively updated as works are put on hold or sold. New works may be offered over the course of the presentation, so viewers can return to the site for an opportunity to find additional offerings. There is no “click to buy” functionality on the platform. Instead, sales inquiries will be made through an online form sent to a gallery representative, who will then answer questions or finalize a transaction outside of Art Basel’s platform. The 231 dealers involved collectively offer more than 2,000 artworks spanning the Modern to Contemporary periods in traditional and new media alike, all of which were originally slated for inclusion on their respective stands at Art Basel Hong Kong this March.
Aya Takano, Watching from the World of Clouds, 2008, Acrylic on canvas, 310.0 x 310.0 cm, Courtesy Perrotin
Left: Nam June Paik, Sfera / Punto Elettronico, 1990, Steel base, 26 monitors, 3 footballs, 5 laser paintings, VHS, 2 DVDs, 320.0 x 250.0 x 60.0 cm, Courtesy Hakgojae Gallery Right: Doug Aitken, Inside Out, 2019, Zebrino marble, stainless steel, ¼, 178.1 x 117.2 x 122.2 cm, Courtesy Victoria Miro
Lee Bul Beyond the Clash-Chiasma, 2005, Hand-cut polyurethane panels on aluminum armature, acrylic coating, 195.0 x 383.0 x 395.0 cm, Courtesy PKM Gallery
Anish Kapoor, Random Triangle Mirror, 2018, Stainless steel and resin, 135.0 x 135.0 x 15.0 cm, Courtesy kamel mennour
Antony Gormley, BREATHING ROOM II, 2010, aluminium tube 25 x 25 mm, Phosphor H15 and plastic spigots, 386.0 x 857.0 x 928.0 cm, Courtesy Galleria Continua
Gabriel Orozco, Secuencia Modular, 2016, Aluminum. 50.8 x 50.8 x 20.3 cm, Courtesy kurimanzutto
Roman Ondak, Perfect Society, 2018, Modified copper heating pipesm, 10.0 x 200.0 x 200.0 cm, 250 kg, Courtesy Esther Schipper
Left: Sarah Lucas, Bunny Gets Snookered #13, 2019, Tights, plastic, wood, chrome chair, clamp, Kapok and wire, 117.0 x 50.0 x 80.0 cm, Courtesy Contemporary Fine Arts Right: Mona Hatoum, Remains (chair) V, 2019, Wire mesh and wood, 84.0 x 41.5 x 42.0 cm, Courtesy Galerie Chantal Crousel
Sheila Hicks, TBT, 2020, Linen and wood, Unique, 100.0 x 100.0 cm, Courtesy galerie frank elbaz
Philippe Parreno, My Room is Another Fishbowl, 2016, 90 screen printed mylar balloons [30 Salmon: 95 x 188 cm (each) 30 Smelt: 99 x 220.5 cm (each) 30 Roache: 100 x 218 cm (each)], Edition 1 of 3 (last available), Courtesy Pilar Corrias
Doug Aitken, Horizons and Borders, 2018, Chromogenic transparency on acrylic in aluminum lightbox with LEDs, 2/4 + 2 AP, 172.5 x 316.0 x 18.0 cm, Courtesy Galerie Eva Presenhuber
Mark di Suvero, Szymborska, 2013-16, Steel, 315.0 x 688.3 x 254.0 cm, Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery
Lee Ufan, Dialogue, 2019, Acrylic on Canvas, 218.0 x 291.0 x 4.0 cm, Courtesy Lisson Gallery
Kimsooja, Untitled, 1991, Seven iron rings, used cloths, threads, 181.0 x 181.0 cm, Courtesy Axel Vervoordt Gallery
Paulina Olowska, Crossword Puzzle with a She–Surprised (Krzyzówka z Zaskoczona), 2014, oil, acrylic on canvas, 221.0 x 221.0, Courtesy Metro Pictures
Art Basel Hong Kong 2020 has been cancelled due to the severe outbreak and spread of the new coronavirus epidemic, which has recently been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. Just like the physical fair, the Art Basel online Viewing Rooms stagger visitors’ entry based on prestige levels. VIP clients will have first crack at the inventory on offer from 12-20 March 18. The general public will then be allowed through the virtual gates from 20-25 March.
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