With 287 Galleries Headed for 2016 Fair, Art Basel Remains a Giant

Galleries hail from new regions of the world represented for the first time, including Romania, Tunisia and Cuba.

Art Basel (Photo by Messe Schweiz (Basel) AG/Courtesy Art Basel)
Outside the convention center at Art Basel in 2014. (Photo: Messe Schweiz (Basel) AG/Courtesy Art Basel)

The 2016 edition of Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland will be the contemporary art fair giant’s 47th round at bat, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

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The exhibitor list is, once again, massive with 287 galleries, and a select few hail from new regions of the world represented for the first time, including Tunisia and Cuba.

Two sections of the fair, Feature (a sector for focused curatorial projects) and Statements (an area for young emerging galleries and artists) have grown to include more galleries than previous years.

Significant historical works will be on view in the Feature section, such as a restating of Jannis Kounellis’ 1972 performance work by New York/London gallery Luxmbourg & Dayan, titled Da inventare sul posto, wherein a violinist will play alongside a dancing ballerina in front of an abstract painting, and a timely immersive installation by Olaf Metzel about the arrival of German refugees to former Yugoslavia in 1992 will also be shown.

Historical works by Robert Smithson, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner and Lynn Hershman Leeson are among other expected highlights.

Below, the complete exhibitors list for Art Basel 2016.

ART BASEL: 
303 Gallery New York
A Gentil Carioca Rio de Janeiro
Miguel Abreu Gallery New York
Acquavella Galleries New York
Air de Paris Paris
Galería Juana de Aizpuru Madrid
Alexander and Bonin New York
Galería Helga de Alvear Madrid
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG Zurich
Andréhn-Schiptjenko Stockholm
Applicat-Prazan Paris
The Approach London
Art : Concept Paris
Alfonso Artiaco Naples
von Bartha Basel, S-chanf
Galerie Guido W. Baudach Berlin
Galerie Berinson Berlin
Bernier/Eliades Athens
Daniel Blau Munich, London
Blondeau & Cie Geneva
Blum & Poe Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo
Marianne Boesky Gallery New York
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery New York
Bortolami New York
Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin
Borzo Amsterdam
BQ Berlin
Gavin Brown's enterprise New York, Rome
Galerie Buchholz Cologne, Berlin, New York
Buchmann Galerie Agra / Lugano, Berlin
Cabinet London
Galerie Gisela Capitain Cologne
carlier gebauer Berlin
Galerie Carzaniga Basel
Galeria Pedro Cera Lisbon
Cheim & Read New York
Chemould Prescott Road Mumbai
Mehdi Chouakri Berlin
Sadie Coles HQ London
Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin
Galleria Continua San Gimignano, Beijing, Boissy-le- Châtel, Havana
Paula Cooper Gallery New York
Galerie Chantal Crousel Paris
Thomas Dane Gallery London
Massimo De Carlo Milan, London, Hong Kong
Dvir Gallery Tel Aviv, Brussels
Ecart Geneva
Galerie Eigen + Art Berlin, Leipzig
Richard L. Feigen & Co. New York
Konrad Fischer Galerie Dusseldorf, Berlin
Foksal Gallery Foundation Warsaw
Galeria Fortes Vilaça São Paulo
Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco
Peter Freeman, Inc. New York, Paris
Stephen Friedman Gallery London
Frith Street Gallery London
Gagosian Gallery New York, Beverly Hills, London, Paris, Le Bourget, Rome, Athens, Geneva, Hong Kong
Galerie 1900-2000 Paris
Galleria dello Scudo Verona
joségarcía ,mx Mexico City
gb agency Paris
Annet Gelink Gallery Amsterdam
Gerhardsen Gerner Berlin, Oslo
Gladstone Gallery New York, Brussels
Galerie Gmurzynska Zug, Zurich, St. Moritz
Galería Elvira González Madrid
Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, Cape Town
Marian Goodman Gallery New York, Paris, London
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin Frankfurt
Richard Gray Gallery Chicago, New York
Howard Greenberg Gallery New York
Greene Naftali New York
greengrassi London
Galerie Karsten Greve AG St. Moritz, Paris, Cologne
Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art Lisbon
Galerie Michael Haas Berlin
Hauser & Wirth Zurich, New York, Los Angeles, London, Somerset
Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert London
Herald St London
Galerie Max Hetzler Berlin, Paris
Galerie Hopkins Paris
Edwynn Houk Gallery New York, Zurich
Xavier Hufkens Brussels
i8 Gallery Reykjavik
A arte Invernizzi Milan
Taka Ishii Gallery Tokyo, New York, Paris
Jablonka Galerie Cologne
Bernard Jacobson Gallery London
Alison Jacques Gallery London
Galerie Martin Janda Vienna
Catriona Jeffries Vancouver
Annely Juda Fine Art London
Casey Kaplan New York
Georg Kargl Fine Arts Vienna
Karma International Zurich, Beverly Hills
kaufmann repetto Milan, New York
Sean Kelly New York
Kerlin Gallery Dublin
Anton Kern Gallery New York
Kewenig Berlin, Palma de Mallorca
Kicken Berlin Berlin
Galerie Peter Kilchmann Zurich
König Galerie Berlin
David Kordansky Gallery Los Angeles
Andrew Kreps Gallery New York
Galerie Krinzinger Vienna
Nicolas Krupp Basel
Kukje Gallery / Tina Kim Gallery Seoul, New York
kurimanzutto Mexico City
Galerie Lahumière Paris
Landau Fine Art Montreal
Simon Lee Gallery London, Hong Kong, New York
Lehmann Maupin New York, Hong Kong
Tanya Leighton Berlin
Galerie Lelong Paris, New York
Dominique Lévy Gallery New York, London
Galerie Gisèle Linder Basel
Lisson Gallery London, Milan, New York
Long March Space Beijing
Luhring Augustine New York, Brooklyn
Maccarone New York, Los Angeles
Magazzino Rome
Mai 36 Galerie Zurich
Gió Marconi Milan
Matthew Marks Gallery New York, Los Angeles
Marlborough Fine Art London, New York, Madrid, Barcelona
Galerie Hans Mayer Dusseldorf
The Mayor Gallery London
Fergus McCaffrey New York, Saint Barthelemy
Galerie Greta Meert Brussels
Anthony Meier Fine Arts San Francisco
Galerie Urs Meile Lucerne, Beijing
kamel mennour Paris
Metro Pictures New York
Meyer Riegger Berlin, Karlsruhe
Galleria Massimo Minini Brescia
Victoria Miro London
Mitchell-Innes & Nash New York
Mnuchin Gallery New York
Stuart Shave/Modern Art London
The Modern Institute Glasgow
Jan Mot Brussels, Mexico City
Galerie Vera Munro Hamburg
Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder Vienna
Galerie Nagel Draxler Berlin, Cologne
Richard Nagy Ltd. London
Helly Nahmad Gallery New York, London
Galerie Neu Berlin
neugerriemschneider Berlin
Galleria Franco Noero Turin
David Nolan Gallery New York
Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, Stockholm
Galerie Georg Nothelfer Berlin
Galerie Nathalie Obadia Paris, Brussels
OMR Mexico City
Pace New York, London, Beijing, Hong Kong
Pace/MacGill Gallery New York
Maureen Paley London
Galerie Alice Pauli Lausanne
Galerie Perrotin Paris, Hong Kong, New York
Petzel Gallery New York
Galerie Francesca Pia Zurich
PKM Gallery Seoul
Galerija Gregor Podnar Berlin
Galerie Eva Presenhuber Zurich
ProjecteSD Barcelona
Almine Rech Gallery Brussels, Paris, London
Reena Spaulings Fine Art New York
Regen Projects Los Angeles
Galerie Denise René Paris
Rodeo London
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg, Paris
Andrea Rosen Gallery New York
SCAI The Bathhouse Tokyo
Esther Schipper / Johnen Galerie Berlin
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle Munich
Galerie Thomas Schulte Berlin
Galerie Natalie Seroussi Paris
Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut, Hamburg
Jack Shainman Gallery New York, Kinderhook
ShanghART Gallery Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore
Sies + Höke Dusseldorf
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. New York
Bruce Silverstein New York
Skarstedt New York, London
GALLERYSKE New Delhi, Bangalore
Skopia / P.-H. Jaccaud Geneva
Sperone Westwater New York
Sprüth Magers Berlin, London, Los Angeles
Galerie St. Etienne New York
Nils Stærk Copenhagen
Stampa Basel
Standard (Oslo) Oslo
Starmach Gallery Krakow
Christian Stein Milan
Stevenson Cape Town, Johannesburg
Galeria Luisa Strina São Paulo
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer Brussels
Take Ninagawa Tokyo
team (gallery, inc.) New York, Venice (Los Angeles)
Galleria Tega Milan
Galerie Daniel Templon Paris, Brussels
Galerie Thomas Munich
Galerie Tschudi Zuoz
Tucci Russo Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea Torre Pellice (Turin)
Van de Weghe Fine Art New York
Annemarie Verna Galerie Zurich
Vilma Gold London
Vitamin Creative Space Guangzhou, Beijing
Waddington Custot Galleries London
Galleri Nicolai Wallner Copenhagen
Washburn Gallery New York
Galerie Barbara Weiss Berlin
Michael Werner New York, London, Märkisch Wilmersdorf
White Cube London, Hong Kong
Barbara Wien Berlin
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff Paris
Galerie Thomas Zander Cologne
Zeno X Gallery Antwerp
ZERO… Milan
David Zwirner New York, London
 

EDITION SECTION: 

Brooke Alexander, Inc. New York
Niels Borch Jensen Gallery and Editions Copenhagen, Berlin
Alan Cristea Gallery London
mfc – michèle didier Paris
Atelier-Editions Fanal Basel
Gemini G.E.L. LLC Los Angeles
Helga Maria Klosterfelde Edition Berlin, Hamburg
Sabine Knust Munich
Carolina Nitsch New York
Pace Prints New York
Paragon London
Polígrafa Obra Gràfica Barcelona
STPI Singapore
Three Star Books Paris
Two Palms New York
ULAE Bay Shore
FEATURE SECTION: 
Bergamin & Gomide São Paulo Mira Schendel
Galleri Bo Bjerggaard Copenhagen Per Kirkeby
Campoli Presti London, Paris Valentina Liernur, John Miller, Reena Spaulings
Castelli Gallery New York Roy Lichtenstein
Cherry and Martin Los Angeles Pat O’Neill
Chert Berlin Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt
James Cohan Gallery New York Robert Smithson
Corbett vs. Dempsey Chicago Roger Brown, Eleanor Dube, Philip Hanson, Christina Ramberg
galerie frank elbaz Paris Jay DeFeo, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner
Derek Eller Gallery New York Karl Wirsum
espaivisor Valencia Braco Dimitrijević
Carl Freedman Gallery London Michael Stevenson
James Fuentes New York Jonas Mekas
Grimm Amsterdam Ger van Elk
Kadel Willborn Dusseldorf Inge Mahn
Galerie Löhrl Mönchengladbach Otto Piene
Luxembourg & Dayan New York, London Jannis Kounellis
Jörg Maaß Kunsthandel Berlin Color in German Printmaking 1900 – 1930 (Group Show)
Mendes Wood DM São Paulo Solange Pessoa, Francesca Woodman
Moran Bondaroff Los Angeles George Herms
Galeria Plan B Cluj, Berlin Mircea Cantor, Mihai Olos, Eugenia Pop
RaebervonStenglin Zurich Sofia Hultén
Lia Rumma Milan, Naples Ettore Spalletti
Salon 94 New York Terry Adkins
Sprovieri London Ilya Kabakov, Art & Language
Galerie Barbara Thumm Berlin Anna Oppermann
Tornabuoni Art Paris, Florence, Milan, Forte dei Marmi, Crans-Montana, London Salvatore Scarpitta
Van Doren Waxter New York Richard Diebenkorn
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Culver City Sadie Benning
Waldburger Wouters Brussels Lynn Hershman Leeson
Wentrup Berlin Olaf Metzel
Galerie Zlotowski Paris Kurt Schwitters
 

STATEMENTS SECTION: 

47 Canal New York Ajay Kurian
Arratia Beer Berlin Mary Reid Kelley
Laura Bartlett Gallery London Sol Calero
Johan Berggren Gallery Malmö Jasper Spicero
Bureau New York Lionel Maunz
Carroll / Fletcher London Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme
Selma Feriani Gallery Sidi Bou Said Massinissa Selmani
Foxy Production New York Sara Cwynar
Grey Noise Dubai Lantian Xie
Maisterravalbuena Madrid Daniel Jacoby
Mary Mary Glasgow Helen Johnson
Murray Guy New York Leidy Churchman
Ramiken Crucible New York Dan Finsel
Galerie Micky Schubert Berlin Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili
Société Berlin Timur Si-Qin
Galeria Stereo Warsaw Piotr Łakomy
Simone Subal Gallery New York Frank Heath
Supportico Lopez Berlin Steve Bishop

With 287 Galleries Headed for 2016 Fair, Art Basel Remains a Giant