Art Basel : Parcours

The 2015 edition of Parcours will be sited in the historical center of Basel around the city's iconic cathedral, infiltrating key locations such as the Museum of Culture, the Natural History Museum, the Town Hall and the Münsterplatz itself. 23 site-specific artworks by internationally renowned as well as emerging artists will be featured, the biggest selection to date, including works by Alexandra Bachzetsis, Davide Balula, Adriano Costa, Alicia Framis, Piero Golia, Tobias Kaspar, Alicja Kwade, Nate Lowman, Michaela Meise, Jonathan Monk, Vik Muniz, Ciprian Mure?an, Peter Regli, David Renggli, Ugo Rondinone, Yves Scherer, Lara Schnitger, Alyson Shotz, Daniel Silver, Philippe Thomas, Blair Thurman and Francisco Tropa. Parcours looks to engage with Basel's past and present by weaving artistic interventions into the fabric of the specific location each edition inhabits. Florence Derieux, Director of FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, will curate Parcours for the third consecutive year. The sector will be open to the public from Wednesday June 17 to Sunday June 21, culminating in Parcours Night on Saturday June 20—an evening of late night openings of all Parcours projects, a special intervention by Lara Schnitger and an evening program curated by Derieux of performances by Rosa Barba, Julien Bismuth and Erkka Nissinen as well as a DJ set by Haroon Mirza with London-based band Factory Floor. As part of the evening, Art Basel with HeK (House of electronic Arts Basel) will present a new live performance by Edwin van der Heide. "LSP" is a series in which the artist creates composed relationships between light and sound in space. Parcours: June 17–19, 11am–10pm June 20, 11am–midnight June 21, 11am–7pm Parcours Night: June 20, 6pm–midnight Here is the full list of Parcours projects and their locations: Alexandra Bachzetsis Gold, 2004 Meyer Riegger (Berlin, Karlsruhe) and kurimanzutto (Mexico City) Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2 Davide Balula Painting the roof of your mouth (Ice Cream), 2015 galerie frank elbaz (Paris) Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Atelier, Schlüsselberg 5 Adriano Costa International Division of Labour – 2, 2014 How to be Invisible in High Heels, 2014 Mendes Wood DM (São Paulo) and Sadie Coles HQ (London) Museum der Kulturen Basel, Münsterplatz 20 Alicia Framis Habitación de libros prohibídos (Room for forbidden books), 2014 Galeria Juana de Aizpuru (Madrid) Basler Münster, Konzilssaal Piero Golia Untitled (Evil exists where good men do nothing), 2005 Bortolami (New York) and Gagosian Gallery (New York, Beverly Hills, London, Geneva, Hong Kong, Le Bourget, Paris, Rome, Athens) Basler Rathaus, Marktplatz Tobias Kaspar THE STREET (NYC 1995), 2015 Galerie Peter Kilchmann (Zurich) Scala Basel, Freie Strasse 89 Alicja Kwade Der Tag ohne Gestern l – lll, 2014–15 303 Gallery (New York), Galerie König, Berlin (Berlin) and kamel mennour (Paris) Basler Münster, Kreuzgang Nate Lowman Multicolored tow truck, 2010–12 Massimo De Carlo (Milan, London) and Maccarone (New York, Los Angeles) Münsterplatz Michaela Meise Im Kreis, am Kreis (Chelsea Kramer and Portraits), 2013 Galerie König, Berlin (Berlin) and Standard Oslo (Oslo) Gymnasium am Münsterplatz, Münsterplatz 15 Jonathan Monk Covered Motorbike, 2013 Lisson Gallery (London, Milan, New York, Singapore) Corner of Rittergasse and St. Alban-Graben Vik Muniz Mnemonic Vehicle (Ferrari), 2015 Pace (New York, London, Zuoz, Beijing, Hong Kong) Martinskirchplatz Ciprian Mure?an untitled, 2015 David Nolan Gallery (New York) Basler Marionettentheater, Münsterplatz 8 Peter Regli RH No 256, Travelling Snowman #01, 2007 Art: Concept (Paris) Mittlere Brücke, Eisengasse 1 David Renggli Reclining Nude, 2014 Galerie Peter Kilchmann (Zurich) Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt, Martinskirchgasse 2 Ugo Rondinone the gracious, 2015 Gladstone Gallery (New York, Brussels) and Galerie Eva Presenhuber (Zurich) Münsterplatz Yves Scherer Little Mermaid, 2015 Galerie Guido W. Baudach (Berlin) Dreizackbrunnen, Münsterberg Lara Schnitger Suffragette City, 2015 Anton Kern Gallery (New York) and Stuart Shave / Modern Art (London) Bau- und Verkehrsdepartement Basel-Stadt, Münsterplatz 11 Alyson Shotz Imaginary Sculptures, 2014–15 Carolina Nitsch (New York) Multiple sites Daniel Silver Rock Formations, 2014–15 Frith Street Gallery (London) Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, St. Alban-Graben 5 Philippe Thomas Chiat/Day/Mojo - readymades belong to everyone ®, 1990 Jan Mot (Brussels, Mexico City) Schifflände Blair Thurman Widows' Walk (A Coat of Arms and/or Tails for a Whale), 2015 Gagosian Gallery (New York, Beverly Hills, London, Geneva, Hong Kong, Le Bourget, Paris, Rome, Athens) and galerie frank elbaz (Paris) Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2 Francisco Tropa Observatoire d'insectes, 1996 Galerie Jocelyn Wolff (Paris) Alte Universität, Rheinsprung 9 Art Basel returns for its 46th Basel edition with 284 premier galleries, drawn from 33 countries and territories. The show will be open to the public from Thursday, June 18, to Sunday, June 21, with two preview days on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 16 and 17 (by invitation only). www.artbasel.com