Marc Spiegler, since the months will be demonstrated in Hong Kong. The actions have expanded in the recent time in the old town. Will take place in the art fair in March 2020 anyway?
Yes, absolutely. We are following the events in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong the company adapt to the constantly changing Situation, where some industries are hit harder than others. This is also true for the art world.
The international Zurich-based gallery Hauser and Wirth was planning an exhibition in Hong Kong, with Annie Leibovitz, she has now moved due to the demonstrations in the city. You think this was a good decision?
We do not want to comment on the decisions of individual galleries. We note, however, that the Hong Kong-were visited auctions well. Sotheby’s reported in October, the exceptionally high sales. The autumn auctions of Christie’s, which were in the Hong Kong Convention Center took place in our fair takes place, well attended. Also galleries such as Ben Brown, Lehmann Maupin, Simon Lee and Gagosian have opened in the last weeks of their exhibitions. The Hong Kong-born gallery Blindspot opened their group exhibition, Holy Mosses, which was well attended.
Hope for a calming of the situation?
of Course. We hope that a more peaceful and better way for all Involved is found. It was encouraging to see that the elections to the district councils on the weekend, took place in a quiet atmosphere.
all declarations of the galleries definitely, and there are withdrawal clauses?
Since the announcement of the gallery list for Hong Kong in 2020, no gallery has cancelled their participation. At each of our fairs, it is possible that galleries, for various reasons, take their participation back. In such cases, a gallery that is on the waiting list, the move up would then be.
to promote, We see Art Basel as a global platform for dialogue on contemporary and modern art .Marc Spiegler
art Can change in a dictatorship like China, a little in the direction of democratisation?
Since 2013, Art Basel in Hong Kong home. We see the Art Basel fair, not only as a commercial activity, but also as a global platform to promote dialogue about contemporary and modern art. Art Basel offers art lovers from across Asia and the West a platform to meet and learn from each other.
Next week, the Art Basel Miami Beach takes place, with many galleries from South America. The social unrest in South America an impact on the art fair, or business-as-usual “announced”?
Since our show takes place in Miami Beach, is this fair from an organizational point of view, “business as usual”. However, we are living in turbulent times, and the shows, of course, on our exhibition, artists address the world in which we live. These topics we will cover in our Talks Program. In Miami Beach, for example, we organize a lecture on the topic of “The Global Art Market in a Nationalist World”.
Show the social conflicts in the current art production?
Yes. If we look at the works coming to Miami Beach, we have, for example, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery from London, the historic and political works of the well-known American artist Faith Ringgold show. The Works deal with various aspects of American politics and history – seen through a very personal perspective of self-portraits. The gallery Walden from Buenos Aires reactivated the Installation of the “Violencia” of Juan Carlos Romero’s, which deals with the discourse of the mass media and their representations of violence. Romero’s Installation calls the viewer to Action, and calls on him to face the mechanisms of violence and their hidden or subtle manifestations and thinking about it.
Art Basel has cancelled two months ago announced a new conference in Abu Dhabi, which was scheduled for February 2020, two days ago, surprisingly. It was said that ticket prices in the amount of 15’000 dollars. The prices were too high?
Art Basel inside in Abu Dhabi in February was always an ambitious project with a very short preparation time. The ticket prices, however, are not the reason for our retreat, we had very many applications for this Event. We have voted on the decision to work closely with the MCH Group and the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism.
Has a policy of withdrawal and/or economic reasons?
no, there were no political reasons. It was a very ambitious project, we had to unfortunately cancel.
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