Humbled and proud to have had a successful second edition of photo basel in 2016. See you in 2017, June 14 - 18, for the third edition of Switzerland's first and only artfair solely dedicated to photography based art.

photo basel 2016 - end of show report.

Despite the tense political climate in Europe and the rest of the world, the second edition of photo basel was a true success. photo basel’s new location "Volkshaus" was widely perceived as an ultimate advantage – photo basel now being in walking distance of Art Basel.

The second edition of photo basel attracted a little less than 10’000 visitors – a new record! Attendance from international collectors and institutions included*:

    Fotofocus Cincinnati
    Davidoff Art Initiative
    Centre de la photographie Genève
    Musée d’Orsay
    Pro Helvetia – Schweizer Kulturstiftung
    Kunstmuseum Thun
    Haus der Elektronischen Künste
    Swiss Art Market Association (SAMA)
    Herzog & de Meuron
    Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil-Jona
    Fondazione Brodbeck
    Sotheby’s Institute of Art
    Vitra
    Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Chicago
    Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains (Mudac)
    Castello di Rivara – Museo d’arte contermporaneo
    Swiss National Bank
    Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Switzerland
    Fotomuseum Winterthur
    The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York
    Fondation Carminiac
    Musée de L’Elysée
    Department of Economics, Social and Environmental Affairs of the Canton of Basel-Stadt
    Kiki Kogelnik Foundation
    Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon (Musac)
    M+M+amis de la foundation Auer Ory pour la photographe
    Artforum
    Palazzo Grassi – Francois Pinault Foundation
    Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon
    Lisser Art Museum
    Rijks Museum
    Centre Culturel Suisse – Paris
    Fundacion Museo Reina Sofia
    Kunstmuseum Bern
    Art Institute Chicago
    Fondation Beyeler
    Fondation Herzog
    Schaulager
    Kunstmuseum St. Gallen