More than 4,000 works of art are being exhibited in Art Basel's Online Viewing Rooms—here's what some of Asia's top galleries are showing
The 2020 edition of Art Basel in Basel will no longer take place in person, so the Swiss fair is moving online this summer. After Art Basel's first successful virtual art fair in March—as a result of the Hong Kong event being cancelled due to Covid-19— the second edition will go live online on Friday, June 19 at 7pm GMT+8.
Here's what some of Asia's top galleries will be showing in the fair's online viewing rooms.
Bank
Rising star Tianzhuo Chen is in the spotlight in Bank's viewing room.
Beijing-based Chen is the founder of Asian Dope Boys, a roving club night that mixes DJ sets with live music, psychedelic videos, sculptures, performance art and more. Chen has described the event as “something in between religion and rave, between club culture and religion" and hosted it at the Faurschou Foundation spaces in Beijing and Venice and the Broad in LA, among other art spaces.
In Shanghai-based gallery Bank's viewing room, Chen is presenting video works, a painting, a brass sculpture and a 12-hour-long performance that references religious rituals, science fiction and drag culture.