Photo Basel
Photography art fair in Basel, Switzerland
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Photo Basel is an annual art fair, showcasing photography, which takes place at the Volkhaus Basel in Basel, Switzerland during Art Basel week.[1][2] Switzerland's first and only photography art fair, it showcases galleries both emerging and established, national and international, across a variety of different disciplines in photography.[3][4]
Since its founding in 2015, yearly editions of Photo Basel have been covered by Artnet, The Guardian, Artsy, Time Out, and other publications.[5][6][7][8]
History
Photo Basel was founded by Sven Eisenhut, who still serves as its founding director.[9] Its first edition ran in June 2015.[10] Exhibitions are curated by Elwira Spychalska.[11]
In 2024, Photo Basel unveiled a sector, titled Novum, dedicated to never-before-seen works of photography that were either created specifically for Photo Basel or recently discovered/rediscovered.[12]