Contemporary art fairs

For the first time, strategic resonances will be implemented via contemporary art fairs, during which the artist and/or the curators will take the stage. These events will also be an opportunity to engage in dialogue with other artists representing different countries at La Biennale di Venezia.

As part of the Art Basel fair’s off-site art programme, in partnership with Basel art venues, there will be an exhibition at Kunsthaus Baselland conceived as a dialogue between Zineb Sedira and the artist Latifa Echakhch, who is representing the Swiss pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Kunsthaus director Ines Goldbach is curating the exhibition.

Latifa Echakhch – Zineb Sedira : For a Brief Moment […] Several Times

Venue: Kunsthaus Baselland
Curator: Ines Goldbach, Director, Kunsthaus Baselland
Dates: 3 June – 17 July 2022
Opening: 2 June, 6.30 pm, in presence of the artists
With the support of the Institut français and the French Embassy in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

A conversation between the two artists is planned as part of Art Basel:

Zineb Sedira and Latifa Echakhch will be in conversation with Zoé Whitley, Director of Chisenhale Gallery, London, about their pioneering practices, shared interests and friendship. Representing France and Switzerland respectively at the Venice Biennale in 2022, they will discuss their respective exhibitions and their first joint project for Kunsthaus Baselland.

Art Basel Conversations, Basel

«Premiere Artists: Zineb Sedira and Latifa Echakhch» Wednesday 15 June, 3-4 pm
Free admission, open to the public

As part of FRIEZE ART FAIR in London, Zineb Sedira engaged in a conversation with the British Afro-Caribbean artist Sonia Boyce, a long-time friend. Organised by the Institut français in London on 15 October 2021, the discussion, moderated by the curator Gilane Tawadros, enabled them to discuss their artistic approach, mixing different generations, histories and geographies, as well as the consequences of the Black Lives Matter movement.