Collector Sara Lysgaard’s top picks from Art Basel
In these days, Art Basel is vibrating with art lovers from all over the world. With works from over 4.000 artists represented by 291 leading international galleries, it can be a challenge to navigate through this abundance of diverse impressions. We’ve teamed up with a dedicated art collector, Sara Lysgaard, who has chosen her top picks from this year’s Art Basel.
Arthur Jafa
“APEX”, 2013
Video/Film
single-channel video projection, color, sound
Gavin Brown’s enterprise
Donna Huanca
“BLISS (REALITY CHECK)”
2017
Performance
Mixed-media installation
Peres Projects
Ryan Gander
Lisson Gallery
FOS
“One Language Traveller”
Mixed media
Nils Stærk
Mark Flood
“The Edge Of Fame”
2011
Installation
Posters, magazines and publicities with Lindsay Lohan
Peres Projects
Martin Boyce
Esther Schipper Gallery
David Hockney
“Plastic Sheet Floating in a Pool”
1977
Oil on canvas
63,5 x 86,4 cm
PACE
Tracey Emin
“I Became Your World”
2016
Painting
Acrylic on canvas
122.0 × 182.0 × 3.0 cm
Xavier Hufkens
About Art Basel
Founded in 1970 by gallerists from Basel, Art Basel today stages the world’s premier art shows for Modern and Contemporary art, sited in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition.
Interview with collector Sara Lysgaard
When life and art merge: https://magazine.artland.com/collector-focus-sara-lysgaard/