Magda, aka GirlinBasel, blogs about life in Basel, Swiss adventures and is a travel guide author. Alongside your visit to VOLTA Basel, here’s a definitive guide to discover the best of the city and enjoy the summer just like the locals do.

To promote deeper connection and purposeful, reflective pause, seven of our galleries will spotlight the work of an individual artist at this year’s fair.

VOLTA’s evolution hinges on its community of galleries.The 2024 edition of VOLTA Basel proudly presents FIRSTS - a new, curated section to platform exhibitors coming to Basel for the first time.

New world views, fresh perspectives and strong women: these are the three key elements of this year's curatorial concepts at VOLTA Basel 2024. Exhibitor list is live now.

VOLTA Basel returns: In its 19th year, the established contemporary art fair presents a new curatorial vision for the future.

As we approach 2024, VOLTA shares its future forecast and the top 5 trends trends that will continue to shape the direction of the art market next year and beyond.

New Artistic Director, Lee Cavaliere, to emphasize the power of local community and international networks as VOLTA Basel 2024 Gallery Applications Open.

Meet Florian Langhammer, founder and editor of Collectors Agenda, a forward thinking international publication that champions new collectors into the art world. Here we find out about their ethos and how they support artists and new collectors to connect.

Ramsay Fairs are delighted to announce curator and contemporary art specialist Lee Cavaliere as the Artistic Director of VOLTA art fairs beginning July 2023. Applying a clear vision, Cavaliere will align the fair’s positioning with developments of a rapidly changing art market.

As a longstanding VOLTA Basel collaborator, Maus Contemporary personifies the dedication to supporting creativity and experimental, issue-driven artwork that is so important to the curation of our Fair. We’re delighted to welcome them back for VOLTA Basel 2023, where they’ll present a special project by Spanish artist, Irene Grau: “The Carrier”.

Meet the artists and galleries presenting at VOLTA Basel 2023 who are dedicated to bringing underrepresented narratives to the global art stage.

We delve into the unique visual language of our Made in Switzerland galleries and get to know the missions, voices and perspectives they’ll be bringing to VOLTA Basel this June 12 – 18.

Throughout history, people have sought to gain a perspective of their place in the world. From the early Renaissance pioneers to Impressionism and 20th century Abstract Expressionism, artists have looked to nature as place of solace and for inspiration. Now, as the world looks for solutions that will help imagine a positive climate future, art can continue as a crucial tool to bring scientific ideas to life, as well as act as a tangible format to communicate complex ideas.

Here, we present some of the artists and galleries who will bring these ideas surrounding science and nature to VOLTA 2023.

Meet the artists at VOLTA 2023 who are set to bring unique international context to our fair. Discover their practice and understand the political undertones they seek to share.

Rewriting the context of a work of art is a complex process, and one the artists presented at VOLTA New York and Basel are primed to undertake this year. The extra dimension to sculpture as a genre lends itself to recontextualization, with a wider array of ways to hang, display and curate meaning that new references can be heightened and exaggerated.

VOLTA Basel Medienmitteilung April 2023

Die Messe für zeitgenössische Kunst kehrt vom Mittwoch, dem 12. Juni bis zum 18. Juni am brandneuen Veranstaltungsort Klybeck 610 zurück

VOLTA Basel Press Announcement April 2023

The contemporary art fair returns at the brand new venue, Klybeck 610 from Wednesday, June 12 to June 18.

With connections to VOLTA Basel’s new venue at Klybeck 610, we speak to Nelly Riggenbach - Director of Communications and Engagement on the Novartis campus - one of the world’s leading medicine companies based in Basel. We explore how the city of Basel is built on creativity in the arts and science industries and Novartis’ links with art both historically, including the likes of Claude Monet, and inspiring artwork created today.

Zimmer studied at Academy of Fine Arts Städelschule, continuing his studies to graduate as a Masters student of Tobias Rehberger. With this foundation in sculpting, Zimmer quickly turned towards abstract painting by creating collages and décollages stating that his work “emerge as paintings through sculpture.”

In this edition, Kamiar Maleki speaks with Christoph Bosshardt, Interim Director and Head of Marketing at Basel Tourism. He is an expert for Basel’s rich cultural offerings for art and architecture and some hidden gems.