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LISTE Art Fair Basel is a fair for international galleries. LISTE takes place concurrently with Art Basel in Basel in June.

History
In the summer of 1995, Zurich gallerists Eva Presenhuber and Peter Kilchmann contacted Basel curator Peter Bläuer to discuss the possibility of founding a new fair in Basel for young, international gallerists focusing on contemporary art. Bläuer took on the fair´s organization and subsequently its management. The idea for the fair found support from a number of art historians and curators, among whom were Jean-Christophe Ammann, Jacqueline Burckhardt, Bernhard Mendes Bürgi, Bice Curiger, Ulrich Loock, Peter Pakesch, and Theodora Vischer.

Since 1997, LISTE has been supported by its main partner, E.Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers, Basel.

Art Prize
The Helvetia Art Prize has been awarded annually since 2004. This promotional prize is awarded to a graduate of a Swiss art college majoring in the visual arts and media art. The promotional prize carries a monetary award of 15,000 Swiss francs and a solo exhibition at LISTE.

Special Guests
The fair´s program regularly includes special guests: Kaskadenkondensator, which is active year-round in Warteck and the House of Electronic Arts in Basel.

Visitors
In 2012, LISTE´s attendance figures were approximately 13,000.

Location
Since its inception, LISTE has taken place in the former brewery building Warteck and in a tent annex. LISTE has access to approximately 3,500m2 of exhibition space on four floors. One to ten galleries are placed in each room, and each gallery has approx. 25 to 30m2 of available space.

Further Readings

 * LISTE Art Fair Basel
 * Stadtbuch Basel 1996
 * Videos von der LISTE auf Vernissage TV