From Cao Fei's skyscraper animation to Rirkrit Tiravanija's curry stall: Rediscover seven Art Basel public art projects by Claire Voon

From Cao Fei's skyscraper animation to Rirkrit Tiravanija's curry stall: Rediscover seven Art Basel public art projects

Claire Voon

Claire Voon revisits works that made fair history


Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija in front of his work Do We Dream Under the Same Sky, staged on Messeplatz at Art Basel in Basel, 2015.
Artist Rirkrit Tiravanija in front of his work Do We Dream Under the Same Sky, staged on Messeplatz at Art Basel in Basel, 2015.
Cao Fei's work Same Old, Brand New took over Hong Kong's ICC Tower, the city's tallest building.
Cao Fei's work Same Old, Brand New took over Hong Kong's ICC Tower, the city's tallest building.
Performers and members of the audience during Ryan McNamara's ME3M 4 Miami, which took place during Art Basel in Miami Beach in 2014.
Performers and members of the audience during Ryan McNamara's ME3M 4 Miami, which took place during Art Basel in Miami Beach in 2014.
The performance Autorreconstrucción: To Insist, to Insist, to Insist (2018) inaugurated the Miami Beach Convention Center's Grand Ballroom the same year during Art Basel's American fair.
The performance Autorreconstrucción: To Insist, to Insist, to Insist (2018) inaugurated the Miami Beach Convention Center's Grand Ballroom the same year during Art Basel's American fair.
Kingsley Ng's piece Twenty-Five Minutes Older was staged in Hong Kong's legendary trams during Art Basel Hong Kong 2017.
Kingsley Ng's piece Twenty-Five Minutes Older was staged in Hong Kong's legendary trams during Art Basel Hong Kong 2017.
During Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires, Maurizio Cattelan staged a pop-up cemetery in one of the city's public parks.
During Art Basel Cities: Buenos Aires, Maurizio Cattelan staged a pop-up cemetery in one of the city's public parks.
Performers on Messeplatz during Alexandra Pirici's Aggregate, her performative environment on view during Art Basel's 2019 fair in Basel.
Performers on Messeplatz during Alexandra Pirici's Aggregate, her performative environment on view during Art Basel's 2019 fair in Basel.