VOLTA Basel 2025
Photograph by Phillip Reed.
Celebrating two decades of powering artistic discovery, VOLTA Basel 2025 returns to its founding city from June 19 – 22 (VIP Collectors Preview 18 June) with a landmark edition in a larger venue, Hall 4.U at Messeplatz 21 — just 200 meters from the heart of Art Week. The 2025 edition of VOLTA seeks to pay tribute to the city of Basel and honor the country the fair was founded in.
This milestone edition welcomes 70 galleries from 28 countries, offering visitors and collectors an experience centered on artistic diversity, innovation, and global perspectives. VOLTA Basel 2025 will showcase a dynamic mix of established and emerging talent, spotlight curated SOLO presentations; encourage cross-cultural dialogue through a dedicated Middle East North African Pavilion; and celebrate the vibrant presence of Swiss galleries.
VOLTA Basel has generously offered complimentary VIP tickets for IKT Members!* If you are interested in attending, please email us at ikt.curatorial@gmail.com, and we will share a complimentary booking link.
*To be eligible, you must be an active member with paid membership for the year 2025.
Longstanding and Returning Galleries Celebrate VOLTA’s Evolution
Returning to VOLTA this year are several notable galleries, including Galerie Andreas Binder (Munich, Germany), which made its VOLTA debut in 2013, with Ethan Cohen Gallery (New York, US) and Gallery H.A.N (Seoul, South Korea), both of which have been part of the fair since 2015. Other returning galleries include Creative Growth (Oakland, USA), Kersgallery (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Galleri Ramfjord (Oslo, Norway), Galerie Delaive (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Mark Hachem (Paris, France) which will showcase a diverse series of works including those by Swiss artist Marck.
Wolf & Nomad (Miami, USA) return to VOLTA from FIRSTS 2024 with a selection of artists including Alejandr Aristizabal, a Columbian artist who works with the Fique plant, a natural fiber native to the Andes and used for centuries by Indigenous communities for weaving. TAMARA KREISLER (Madrid, Spain) presents a joint booth alongside Isolina Arbulu (Marbella, Spain) featuring two Loewe Craft Prize artists - Mexican artist Andrés Anza, winner of the 2024 prize and shortlisted 2025 Spanish artist Isabelle Marie Poiriew Troyano.
New at Volta Basel for 2025
Galleries making their debut at VOLTA Basel 2025 include LATITUDE Gallery (New York, USA), BIOSKOP BALKAN (Belgrade, Serbia), which will feature a selection of artists including Todosijevic Rasa Dragoljub and Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design (Heusden, Netherlands) present interactive and collectible designs by artists such as Boris van Berkum and Amarist Studio. Also joining for the first time are Studio Arrows (Koto-ku, Japan), AN INC., (Seoul, South Korea) as well as Swiss galleries Galerie WOS (Pfäffikon, Switzerland) and Fabienne Levy (Lausanne, Switzerland), the latter presenting works by Brazilian artist Adriel Visoto and Basel-based artist Mattania Bösiger.
VOLTA’s FIRSTS section is a curated section of smaller, focused booths designed to showcase galleries for the first time. The FIRSTS Section features Galerie One (Paris, France) presenting works by Spanish artist Sebas Velasco and Chinese artist Liu Bolin, renowned for his performative works and collaborations with the United Nations, as well as with The Louvre and Centre Pompidou. Other participants in the FIRSTS Section include Galerie Alex Schlesinger (Zürich, Switzerland) Bilous Gallery (Vienna, Austria), BK Chromatic Galerie (Zürich, Switzerland), Gabriel Fine Arts (London, UK), Galerie Minrath (Köln, Germany), Insight ArtSpace (New York, Miami, USA; Paris, France) and JustBEE (Masevaux, France).
SOLO: A Focused Presentation
In VOLTA’s SOLO Presentations section, the galleries spotlight the work of individual artists, offering a space for purposeful reflection with an artist’s practice. The Solo section will feature eight galleries including Adrian Sutton Gallery (Paris, France) presenting works by the Czech painter Adéla Janská who revisits the female nude to challenge traditional representations of femininity. Cincinnati Art Underground (Cincinnati, USA) presents Ukrainian painter Andrey Kozakov and Delamour Gallery (Paris, France) showcases the wooden sculptural works of French artist Pascal Piermé.
The Swiss Arts Ecosystem
The Swiss galleries partaking in VOLTA Basel 2025 include Basel based, Galerie Katapult (Basel, Switzerland), Lechbinska Gallery (Zürich, Switzerland), Keller Galerie (Zürich, Switzerland), Galerie WOS (Pfäffikon, Switzerland), Galerie Alex Schlesinger (Zürich, Switzerland), BK Chromatic Galerie (Zürich, Switzerland) and Fabienne Levy (Lausanne, Switzerland). On Friday 20 June, a panel discussion will explore the emerging Swiss art market and what supports a thriving arts ecosystem. Speakers to be announced late April.
New Perspectives: Middle East North Africa Pavilion
VOLTA Basel will feature a regional Pavilion, this year presenting the MENA Pavilion curated by Randa Sadaka, a writer and curator based in Beirut. The exhibition highlights the distinct artistic narratives, cultural heritage, and contemporary expressions of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Randa Sadaka offers insight into the exhibition, stating that:
“This Pavilion brings together varied perspectives from across the MENA region, forming a mosaic of artistic voices that challenge, question, and reimagine the dominant narratives shaping this part of the world. The works offer a multiplicity of realities in constant negotiation with history, identity, and the urgencies of the present.”
Participants of the MENA Pavilion include Fann À Porter (Dubai, UAE) presenting works by four Syrian artists including Ahmad Kasha, Majd Kurdieh, Mayar Obeido and Rabee Kiwan, Gallery Misr (Cairo, Egypt), Khawla Art Gallery (Abu Dhabi, UAE), Le Lab (Cairo, Egypt) presents a series of sculptural works by Khaled Zaki as well as works by Omar Chakil, Georges Mohasseb, Ahmed Bazazo and Moataz Nasr, Maya Art Space (Beirut, Lebanon), Mojdeh Gallery (Tehran, Iran) and Errm Art Gallery (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).