About this episode

The episode discusses Art Basel, features an interview with Pierre Huyghe, and highlights James Turrell's new work at ARoS.

Kabir Jhala, The Art Newspaper’s art market editor, joins Ben Luke to discuss this year’s Art Basel, the big sales and the wider mood music. Pierre Huyghe has an exhibition at the Beyeler Foundation in Riehen, just outside Basel, and Ben speaks to him about it. And this episode’s Work of the Week is As Seen Below – The Dome, a Skyspace by the US artist James Turrell, which opens this week at ARoS, the museum in the Danish city of Aarhus. Ben speaks to the museum’s director, Rebecca Matthews, about the work, and to Stine Louring, an anthropologist and specialist in lighting design, who is leading a research collaboration between ARoS and Aalborg University exploring the neurophysiological and experiential effects of visiting As Seen Below. Art Basel in Basel continues until Sunday, 21 June. Pierre Huyghe, Beyeler Foundation, Riehen, Basel, until 13 September. As Seen Below – The Dome, a Skyspace by James Turrell, ARoS, 19 June. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ben Luke

Guests: Kabir Jhala, Pierre Huyghe, Rebecca Matthews, Stine Louring

Topics covered

• Art Basel
• Pierre Huyghe
• James Turrell
• art market
• exhibitions
• lighting design

Keywords

• Art Basel
• Pierre Huyghe
• James Turrell
• exhibition
• art market
• ARoS
• lighting design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beyeler Foundation

Books & works: As Seen Below – The Dome

Places: Basel, Aarhus

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