For Art Basel’s second edition of Online Viewing Rooms launching next week, there will be a total of 281 galleries from 35 countries across the globe, which is 4,000 works spanning paintings, sculptures, drawings, installation, and photography, as well as video and digital works.
Some major works by impressionist, modern, and contemporary masters such as Balthus, George Condo, Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, Tom Sachs, and more, will have their spotlight on the second iteration, presented by New York-based gallery Acquavella.
The highlights include Picasso’s figurative, Personnage sur la plage 1933 artwork, portraying characters on a beach made using ink and gouache on paper, as well as Ernst’s dynamic La Horde 1927 oil on canvas painting that portrays haunting, mythical creatures set against e natural world to convey a sense of foreboding.
Art Basel Online Viewing Rooms open today with a VIP preview until June 19, followed by public showings through June 26.