06/30/2026
At 30, Liste Art Fair no longer needs to prove a point. Outgrowing its famed ‘Young Art Fair’ moniker after moving from Werkraum Warteck to Messe Basel, its legacy continues to promise a blue-chip future akin to David Zwirner. Admission is difficult. Yet year after year, Liste flattens the ground ready for the next artist to crack open and emerge.
Words by AUGUSTINE PAREDES
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Images:
1-2. Wei Leng Tay, View From This Side, 2022. Yeo Workshop Contemporary Art
3. Margaux Moonen Guillaume, Lustre, 2026. Margaux Moonen Guillaume Cibrián
4. Kemil Bekteši, Slow and Unstoppable, Object 4, 2025. Kemil Galerija Manuš
5. Ruofan Chen, Heavy Dust, 2025. Ruofan Chen shower
6. Maryam Jafri, The Everyday Model, 2021. Matteo Cantarella
7. Coco Klockner, Letters of Support 07, 2024. coco Romance
8-9. Installation view, O-Townhouse, 2026, Liste, Basel, Switzerland. O-TOWN HOUSE Larry Johnson
10. Vytautas Kumža, Falling Rise, 2025. VYTAUTAS KUMŽA Copperfield
11. Vincent Scheers, Broken Delay, 2025. Paulina Caspari
12. Mariann Metsis, Trauerspiele III, 2025. Margot Samel
13-14. Emanuel de Carvalho, gound lack II, 2025. Emanuel de Carvalho GATHERING
15. Katie Shannon, You And Me on a Tuesday, 2025. TINA