To promote deeper connection and purposeful, reflective pause, seven of our galleries will spotlight the work of an individual artist at this year’s fair.

VOLTA’s evolution hinges on its community of galleries.The 2024 edition of VOLTA Basel proudly presents FIRSTS - a new, curated section to platform exhibitors coming to Basel for the first time.

As a longstanding VOLTA Basel collaborator, Maus Contemporary personifies the dedication to supporting creativity and experimental, issue-driven artwork that is so important to the curation of our Fair. We’re delighted to welcome them back for VOLTA Basel 2023, where they’ll present a special project by Spanish artist, Irene Grau: “The Carrier”.

We delve into the unique visual language of our Made in Switzerland galleries and get to know the missions, voices and perspectives they’ll be bringing to VOLTA Basel this June 12 – 18.

VOLTA will host the New York fashion scene for one night only! With Fern Mallis and Gary Wassner at the helm, the contemporary art fair will unite with Fashion Fights Cancer to host an art auction and unveil new creations by six renowned New York designers.  

We got to know these two icons of the fashion world with this latest edition of VOLTA VOICES.

Get your glasses raised and bids at the ready, and join us for an evening that will unveil the power of creative instinct and help Fashion Fight Cancer continue to nurture the minds, bodies and souls of cancer patients and survivors. 

VOLTA X FASHION FIGHTS CANCER- Thursday May 18, 2023 6-9pm

In this edition of Meet the Gallery, we catch up with Anne-Mie Emons Director of O-68 Gallery and previous Professor of Plant Cell biology. We discuss what questions she asks herself before selecting artists, the intersections between science and art, and find out about the artist she’s presenting a VOLTA New York later this Spring.

CAM Galeria is nestled between the rich cultural and commercial worlds in the vibrant Polanco district of Mexico City. Founded in 2017 by Diego García, Sofía Creel and Daniela Carrasco, the three were united in promoting contemporary art that reflects Mexico’s rich cultural history and stage it to the international market.

Anna Maurrasse-Tomaiuolo, founder of ARTPOWHER Contemporary in Zurich, a collaborative art project initiative which shines light on the incredible Womxn shaping the art world.

MEET THE GALLERY introduces Harssh Shah, Founder of the Ahmedabad-based Iram art gallery in India. Read the interview and learn about his believe in promoting artists who are honest in their practice and have the guts to go against trends purely due to their conviction in their practise.

MEET THE GALLERY introduces Maliha Tabari, founder of TABARI ARTSPACE in Dubai. A bridge between worlds, the gallery has played a vital role in connecting international audiences and institutions to the modern and contemporary art of the MENA region.

Leszek Skurski challenges the limits of the figurative and abstract, exploring the moment when the color on the canvas turns into the shape of a body. Up close, the black and grey surfaces dissolve into brushstrokes, but by stepping away from the canvas, these shapes become characters in a larger narrative.

MEET THE GALLERY introduces Mattias Tönnheim, founder of the Marbella and Malmö-based WADSTRÖM TÖNNHEIM. Read the interview and learn about Mattias’ love to discover and develop pure talent.

MEET THE GALLERY introduces Kristen Thomas and John Nickles, founding partner and co-owner of THOMAS NICKLES PROJECT in New York.

MEET THE GALLERY introduces Michael Foley, founder of the New York-based gallery FOLEY, who opened his space in the fall of 2004.

MEET THE GALLERY introduces Nadine Fayad, founder and director of Beirut-based Nadine Fayad Art Gallery. Based on the concept "One Artist, One Gallery", the gallery exclusively presents the world-renowned Lebanese artist Raouf Rifaï.

MEET THE GALLERY introduces Daniel Cooney, founder and director of Daniel Cooney Fine Art in New York. Daniel Cooney Fine Art is in it’s 18th year as a public space. The gallery specializes in exhibiting artists that have successful careers in other areas such as fashion, design or film but haven’t yet exhibited widely in galleries.

MEET THE GALLERY introduces Susan Eisner Eley, founder and director of Susan Eley Fine Art in New York and her “pandemic pop-up” that turned into a permanent second location in Hudson.