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With Alon Levin, Amalia Pica, André Avelãs, Aurélien Froment, Becky Beasley, Dexter Sinister, Dora Garcia, Edward Underwood, Elizabeth Price, Emily Wardill, Falke Pisano, George Brecht, James Lee Byars, Julia Born & Alexandra Bachzetsis, Michael Portnoy, Paul Elliman, Stuart Bailey & Frances Stark, Sue Tompkins, Walead Beshty, Will Holder, Mandla Reuter.

The archive can be contacted for further information about the exhibition or enquiries regarding the exhibition history of the Kunsthalle Basel. 

To the archive

Contact us
Telephone: +41 61 206 99 03
Email: archiv@kunsthallebasel.ch

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This exhibition has been generously supported by:
Annemarie Burckhardt

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