ART BASEL

Meet The Collectors - Pedro Barbosa - Sao Paulo
There are collectors keen to amass trophy pieces - and then there is Pedro Barbosa. Over the years, the former trader has gathered one of the most significant collections of conceptual art in South America, relentlessly challenging his own understanding of what art can or should be.

Meet The Gallerists - Galerie Gisela Capitain - Cologne
'For me Martin Kippenberger was the beginning of contemporary art,' says Gisela Capitain. The pair's immediate connection led to the creation of the now-mythical studio-cum-social space Kippenberger's Office - Germany's answer to Andy Warhol's Factory. But it's in Cologne that Capitain found her home.

Meet The Gallerists - Balank Projects - South Africa
'Artists in South Africa certainly have something to say' Jonathan Garnham, Founder of Blank Projects Cape Town native Jonathan Garnham left South Africa during the Apartheid era. An artist by training, he came back in 2005 to start a project space, which has since then become one of the country's most sought-after commercial galleries.

Meet The Gallerists - Ratio 3 - San Francisco
News from the San Francisco art scene is often dire, rife with tales of Big Tech driving real estate prices to stratospheric heights and artists and galleries moving out in their droves. Ratio 3, which has been a Mission District mainstay since 2004, casts a different light on this all-too-familiar narrative.

Meet The Gallerists - Plan B - Cluj
Plan B is at a turning point. Romania's most prominent contemporary art gallery left its first space in Cluj's old Paintbrush Factory and is now restoring a former mansion in the center of town. In many ways, the move is indicative of Plan B's extraordinary journey.

Meet The Gallerists - Jan Kaps - Cologne
Over the last five years, Jan Kaps has established one of the Rhineland's most exciting contemporary art spaces. Taken by Cologne's good spirit and cultural wealth, the young gallerist set up shop in 2013, a stone's throw from the legendary Chelsea Hotel, Martin Kippenberger's former haunt.

Meet The Gallerists - Karma International - Switzerland
Originally set up as a project space, Karma International has quietly established itself as one of the key players in Zurich, and beyond. Since 2009, the gallery also operates a Los Angeles branch, and an Asian outpost is currently in the works.

Meet The Gallerists - Mor Charpentier - Paris
Parisian gallerists Alex Mor and Philippe Charpentier have a clear vision. From the start, their program has championed art tackling political and social issues, a focus that they call the DNA of the gallery. Located in Paris's Marais district since 2010, mor charpentier has always maintained an international outlook, opening its Bogotà office in 2013.

Meet The Gallerists - espaivisor - Valencia
'You really need to understand the darker periods of your history to understand the present.' - Mira Bernabeu, Co-Director of espaivisor Nestled in Valencia's Barrio del Carmen, espaivisor is run by artists Miriam Lozano and Mira Bernabeu, who received the gallery as a gift in 2006.

Meet The Gallerists - Casas Riegner - Bogota
Casas Riegner opened in Bogotá in 2005 with a specific mission: to promote contemporary Colombian art. Since then, the gallery has become a stalwart champion of artists from all generations, from Beatriz González (b.1938) to Angélica Teuta (b.1985).

Meet The Gallerists - JTT - New York
Located in New York City, JTT is a key player in the Lower East Side gallery community that focuses on the work of emerging artists. For the Discoveries sector of Art Basel's show in Hong Kong, JTT will present site-specific sculptures by Brooklyn-based artist Charles Harlan.

Meet The Gallerists - Max Mayer - Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf boasts several world-class museums and was home to Joseph Beuys and Gerhard Richter. This made it the perfect location for Max Mayer to set up his exhibition space in 2011, not far from where his father, Hans Mayer, also runs a gallery.

Meet The Gallerists - Madragoa - Lisboa
Madragoa opened in 2016 in one of Lisbon's celebrated historic neighborhoods and is now firmly on the map of the Portuguese capital, which, in recent years, has become a real magnet for artists. At Art Basel's 2018 show in Basel, Madragoa will present a monumental frieze composed of hand-hammered brass panels by Rodrigo Hernández.

Meet The Gallerists - White Space - Beijing
For the Statements sector of Art Basel in Basel 2018, Managing Director of White Space Beijing Zhang Di will present 'Sound Diet' by Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim, who was born deaf and translates the experience of sound, language, and movement to her artwork.