We went behind the scenes with the ultra-wealthy attendees of Zurich Art Weekend, now an essential stop before Art Basel:
On Saturday evening in Zurich, Switzerland, over a symphony of excited dinner chatter and the clinking of champagne glasses toasting to Zurich Art Weekend, a seasoned French art collector“If it’s not too vulgar to say,”—and, in the amber glow of table lamps on the balmy summer night, I knew he would say it regardless—“Zurich is foreplay for Art Basel.”
Théo Mercier performance activating “Outremonde–Dream Hunters,” at Luma Westbau, Zurich. Photo by Naomi Rea. Hoffmann was there to watch an enrapturing performance by French artist Théo Mercier taking place at Luma Westbau, the Zurich outpost of her Arles-based art foundation. Elsewhere in the building, galleries were using the weekend to conduct business at a more leisurely pace before the feeding frenzy begins at the fair.
Swiss collectors Cristina and Thomas Bechtler were in attendance, as was Art Basel’s global director Marc Spiegler, who is principally based in the city. News had just broken that American visitors would no longer be required to test on their way back to the States, which bodes well for international attendance at the fair.
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