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Daria Brit GreenePrincipal & Culture Engineer

P +1 212 268 6260daria@brasstacksculture.comwww.brasstacksculture.com

sCOPe Art show323 Franklin Ave., 2nd Fl.New York, NY 11238

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info@scope-art.comwww.scope-art.com

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With over 60 art shows spanning more than a decade, SCOPE is the largest and most global art fair in the world, celebrated as the premier showcase for international emerging contemporary art and multi-disciplinary creative programming. Renowned for its uncanny ability to forecast new visual trends that are embraced globally, SCOPE Art Shows in Miami, Basel, New York, London and the Hamptons have garnered extensive critical acclaim, with sales of over $500 million and attendance of over 700,000 visitors. Celebrating its 7th year in Basel, SCOPE attracts over 30,000 visitors over the course of 6 days. With an emphasis on activating the careers of emerging artists, attendees to SCOPE are seasoned tastemakers looking for new discovery. Our audience is a diverse crowd of stylish innovators, all of whom define our cultural landscape across a variety of creative disciplines. SCOPE taps into the cultural psyche to present only the most pioneering work across multiple creative disciplines. With over a decade of critically acclaimed art fairs and non-profit initiatives that extend beyond the ordinary in contemporary art.

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sCOPe BAseL INAUGUrATes NeW LOCATION ON THe rHINe

sCOPe PavilionNeW LOCATIONUferstrasse 40CH-4057 BaselSwitzerland

BAseL, sWITZerLAND: SCOPE Art Show will present its seventh Basel edition in a new location: Klybeckquai, on the Rhine. An area that has been receiving a great deal of attention and political support from the City of Basel, Klybeckquai is quickly becoming a site for focused cultural development. SCOPE Basel is pleased to be at the forefront of this groundswell, mounting its 4,000 m2 pavilion in the heart of Klybeckquai, along with an extensive marketing campaign and engineering of collaborative efforts with many of the city’s most influential voices. Featuring 75 international Exhibitors alongside 20 Breeder Program Galleries, SCOPE Basel 2013 will provide an extraordinary opportunity for visitors to experience a view of the contemporary art market available nowhere else. SCOPE’s presence will be highly visible; In addition to museum-quality featured programming, SCOPE Basel will present monumental outdoor sculptures from artists featured in the Venice Biennale. Further celebrating the Biennale, SCOPE Basel has extended its vernissage to welcome an extended group of influential attendees whose impact on the cultural landscape is of inestimable importance.

Long-established as the original incubator for emerging work, SCOPE’s Breeder Program celebrates its 13th year of introducing new galleries to the contemporary market. A remarkable opportunity for unprecedented exposure, Breeder Program alumni include: Peres Projects, John Connelly Presents, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Daniel Reich Gallery, Bischoff/ Weiss, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, SEVENTEEN, ROKEBY, Taxter Spengemann, Magical Artroom and Spinello Projects, among other notable galleries. SCOPE Basel opens to Press and VIP’s on Monday & Tuesday, June 10-11 with a two-day First View benefit from 1pm – 9pm, and will run June 12 -16, 2013. Easily accessible by Trams 8 & 14, SCOPE Basel will also maintain a complimentary shuttle service in-between the fair and Art Basel, Liste and Volta. Additionally, visitors may reach the fair by a scenic walking route along the Rhine, which will feature SCOPE Basel information points for convenience.

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SCOPE Shuttle 3 min SCOPE Info Kiosk 8 Tram 8 min14 Tram 5 min Walking

BAseL PUBLIC TrANsPOrTYou can get to SCOPE Basel by tram:Tram 14 to the Dreirosenbrücke stop

Tram 8 to the Kleinhüningen stop where SCOPE Info Points will greet you and provide directional information.

WALKINGAdditionally, visitors may reach the fair by a scenic walking route along the Rhine, which will feature SCOPE Basel information points for convenience.

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From North via motorway• A5 to A2• 1-Basel-Kleinhüningen toward

Mulhouse• Follow signs for Kleinhüningen• Right onto Hochbergerstrasse• Continue onto Hochbergerplatz• At the roundabout, take the 2nd

exit onto Hochbergerstrasse• Continue onto Westquaistrasse• Turn left toward Uferstrasse

From Zurich via E3 motorway• Take the exit toward Basel-

KIeinhüningen/Weil am Rhein• Merge onto Schwarzwaldallee• Continue onto

Hochbergerstrasse/Route 320• Continue to follow

Hochbergerstrasse• Continue onto Hochbergerplatz• At the roundabout, take the 2nd

exit onto Hochbergerstrasse• Continue onto Westquaistrasse• Turn left toward Uferstrasse

sHUTTLe serVICeSCOPE Basel will also maintain a complimentary shuttle service in-between the fair and Art Basel, Liste and Volta.SCOPE grants access to VIP Card holders of Art Basel, as well as mutual access to VIP card holders of VOLTA9.

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DOWNLOAD THe ArT APPWe’re delighted to introduce you to SCOPE’s next step into the future of information sharing and outreach. With over a decade of art fairs and creative initiatives, sCOPe Art show has built a legacy of bringing emerging, contemporary art to a diverse, international audience. Constantly seeking the cutting edge, SCOPE leads the art world with the introduction of the sCOPe Art App for iPhone and iPad. Powered by COLLeCTrIUM, the artworld’s digital sharing solution, the sCOPe Art App now serves as a means of collecting your favorite pieces, identifying the art and exhibitors you have seen, and accessing SCOPE Catalogs from 2010 onwards.

Stop by the COLLeCTrIUM check-in desk to learn more about the sCOPe Art App.

Constantly seeking to engage in a more expansive forum, @SCOPEArtShow furthers our mission with social media content-focused on the best and brightest contemporary art from around the world. Through a multitude of visual platforms, @SCOPEArtShow reinforces its global voice.

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exhibitors List

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A|B|C ontemporaryAndenken GalleryGalerie sturmHans Alf GalleryIdentity Art Galleryknoerle & baettigL’Inlassable GalerieMagpi Projectssay Hi!

AB Gallery, Lucerne | ZurichLAM Art Gallery | riyadhsalwa Zeidan Gallery | Abu Dhabishirin Art Gallery | Tehran

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THe sCOPe OUTDOOr sCULPTUre GArDeNFEATURING VENICE BIENNALE ARTISTS PAST AND PRESENTJiao Xingtao | The Powerful DragonDavid Middlebrook | BamboozledFernando Arias | Humanos DerechosPaolo Grassino | Analgesia

Bernardi roig | Der Italiener (the Cow)el Anatsui | Skylines?The Curated CollectionInvisible Heroes | Arrangements de Lumieres FluorescentesKunst KübelKlybeckquai DevelopmentClayton Campbell | Words We Have Learned Since 9/11

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Inception GalleryInvisible HeroesJanKossen ContemporaryJaski Art GalleryKahmann GalleryKare Art GalleryLa Lanta Fine ArtLAM Art GalleryLICHT FeLDLTD GalleryMLB GalleryMario Mauroner Contemporary ArtMauger Modern ArtMindy solomon GalleryModernbook Gallerymuca | Urban Arts OrganizationOctober GalleryOfficine dell’ImagineOltreDimorePashmin Art GalleryPsH ProjectreD COrrIDOr Galleryrobert Fontaine Gallerysalwa Zeidan GallerysCAIschwalbe & schwalbescreamshirin Art Gallerysiyah Beyaz Art GallerysMArT sHIPstanding PineThe Flat - Massimo CarasiThe McLoughlin GalleryThinkspaceTinca ArtUntitled ProjectsVertes ModernVICTOrI CONTeMPOrArYVilla del ArteWanrooij Gallery

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11.12 GalleryAB GalleryAbsolute Art GalleryAlp GalleriesAmstel GalleryanOTHer art galleryArtered GalleryArtêria GalleryATrA Art Gallery AUreUs ContemporaryC-ArtC. emerson Fine ArtsC.A.M. GalleryCanvas International ArtCordeiros Galeriaeli Klein Fine ArtFrans Jacobs Fine ArtFrantic GalleryGallery G77 Galerie Alex schlesingerGALerIe ArTABAN+GIrAUDGagliardi Art systemGaleria ContrastGalleria GhettaGalerie CharlotGallery H.A.N.Galerie Hengevoss-DürkopGallery Jaap sleperGalerie Judy stratenGalerie Karin sutterGalerie Kunst & HandelGalerie Lukas FeichtnerGalerie Mark HachemGalerie swanströmGalerie Ulrike HrobskyGalerie Van der PlankenGalerie Virginie Barrou PlanquartGalerie VON & VONGalerie YouniqueGazelli Art House

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Mario Mauroner Contemporary ArtVienna

Siyah Beyaz Art galleryAnkara

gagliardi Art SystemTorino

WUNDERKAMMERNRome

anOTHER art galleryFarindola

La Lanta Fine ArtsBangkok

Artra Art galleryMilan

PSH ProjectBogota | La Paz | Miami

galerie CharlotParis

Standing PineNagoya

AUREUS ContemporaryProvidence | Basel

galerie jaap SleperUtrecht

Inception galleryParis

The Flat - Massimo CarasiMilan

October galleryLondon

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BreeDer PrOGrAM HIGHLIGHTs

A|B|C ontemporaryZurich

Hans Alf galleryCopenhagen

Magpi ProjectsNew York

Andenken galleryAmsterdam

Identity Art galleryHong Kong

Say Hi!Antwerp

L’Inlassable galerieParis

galerie SturmNuremberg

knoerle & baettigWinterthur

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FeATUreD PrOJeCTsTHe OUTDOOr sCULPTUre GArDeN FEATURING VENICE BIENNALE ARTISTS PAST AND PRESENT

The Powerful Dragon, 2011Courtesy of CANVAS International Art

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DAVID MIDDLEBROOK

FERNANDO ARIAS

Analgesia, 2012Courtesy of Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art

Bamboozled, 2013 Courtesy of The McLoughlin Gallery

Humanos Derechos, 2011Courtesy of Galeria Christoper Paschall

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BERNARDI ROIg EL ANATSUI THE CURATED COLLECTION

Der Italiener (the Cow), 2011courtesy of Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Vienna

Engaging the concepts of sacrifice and purification rites, as so often depicted in works by Francis Bacon, Rembrandt and Chaim Soutin, Bernardi Roig’s Der Italianer is powerful multimedia installation with accompanying video. Engaging all the senses, Bernardi Roig’s work explores the existential relationship of man towards his environment.

skylines?, 2008 courtesy of October GalleryLondon

Throughout the span of his 40 year career, El Anatsui has addressed a vast range of social, political and historical concerns, and embraced an equally diverse range of media and processes. This compelling and relevant artist will present one of his famed wall sculptures at SCOPE Basel 2013. El Anatsui’s Skylines? is a monumental work from a series of installations have provoked a frenzy of international attention in recent years, with institutions and audiences clamouring for more of these sumptuous, mesmerising works made from thousands of aluminium bottle tops.

JEREMY DEAN Democracy, 2013

The books of Patrice Farameh’s Curated Collection are objets d’art, whose varied titles embody both visionary design and substance. For SCOPE Basel, The Curated Collection will launch its new limited edition book: For Which It Stands: Americana in Contemporary Art, as well as display Skull Style: Skulls in Contemporary Art and Design. Artist Jeremy Dean will present his new series, Democracy, from which a portion of the proceeds will benefit the SCOPE Foundation’s initiative: The Artists Emergency Fund.

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INVISIBLE HEROESKUNST KÜBEL KLyBECKQUAI DEVELOPMENT

Arrangements de Lumieres Fluorescentes, 2013

Founded in 2007 as an artist collective in Basel, Switzerland, Invisible Heroes’ members work as independent artists around the world. Scientifically experimenting with materials such as magnets, resin and neon, for SCOPE Basel 2013, Invisible Heroes will present several works in various points around the fair.

courtesy of shochzwei

Using street art to encourage respect for a clean city, shochzwei will debut their Kunst Kübel project at SCOPE Basel. To drive this anti-littering campaign, waste baskets will be converted into canvases for art. Beginning May 28th, these receptacles will be displayed along the Rheinufer (Rhine walkway) between the Wettstein and Dreirosen bridges.

Port Land skate Park oeffnung-klybeckquai.ch

In a large-scale community initiative, more than one kilometer of riverfront property in Basel will be developed to create new public space. Situated in this new Klybeckquai area, SCOPE Basel is pleased to host the designers, architects and developers in a presentation of their vision for this community transformation.

Words We Have Learned Since 9/11 courtesy of Untitled Projects

Los Angeles-based artist Clayton Campbell presents a series of photographic banners which will surround the SCOPE Pavilion. Representing multiple communities around the world, each portrait subject is captured while holding up a wrtitten word whose meaning has changed for them since 9/11.

CLAyTON CAMPBELL

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Launched in 2007, The SCOPE Foundation is an artist-run 501(c)(3) dedicated to the promotion of contemporary art both in and out of the marketplace. With several distinctive initiatives, The SCOPE Foundation supports the growth of new galleries & curators, the exposure of unrepresented artists and the engagement of the surrounding communities in SCOPE’s host cities. Additionally, The SCOPE Foundation supports other not-for-profit institutions through donations and strategic partnerships.

www.scope-foundation.org

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The SCOPE Foundation is proud to pursue a new initiative: The Artists Emergency Fund, an Emergency relief grant with expeditious application/award turn around, and targeted fundraising as disaster response. The SCOPE Foundation will spend the next year raising funds for disbursement in 2014. Assistance through The AEF is based on need, and devised to help alleviate the financial burden of unforeseen obstacles. The Fund is open artists of all disciplines, including fashion, food and music.

for more information: info@scope-foundation.org

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sCHeDULeD eVeNTs & LOUNGes

OPeNING reCePTIONOn-site | VIP First ViewVIP & Press Only(or 100 CHF at door)Proceeds benefit the SCOPE Foundation Tuesday | June 11 | 1-9pm

MArINAOUTDOOr LOUNGeSCOPE Basel visitors will baskin the sunshine alongside the Rhine, with great BBQ from MARINA

VIP PLATINUM PreVIeW eVeNTOn-sitePlatinum VIP & Press Only(or 100 CHF at door)Proceeds benefit the SCOPE Foundation Monday | June 10 | 1-9pm

FrANKINDOOr LOUNGeThe SCOPE Basel Lounge will be a relaxing retreat for visitors to enjoycafe selections by FRANK.