you wouldn’t get away with anything like this in downtown Canberra! Far too challenging…

This is a work by Subodh Gupta, Nature Morte/Bose Pacia in Basel, where this summer the Messeplatz, sited directly in front of the buildings hosting the 40th edition of Art Basel, will once again become a stage for art projects in the public space. Eight works by internationally renowned artists Valentin Carron, General Idea, Mark Handforth, Jeppe Hein, Gabriel Kuri, Mathieu Mercier, John McCracken and Ken Price will be installed. Of course the advantage is that a project like this turns the city into a gallery: as we’ve argued before, temporary public art is a lot easier to live with…