Volta art fair Archives

Exclusive: Will Ramsay

10 December 2019 • Mark Westall

Will Ramsay has probably worked on more art fairs than anyone else in the world over 250! at the last count, we caught up with him after his purchase of the Volta Art Fairs

INTERVIEWS

Ramsay Fairs buys Volta Art Fair

21 October 2019 • Mark Westall

Volta Art Fair has been bought by Ramsay Fairs from Merchandise Mart Properties Inc owners of Armory Art Fair.

NEWS

TOP six artists to see at VOLTA BASEL 2019

11 June 2019 • Mark Westall

So we got to thinking at FAD, who are the best people to ask for the most interesting artists at VOLTA before it’s really open?

NEWS

Zavier Ellis both exhibitor and artist at this years VOLTA Basel

10 June 2019 • Mark Westall

Zavier Ellis has become the first gallerist to both exhibit and be shown as an artist at VOLTA.

NEWS

New London exhibition to showcase four contemporary Turkish artists.

12 March 2019 • Mark Westall

NG Agency & Artworks is opening its first exhibition and gallery in Mayfair, London. The exhibition will be a showcase for four Turkish artists opening on Saturday

VOLTA New York 2019 Postponed

24 February 2019 • Mark Westall

VOLTA have announced that their New York Fair has been postponed for 2019.

NEWS

VOLTA Basel’s art fair for new international positions opens today

11 June 2018 • Mark Westall

Basel’s art fair for new international positions — welcomes 75 galleries across five continents to Elsässerstrasse 215, the former COOP distribution center near Novartis Campus and Voltaplatz — site of the original VOLTAshow — for the fair’s 14th edition, from today Monday 11 June through Saturday, 16 June, concurrent with Art Basel Week 2018.

NEWS

New location announced for VOLTA Basel

8 April 2018 • Mark Westall

VOLTA14 moves location for the upcoming 2018 edition, inaugurating the former COOP distribution center at Elsässerstrasse 215, adjacent to Novartis Campus, the Basel headquarters of the global healthcare company.

NEW: Richard Stone “everywhen”

3 September 2017 • Mark Westall

everywhen at Kristin Hjellegjerde evokes sensations of stillness and movement, surrender and resistance, of past and present and future rolled into one moment in time.

We catch up with Amanda Coulson to talk 10 years of VOLTA NY

23 February 2017 • Mark Westall

Cocaine, the FDA, nakedness, shedding skin, contemporary-classical music and loads of art ! 10 years of VOLTA NY

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VOLTA 12 artist video previews

12 June 2016 • Mark Westall

VOLTA 12 opens on Monday next week and ahead of the opening we have some video previews of the artists being shown.

Artist Gavin Nolan talks about his new exhibition ‘Hype Trace’.

21 April 2016 • Mark Westall

FAD caught up with artist Gavin Nolan just before the opening of his new exhibition at Charlie Smith London to ask him a few questions about the show.

INTERVIEWS

Liz Jaff at VOLTA 11 Presented by robert henry contemporary

19 June 2015 • Mark Westall

Liz Jaff explores the structural attributes and aesthetic qualities intrinsic to paper that she hand-cuts and folds into highly formal compositions in both objects and large-scale installations that reflect her personal impression of space and memory.

NEWS

Tissue, Batia Shani’s installation echoes the unstable political situation in the Middle East & deals with issues of anxiety & fears.

14 June 2015 • Staff

Over the next few days we will be publishing interviews with some of the artist appearing at VOLTA 11 Basel. The VOLTA Video Series of artist interviews have been produced by GalleryLOG

INTERVIEW: With Artistic Director Amanda Coulson VOLTA 11 Basel

26 May 2015 • Mark Westall

FAD caught up with Amanda Coulson one of the co-founders of VOLTA
to find out more about VOLTA and also it’s up & coming edition VOLTA11 Basel.

ART NEWS: Shortlisted artists for the prestigious Film London Jarman Award Just announced

7 July 2014 • Mark Westall

Shortlisted artists for the prestigious Film London Jarman Award Just announced

NEWS

REVIEW: Art Basel 2014 by Elinor Olisa

24 June 2014 • Mark Westall

Art Basel Review

REVIEWS

ART NEWS: VOLTA celebrates its decade edition @ArtBasel 2014

9 May 2014 • Mark Westall

VOLTA celebrates its decade edition as Basel’s renowned art fair for new and emerging art

NEWS

VOLTA 2014

18 March 2014 • VC Maurer

Crushing the Art Fair stage once again with risk taking galleries, cutting edge artists, and press releases brought to life through video, check out FADNewYork’s highlights of this year’s VOLTA in NYC.

Mark Westall Interviews Bahram Safinia Founder & Managing Director GalleryLOG NYC

3 March 2014 • Mark Westall

Another one off FAD’s occasional interviews with the people changing the very fabric of the art world , up now is Bahram Safinia Founder & Managing Director GalleryLOG NYC

VOLTA NY// Announces 2014 exhibitors and artists list 2014

24 January 2014 • VC Maurer

Going to be in NY March 2014? FAD will be! Check out VOLTA NY, 2014 where over 90 galleries from 5 continents mount a dynamic survey of emerging and innovative contemporary art positions, spotlighting artists from 30 nations.

ART STUFF ON A TRAIN 7: PLANE SPECIAL! – BANANAS IN BASEL

18 June 2013 • Paul Carey-Kent

Most days art Critic Paul Carey-Kent spends hours on the train, travelling between his home in Southampton and his day job in Surrey – but this week he was in Basel. Could he, we asked, jot down whatever came into his head?