Jun 16, 2024 at 21:19
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Impressions of Art Basel 2024
Agnes Denes A giant work by the eco-pioneer and landart master Agnes Denes, born in Budapest in 1931, ornates the Art Basel entrance at Messeplatz (photograph on top of this page). In 1982, she had created Wheatfield – A Confrontation. Back then, the iconic environmental work sponsored by the Public Art Fund pitted two acres (8,000 square meters) of golden wheat planted and harvested in the shadow of New York’s Twin Towers against the hydra-headed hegemons of money, politics, global trade, and ecological indifference. 42 years later – after worsening climate change and pollution – her work, adapted to the Art Basel 2024 space, appears more prescient than ever. The grain Agnes Denes and her volunteers had...
