Trevor Paglen Will Curate an Edition of Art Basel’s Digital Art Sector
Trevor Paglen, the New York–based artist known for his incisive engagement with knotty technological issues including surveillance and AI, will curate the third edition of “Zero 10,” Art Basel’s new sector dedicated to the art of the digital era, the first to take place at the fair’s Swiss edition (June 17–21). Major international galleries, including Marian Goodman, Hauser and Wirth, and Almine Rech, will present work by widely known contemporary artists such as John Gerrard, Agnieszka Kurant, Avery Singer, and Hito Steyerl. Paglen will work alongside digital art strategist Eli Scheinman, who organized the first two editions along with Vincenzo de Bellis, Art Basel’s chief artistic officer and global director of fairs. Related Articles “As we thought about the most cogent way to approach this summer’s Art Basel,” said Scheinman in a video conversation with his co-curator, “it felt compelling from the beginning to bring into the fold someone like Trevor and lean on him, with his artistic background, his experience, his lens on the world, and his investigative eye.” Titled “The Condition,” Paglen and …
