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This year's Art Basel and the events around it couldn't be more anticipated. The Harborside convention center that is hosting the fair will come to life with artworks. Here are the artists you shouldn't miss.

Liu Xiaodong
Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong

▲ Your Friends, Liu Xiaodong, Courtesy of AARRTT

 

Liu Xiaodong, is a Chinese realist, gives an honest look at the lives and experiences of his many subjects. He portrays Each of his works is shown by him in a sympathetic and human light. He frequently spends several weeks living and working among communities, painting outdoors, or using photos and sketches to produce life-size portraits. Although he frequently depicts what seem to be everyday moments in the life of common people, his colorful tableaux read as paintings of modern history.

Anna Zemánková
David Kordansky, Los Angeles 

▲ Fleurs, Anna Zemánková, Courtesy of MutualArt
The self-taught artist Anna Zemánková, who was born in Moravia in 1908, suppressed her creative urges for a large portion of her life. She didn't fully discover her voice until she was in her 40’s. She would draw feverishly into the early hours of the morning, despite her failing health, adorning vast sheets of paper with an abundance of feathery forms, magnificent flowers, and vibrant herbage. She gradually began incorporating piercings, embroidery, and fabric strips to her pastel pictures. Although she is frequently compared to outsider work or Art Brut, she ultimately defies classification. Her multidisciplinary pieces evoke claws, connective tissue, and webs of fantastical species that float against softly luminous backgrounds. She dug her subconscious in addition to referencing art nouveau and Moravian folk art to create uniquely her own works of art.

Bingyi
Ink Studio, Beijing and New York City
▲ The Seal of Muhamudra V 2015, Bingyi, Courtesy of inkstudio

Bingyi, a Chinese artist, is renowned for her large-scale action paintings in which she hurls buckets of ink and water onto fabric or paper scrolls. She is a poet and academic who create works that draw inspiration from Chinese Shan Shui (landscape) painting literati traditions and ancient Daoist philosophy. At Sichuan province's Mount Emei, a revered Buddhist shrine, she unfurled a big bolt of fabric in 2018, enabling ink to trickle down the steep terrain and spill into the fabric. Three of her enormous ink paintings, each measuring 10 meters in length, will be on display in the Encounters section. Bingyi created these works while draping paper over Emei's more gently sloping terrain. She produced dramatic pieces infused with stretches of velvety black ink by utilizing the site's geology, gravity, and weather. When viewed collectively, the pieces provide an immersive experience for spectators and give a glimpse of the sublime.