Rain, rain, rain

It's been raining in Basel for quite a while, and though many are unhappy about it, an outdoor artwork now being set up on the Messeplatz, can only benefit from all the water it gets. An extensive field of wheat is being planted on wooden pallets, atop a large asphalt square that teems with people during Art Basel, but is mostly empty during the rest of the year.

Wheat stalks have started to take over one of Basel's largest squares, growing into what promises to be one spectacular artwork ! Honouring Wheatfield – A Confrontation (2024) is going to be a Swiss adaptation of Agnes Denes's famous environmental work staged forty-two years ago in Manhattan. 

For more info on the project and an interview with the artist Agnes Denes, see www.artbasel.com/stories/ecology-pioneer-american-artist-agnes-denes-basel-messeplatz-wheat-field-climate-change-awareness