Chris Dennis Art: LISTE Art Fair, Basel 2015.

It was certainly not the case for everything, but a lot of what I saw presented at LISTE this year, bordered on the insufferable. The dramatic venue, which probably makes a stronger statement that a lot of the work within, does not always seem well suited to displaying work in this way, especially when combined with large crowds and warm weather. But the place was packed and when the new crop of curators and artists are through comparing their incongruously paired outfits and ironically coloured trainers, this is where they will be selecting a lot of what will be winning prizes and filling the Kunsthalles and museums for years to come.

The Breeder. Jannis Varelas

Breeder. Vanessa Safavi (top r)

EXILE. Martin Kohout

Truth and Consequences. Pentti Monkkonen

Monitor. Duane Zaloudek

Essex Street

Lydia Gifford

Raster Gallery. Aneta Grzeszykowska

Bolte Lang. Athene Galiciadis and Benjamin Senior

Dawid Radziszewski. Tomasz Kowalski

Dawid Radziszewski

Instituto de Vision Bogota

KOW Berlin. Chris Martin (not that one)

LISTE 2015

Maisterravalbuena - Madrid. Dan Shaw Town - Living in the End Times 2015

This painting by Dan Shaw-Town was a highlight. It reads, "the noble struggle for justice and freedom turns out to be little more than a craving for bananas and pornography".