Just one day before Basel Art Week kicked off, one of the city’s satellite fairs announced that it would not be going ahead this year. June, the boutique-sized, stand-less fair that takes place in a Herzog & de Meuron-designed gallery near the Messeplatz, will not hold a 2026 edition “following unforeseen changes in its external partnerships”, according to the fair’s co-founder Esperanza Rosales.
“We chose to take a strategic pause this year and focus our efforts on developing the fair’s future direction. We intend to return next year with a refreshed edition that builds on the fair’s original vision, while responding to the rapidly evolving realities of the contemporary art ecosystem, and landscape,” Rosales says.
June was co-founded in 2019 by Rosales, the owner of VI, VII gallery in Oslo, and Christian Andersen, who runs the eponymous gallery in Copenhagen. Past editions of the fair have seen around 15 galleries take part. Last year saw involvement from small, mostly European galleries, including Fabian Lang from Zurich and Vienna’s Charim.
Rosales says she “remains committed to the fair’s future and focused on developing a renewed edition for next year”.
