Sebaastian Bremmer "Swiss Crown" 2008, Edwynn Houk Gallery

The annual Art Basel pageant runs next week and Art Market Views has scrutinized the exhibitor list.

There are 303 exhibitors, including forty-one new exhibitors who didn’t take part in 2009. Forty dealers who were present in 2009 did not return. (Fair organizers won’t comment on who opted out and who was kicked out).

The main Art Galleries section–for which admission is notoriously competitive –reflects the least turnover.

Exhibitors are selected on the basis of their overall reputation and programming. There are 239 exhibitors in this section. Seventeen who took part in 2009  are not on the 2010 roster. Exhibitors generally return, as long as they are re-admitted. There are ten new galleries in this section, including Belgium’s Baronian Francey, Iceland’s i8 and Paris’ Kamel Mennour.

Most of the flux falls into sections where dealers are admitted based on projects –sections called Statements and Features (Features was previously called Premiere). Many of the non returners are smaller European galleries.

The largest number of exhibitors come from the U.S.–79 in total. The U.K. fields 31 exhibitors. Last year India was represented by just one gallery. This year there are five.

Tomorrow we will post a list of the new galleries who did not participate in 2009.

OUT: GALLERIES WHO ARE NOT RETURNING

Gallery                                                                 Country                            Section

Art: Concept                                                            France                                    Statements

pepe cobo y cía                                                        Spain                                    Art Galleries

J Crist Gallery                                                          US                                         Art Galleries

D’Amelio Terras                                                      US                                        Statements

Dabbeni Studio d’arte contemoranea                 Switzerland                       Art Galleries

Elizabeth Dee                                                            US                                       Premiere*

Deitch Projects                                                         US                                      Art Galleries**

Eslite Gallery                                                            Taiwan                              Premiere

Galleria Emi Fontana                                              Italy                                    Art Galleries

Fonti                                                                            Italy                                    Statements

Galerie Karin Gruenther                                         Germany                           Statements

Herald St                                                                    GB                                      Statements

Galerie Ernst Hilger                                                Austria                              Art Galleries

In Situ – Fabienne Leclerc, Paris                        France                                 Premiere

Galerie Juliette Jongma                                        Netherlands                        Statements

Galerie Bernd Kugler                                             Austria                                  Statements

Galerie Susanna Kulli                                            Switzerland                         Art Galleries

Long March Space                                                  China                                    Statements

Galerie Meyer Kainer                                            Austria                                  Art Galleries

Moeller Fine Art Ltd.                                             US/Germany                       Art Galleries

Noire Contemporary Art                                       Italy                                        Edition

PKM Gallery                                                            South Korea/China            Art Galleries

Raster                                                                       Poland                                    Statements

Ratio 3                                                                       US                                         Statements

Marilia Razuk Galeria de Arte                             Brazil                                    Statements

Lia Rumma                                                               Italy                                      Premiere

Jack Shainman Gallery                                          US                                         Premiere

Sonnabend Gallery                                                 US                                         Art Galleries

Stolz Berlin                                                              Germany                             Art Galleries

Sutton Lane                                                              GB                                       Statements

Galerie Utermann                                                   Germany                           Art Galleries

Galerie Aline Vidal                                                 France                                 Premiere

Wentrup                                                                   Germany                           Statements

Wilkinson                                                                 GB                                      Premiere

Tracy Williams, Ltd.                                              US                                      Premiere

Tony Wuethrich Galerie                                     Switzerland                       Art Galleries

Zak Branicka                                                         Germany/Poland              Statements

Galerie Susanne Zander                                    Germany                             Art Galleries

Galerie Zlotowski                                                France                                 Art Galleries

Galerie Zur Stockeregg                                      Switzerland                        Art Galleries

* this section re-named Feature in 2010

** Deitch Gallery closing