special project.

Art Basel Cities Buenos Aires

2017

Aya worked as a consultant Strategist for Art Basel Cities, a new global initiative that expands the Art Basel experience to new locations around the world. As part of the core team, she worked on the early stages designing the program in Buenos Aires.

November 2017 saw the soft launch of the venture, of which Aya worked on the development of the first Art Basel Cities House, which became the central hub for the week. The Art Basel brand was successfully transformed into an intimate space hosting a dynamic 4-day program of 50 talks, workshops and music performances with 100 speakers and over 30 hours of programming attended by over 5000 visitors.

The events, which coincide with the art fair ArteBA, will be held at the newly christened Art Basel Cities House, a 19th-century Beaux-Arts building furnished like a hip startup. Glorious French doors and ornate wainscoting commingle with long communal worktables, massive floor cushions, and dry-erase boards.  ArtNet