Performances

Curated in collaboration with Jacob Fabricius, Liste’s performance programme presents new ambitious productions and temporary interventions by  international contemporary artists. With contributions from Søren Aagaard, Juliette Blightman, Adam Christensen, Jules Fischer, Yujin Jung, Éva Mag, Enad Marouf and Hyeji Nam, the programme engages with questions of the body, intimacy, identity and desire – sometimes sensual and poetic, at other times dystopian or politically charged. All performances take place on Liste’s Mezzanine level. 

Read more about the participants.
Read Jacob Fabricius’s curatorial essay, and discover the performances in detail.
 

Schedule Performances
Mon 16 June
7–7:45 pm
Adam Christensen, Lene

Tue 17 June
5 – 5:30pm 
Juliette Blightman, 
After Party A/W 25/26 Performers:
Sarafina Beck and Harumi Mumenthaler

6:30 – 7:30 pm 
Yujin Jung, Longing Energies: Ceremonial Recurrence 
Performers: Yujin Jung and Markus Oxleman

Wed 18 June
5:30 – 6pm 
Jules Fischer, Lesions 
Performer: Lydia Östberg Diakité

6 – 6:30pm 
Juliette Blightman, After Party A/W 25/26 
Performers: Sarafina Beck and Harumi Mumenthaler

8:30 – 10:30 pm 
Søren Aagaard,
Cafe Zero
Performers: Søren Aagaard, Holger Hartvig and Markus Oxelman

Thu 19 June
5 – 8 pm
Éva Mag, Operation Analysis – One Waxes a Body
Performers:Alberto Papparotto and Rondi Park

Fri 20 June
5:30 – 6:30 pm 
Enad Marouf, And Now It Is Night

Sat 21 June
5:30 – 7:30 pm 
Hyeji Nam, MANSHIN

Artist Talks & Panels

In a series of conversations open to the public, artists, curators, collectors and writers will explore the conditions of artistic production today. Renowned voices such as Hyunjin Kim, Chus Martinez and Robert McKenzie will be in dialogue with artists featured in solo and group presentations at Liste, including Joana Escoval, Trinidad Metz Brea, Mary Pakinee and Inuuteq Storch. A special anniversary panel will bring together key figures from Liste's history – Peter Bläuer, Wilfried Cooreman, Ann Demeester, Francesca Pia and Eva Presenhuber – for a verbal retrospective. Another panel with Eleanor Cayre, Lukas Jakob and Sigit Nugroho will ask what it means to begin a collection today – and what responsibility it entails. In the talk Notes on Kim Lim, publisher Matthias Kliefoth, artists Katalin Deér and Daiga Grantina, and curator Stefanie Gschwend discuss how artistic processes can be translated into book form. Writer and frieze co-editor Pablo Larios talks with Anna Götz, co-curator of the 2025 São Paulo Biennale, about curatorial methodology in the lead-up to the show. All talks take place at the Fair Hall Plaza.


Read more about the participants.

Schedule Artist Talks & Panels
Tue, 17 June
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Panel Notes on Kim Lim With Katalin Deér, Daiga Grantina, Stefanie Gschwend, moderated by Matthias Kliefoth (Distanz)

Wed, 18 June
2:30 – 3 pm
Artist Talk
Inuuteq Storch in conversation with Chus Martínez and Robert McKenzie

Wed, 18 June
3 – 3:30 pm
Artist Talk
Mary Pakinee in conversation with Hyunjin Kim and Chus Martínez

Wed, 18 June
4:30 – 5:30 pm
Panel 
Collecting the art of our moment
With Eleanor Cayre, Lukas Jakob, Sigit Nugroho, moderated by Robert McKenzie

Thu, 19 June
2:30 – 3 pm
Artist Talk
Joana Escoval in conversation with Chus Martínez and Robert McKenzie

Thu, 19 June
3 – 3:30 pm
Artist Talk
Trinidad Metz Brea in conversation with Chus Martínez and Robert McKenzie

Fri, 20 June
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Panel 30 years of Liste 
With Peter Bläuer, Wilfried Cooreman, Ann Demeester, Francesca Pia, Eva Presenhuber, moderated by Matylda Krzykowski

Sat, 21 June
2 – 3pm
Talk
Anna Roberta Goetz on her work as co-curator of the upcoming 36th Bienal de São Paulo, in conversation with Pablo Larios

Children's Workshops

Painting Grateful Dead Bears with Tina Braegger

Under the title Painting Grateful Dead Bears, Basel-based artist Tina Braegger invites children to create their own versions of the iconic Grateful Dead bears in a series of five workshops. The resulting works will be displayed throughout the fair at Liste. Five 90-minute workshops will take place throughout the week, each with a maximum of 10 children per session. For children aged 6 to 12 years

Schedule Children's Workshops
Tue, 17 June, 1 – 2:30 pm and 3:30–5 pm
Fri, 20 June, 1 – 2:30 pm
Sat, 21 June, 1 – 2:30 pm and 3:30 – 5 pm,
followed by an opening reception at 5 pm.

Sign up here to reserve a spot for your child and their friends. 

Guided Tours

Themed guided tours offer focused insights into the fair, highlighting selected artistic positions and debut galleries such as Bar, Turin; Chris Andrews, Montreal; Roland Ross, Margate; Shower, Seoul; Turnus, Warsaw; and Valerie’s Factory, Buenos Aires. 

Schedule Guided Tours
Wed, 18 June, 2–3 pm
Fri, 20 June, 6–7 pm
Sat, 21 June, 2–3 pm
Sun, 22 June, 2–3 pm
Participation is free with a valid fair ticket. 
Sign up here for a Guided Tour.

To book a private tour, please contact  vip@liste.ch. 

Live events at gallery booths

Performances and Readings at gallery booths

Cibrián
Performance by Ruoxi Jin
Mon, 16 June, 12–12:30 pm, 3–3:30 pm, 7–7:30 pm;
Tue–Sun, 17–22 June, 3–3:30 pm

Damien & The Love Guru 
Performance by Mathis Pfäffli and Soland Angel (Yanik Soland and Marianna Angel) 
Wed, 18 June, 6:30–6:50 pm

Femtensesse
Reading by Eline McGeorge 
Tue, 17 June, 6–6:20 pm

Paulina Caspari
Performance by Augustine Paredes
Tue, 17 June, 4–4:15 pm

Pilot
Performance by Gözde Mimiko Türkkan
Mon, 16 June; Wed, 18 June;
Thu, 19 June; Fri, 20 June 20, 4–4:15 pm
Book Launch by Zeren Göktan
Tue, 17June, 4–5 pm

South Parade
Performance by Tom Hardwick-Allan
Thu, 19 June, 6 – 6:10 pm

Windhager von Kaenel
Reading by Olga Hohmann
Tue, 17 June and Fri, 20 June, 3–3:20 pm

Yeo Workshop
Performance by Aki Hassan
Mon–Wed, 16–18June, 1:30–2 pm