Judy Chicago, Avery Singer, and Juliana Huxtable star in this year’s most-viewed videos, features, and interviews

Here are Art Basel’s 10 most popular stories of 2019

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In 2019, Art Basel welcomed over 260,000 visitors and published more than 140 stories. The year has been a busy one for the artworld, with the Venice Biennale, the Whitney Biennial, and several significant exhibitions and museum openings shedding new light on the pressing issues of the day. We invite you to look back at the year in art through our most popular stories, from interviews with revered artists such as Judy Chicago and Wu Tsang, to portraits of gallerists from Romania to Hong Kong.&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/judy-chicago-birth-project-feminism-art-basel-miami-beach-conversation" target="_blank">1. Why is there no childbirth in Western art? Feminist legend Judy Chicago on taboos, fake news, and needlework</a>

	In this iteration of Art Basel’s ‘Meet the Artists’ series, American artist Judy Chicago provides precious insight into one of her most ambitious endeavors, the ‘Birth Project’.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/judy-chicago-birth-project-feminism-art-basel-miami-beach-conversation" target="_blank">Watch the video&nbsp;here.</a>

<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/johnson-chang-hanart-tz-art-basel-hong-kong" target="_blank">2.&nbsp;Meet Johnson Chang, the man who put Chinese contemporary art on the global map</a> The dapper founder of Hanart TZ, Hong Kong, explains the thinking behind his gallery and why the city is more relevant than ever.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/johnson-chang-hanart-tz-art-basel-hong-kong">Watch the video here.</a>

<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/wu-tsang-how-i-became-an-artist-art-basel" target="_blank">3. How I became an artist: Wu Tsang</a><a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/wu-tsang-how-i-became-an-artist-art-basel" target="_blank"></a>The filmmaker, artist, and McArthur 'Genius Grant' recipient reflects on how clubbing and activism led her to art-making.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/wu-tsang-how-i-became-an-artist-art-basel" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>

<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/avery-singer-venice-biennale-2019-kraupa-tuskany-zeidler" target="_blank">4.&nbsp;Venice Biennale artist Avery Singer talks processes, robots, and post-human painting</a><a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/avery-singer-venice-biennale-2019-kraupa-tuskany-zeidler" target="_blank"></a>Author Orit Gat met up with one of today’s most sought-after painters to discuss the connections&nbsp;–&nbsp;and frictions&nbsp;–&nbsp;between digital, painterly, and photographic space.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/avery-singer-venice-biennale-2019-kraupa-tuskany-zeidler" target="_blank">Read the interview here.</a>

<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-gallerists-richard-gray-gallery" target="_blank">5.&nbsp;How David Hockney’s most experimental work found a champion in Chicago</a><a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-gallerists-richard-gray-gallery" target="_blank"></a>Richard Gray Gallery was among the first to show the British legend’s lens-based works&nbsp;–&nbsp;an early enthusiasm that shaped an enduring relationship.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-gallerists-richard-gray-gallery" target="_blank">Watch the video here.</a>

<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/juliana-huxtable-project-native-informant-art-basel-hong-kong" target="_blank">6.&nbsp;Juliana Huxtable on zoosexuality, furries, and the fetishization of outrage</a><a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/juliana-huxtable-project-native-informant-art-basel-hong-kong" target="_blank"></a>Caroline Busta and @LILINTERNET interviewed the unclassifiable and unmissable New York City-based artist, whose solo booth with Project Native Informant at Art Basel Hong Kong drew quite some attention.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/juliana-huxtable-project-native-informant-art-basel-hong-kong" target="_blank">Read the interview here.</a>

<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-artists-ellen-pau-hong-kong" target="_blank">7.&nbsp;Meet Hong Kong Video art pioneer Ellen Pau</a><a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-artists-ellen-pau-hong-kong" target="_blank"></a>Self-taught video artist Ellen Pau began creating works in Hong Kong during the1980s, at a time when moving image practices were scare on the ground. She went on to&nbsp;co-found the now celebrated artist-led organization&nbsp;Videotage, and held her first major retrospective at Para Site last year. In this video, she looks back on a&nbsp;Hong Kong few remember.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-artists-ellen-pau-hong-kong" target="_blank">Watch the video here.</a>

<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-collectors-jill-kraus" target="_blank">8. How collector Jill Kraus turned a corner of Upstate New York into a breathtaking sculpture park</a><a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-collectors-jill-kraus" target="_blank"></a>Collecting sculpture in a city&nbsp;apartment can be a challenge&nbsp;–&nbsp;which is precisely why collectors Jill and Peter Kraus sourced a property upstate to house their original commissions. Highlights include a spiral staircase by Monika Sosnowska and rare spheres by Sol LeWitt.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-collectors-jill-kraus" target="_blank">Watch the video here.</a>

<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-gallerist-art-basel-plan-b-gallery-cluj-romania-berlin" target="_blank">9. From Cluj to the world: Plan B gallery’s Mihai Pop on Adrian Ghenie, Berlin, and the rise of Romanian art</a><a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-gallerist-art-basel-plan-b-gallery-cluj-romania-berlin" target="_blank"></a>Started in 2005 as an artist-run space, Plan B has become Romania's most prominent gallery. The opening of their second location in Cluj will allow them to add archival work and&nbsp;historical research to their many lines of inquiries.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/meet-the-gallerist-art-basel-plan-b-gallery-cluj-romania-berlin" target="_blank">Watch the video here.</a>

<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/five-photographers-to-discover-from-czech-republic-to-dubai" target="_blank">10. Reality, unchained: photographers to (re)discover at Art Basel</a><a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/five-photographers-to-discover-from-czech-republic-to-dubai" target="_blank"></a>Art Basel in Basel saw a strong showing of both historic and emerging photographers, including Hal Fischer and Farah Al Qasimi. We picked five and looked at what makes their practice so unique.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories/five-photographers-to-discover-from-czech-republic-to-dubai" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>

Many more videos, interviews, and profiles of Art Basel protagonists, including collectors and curators, can be found&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/stories-overview" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;

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