Side-show navigation infrastructure
Which expanding show. Which dinner. Which Liste discovery. Which Parcours commission. Which artist's reference world to enter. Which collector's recommended café. Made walkable, queryable, yours.
The hand-drawn list a senior curator scribbles for a collector on the train from Zurich to Basel, but always-on. Open entries are open. Gated entries say so. The ones threading what you already saved surface to the top.
Messeplatz
Expanding shows · 3
Münchenstein · Schaulager · 15 min · Tram 11 from Aeschenplatz
Fair-week + summer (June – Sept 2026)
The room Selma's interpretation routes to after a Riley-thread capture. Same study Cosima cites in her own studio references.
Innerstadt · Steinenberg 7 · 12 min · Tram 6 or 8
May 30 – Sept 8, 2026
Anchored as the contemporary continuation of the Riley thread. Selma's reading list cites two of the show's catalog essays.
Riehen · Baselstrasse 101 · 22 min · Tram 6 to Riehen Dorf
Daily 10am–6pm during fair week
The Beyeler is the default Basel side-show for any collector. Cosima's carry-home chips include a Beyeler entry for fair week.
Satellite fairs · 1
Kleinbasel · Burgweg 15 · 9 min walk
Tuesday – Sunday during Art Basel
Emerging galleries. The neighborhood the Statements-curious wander through. Walk-from-Messeplatz route already routes ~14% of fair attendees through here.
Alternative venues · 2
Rotating · 2026 venue announced May · TBD · 2026 venue announced May
Tuesday – Sunday during Art Basel · evenings
The youngest alternative venue. 92% crossover with Art Basel attendees. Highest Troviii attribution share (41%) — emerging-collector retention wedge.
Free entry · RSVP via baselsocialclub.com once 2026 venue is announced (typically late May).
Kleinbasel · Clarastrasse · 3 min walk
Public · all hours during fair week
The primary capture node. 47% of Parcours visitors save at least one node into their thread. Where the loop typically starts.
Private dinners · 2
Innerstadt · venue rotates · 10 min · taxi
Tuesday 8pm of fair week
The dinner the institutional curators are at on Tuesday. Where the next year's biennale relationships start.
Felix Salon members + invited curators only. Visible on Troviii to logged-in visitors with ≥3 saved artist worlds in the fair-week thread.
Innerstadt · Restaurant TBD · Walk from booth
Thursday 9pm
The dinner the artist will actually be at. Open to any visitor who's stopped at the booth and asked one real question.
RSVP via Sfeir-Semler at Booth M08 by Wednesday 6pm. Plus-one on request.
Private views · 1
Riehen · Baselstrasse 101 · 22 min · Tram 6
Friday 4–6pm
The slow Friday slot most collectors don't know about. Curators walk through with you. The room the year's two or three institutional acquisitions get talked about in.
Advisor pass + named collector list. Troviii surfaces this entry only to visitors with an advisor pass.
Open studios · 1
Kleinbasel · Rebgasse · 6 min walk
Saturday 11am–4pm
Twelve Basel-based artists open their studios on the Saturday of fair week. The quiet alternative to the Saturday post-fair Felix Salon brunch.
Café rituals · 2
Kleinbasel · Pumpkins / Klingental · 7 min walk
Daily 7:30–11am
Where Selma takes her morning espresso during fair week. Where Cosima goes before walking to Parcours. The merchant attribution shows 538 fair-week visits with 36% from Selma's morning-ritual route.
Kleinbasel · Riehentorstrasse · 5 min walk
Daily 6:30am–11am
The bakery bz Basel documented flipping to fair-week destination after being named in the Art Basel guide. 312 fair-week visits this year, +218% YoY. Soft-boiled egg, espresso, window seat.
Walks · 1
Rhine · 15 min crossing · 8 min to Klingental ferry
Daily · take it twice during fair week
The reset walk. Selma takes it twice during fair week. 15 minutes, in silence. The cardinal Troviii civic loop — fair-to-city movement made walkable.
CHF 2 per crossing
Lectures / panels · 1
Messeplatz · Auditorium · On-site
Thursday 10–11:30am
The institutional conversation. Where the Saturday Felix Salon ideas get rehearsed in public on Thursday.
Free with Art Basel badge.