Art Basel’s brand-new Premiere sector at a glance

Introduced this year, it focuses on recent artistic production and precisely curated projects, revealing a diverse array of voices and approaches, from intimate personal narratives to urgent ecological themes
Elliat Albrecht, Art Basel, 6 June 2025
 In Premiere, galleries are invited to spotlight works by up to three artists, all made within the last five years. Discover the ten standout presentations of the inaugural edition.

 

Nadia Ayari, M’barek Bouhchichi, and Sara Ouhaddou
Selma Feriani Gallery (Tunis, London)

 

Selma Feriani presents new works by Sara Ouhaddou, M’barek Bouhchichi, and Nadia Ayari, foregrounding North African heritage through ceramics, weaving, and painting. Ouhaddou reinterprets Islamic geometry to bridge craft and contemporary art, while Bouhchichi’s woven alphabets and carved copper poems assert Berber identity and oral histories. Ayari’s floral paintings echo both of the other artists’ motifs, using thick brushwork and gravity-bound forms to explore personal and political symbolism.

Nadia Ayari, Together, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Selma Feriani Gallery.
Nadia Ayari, Together, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Selma Feriani Gallery.
 
M'Barek Bouhchichi, Terra No. 7, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Selma Feriani Gallery.
M'Barek Bouhchichi, Terra No. 7, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Selma Feriani Gallery.
 
Sara Ouhaddou, Lune, Oh Lune, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Selma Feriani Gallery.Sara Ouhaddou, Lune, Oh Lune, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Selma Feriani Gallery.
 
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