Curatorial Fiasco by Francesco Bonami. Prince, Murakami, Stingel, Cattelan, Fischer @ Gago Art Basel ’25 キュレーターフランチェスコ・ボナミの大失敗。プリンス、村上、スティンゲル、カテラン、フィッシャー @ ガゴ・アート・バーゼル ’25

Mario A’s masterpiece @ Gago AB 25 — Mario A's Masterpiece

Richard Prince’s appropriation of Patrick Cariou’s photos — Richard Prince’s appropriation of Patrick Cariou’s photographs

Gagosian Booth @ Art Basel 2025. Curation by Francesco Bonami. Center in the back: Richard Prince’s appropriation of Patrick Cariou’s photographs

A disgraceful curatorial practice by Francesco Bonami during Art Basel 2025.
Bonami approves of Richard Prince’s appropriation of Patrick Cariou’s photographs. This work by Prince has been hidden on Gagosian’s official websites across every conceivable medium: Instagram, Facebook, X, the Art Basel website, and the GAGOSIAN website. Bonami also does not feature Prince’s work on his Instagram account.
There were no explanatory texts or information about Prince’s work at the booth.

Gagosian Booth, curated by Francesco Bonami

Rudolf Stingel “Untitled” 2012 (Back) — (back) Rudolf Stingel “Untitled” 2012

From left Nan Goldin “Veiled woman” 2024, Maurizio Cattelan “Lie” 2025, Christo “Wrapped Bottle” 1958 — (From left) Nan Goldin “Veiled woman” 2024, Maurizio Cattelan “Lie” 2025, Christo 2Wrapped Bottle” 1958

Instagram screenshot Bello Bonami — Instagram screenshot “Bello Bonami”

1. Francesco Bonami’s rudeness: Treats the fair visitors as cognitive bias ignorants.
2. Francesco Bonami’s curatorial practice: Full of empty, lazy re-re-appropriation, digipics and trompe-l’œil art.
3. Francesco Bonami’s arrogance: Purposely displays neither any curatorial explanations on the wall of the booth nor any data (name, title, year, material, price) about the works.
4. Shameful Francesco Bonami’s cacophony ignores the essence of contemporary curatorial practice: No video installations, no social commentary on current wars like those in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip.

J’accuse!
How dare you promote mediocre, irrelevant (third-rate Picassos), Larry-couldn’t-sell-in-NY garbage to European collectors!