Art Basel, Basel: Basel, Switzerland

For Art Basel 2026, Jenkins Johnson Gallery presents an intergenerational mix of our program highlighting many of our historic artists alongside new developments from some of our most vital young artists. This presentation brings together iconic artists across multiple generations, alongside a number of artists we are pleased to be bringing to Basel for the very first time. Visit us at Booth C11 for this landmark year.

We are proud to present two new works from Mary Lovelace O’Neal’s final body of work. Lovelace O’Neal passed at the age of 84 on May 10, 2026. We are honored to bring to Basel two pieces produced in her longtime home in Mérida, Mexico. Drawing from a lifetime of experience in painting, this series contains nods to her groundbreaking lampblack paintings of the 1960s and 1970s, her expressionistic works from the 1980s onward, and her later-career interest in figuration. We are honored to present these works in celebration of her enduring legacy, concurrent with a retrospective of her early lampblack paintings at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, curated by Valerie Cassel Oliver.

Our Kabinett presentation this year focuses on legendary photographer Gordon Parks’ iconic photographs of Muhammad Ali. In 1966, Parks was assigned by Life Magazine to photograph Ali while he trained to fight—and ultimately defeat—English boxer Henry Cooper. Parks’ photographs capture the sensitive, introspective, and deeply complex sides of Ali, who had been villainized by many mainstream perspectives at the time. Parks and Ali would go on to forge a lifelong friendship thereafter. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the celebrated photo series.

We are proud to debut our first presentation with artist Mildred Howard. Howard’s lengthy career has brought her sculpture, assemblage, and installation work to a global audience, though she remains best known as a legendary figure of the West Coast art scene. Her multifaceted practice explores memory, identity, and the African American experience. Our presentation at Basel features a new work composed of heroic-scale dominoes rendered in patinated bronze. “[Dominoes]remain extremely popular throughout African diaspora and Latin American,” Howard explained. “Even in an increasing digital age, dominoes are a timeless pastime. In my own travels I have seen people ‘slapping bones’ on tables worldwide—from the San Francisco Bay Area to Cuba and from the Caribbean islands to West Africa.”

“Because of their universality and their association with enjoyable and shared activity, dominoes hold a wealth of potential meaning and association for the viewer,” Howard continues. “Their simple and iconic design transcends cultural barriers and speaks of gamesmanship, chance, strategy, and the tantalizing promise of victory.”

Additionally, we are proud to present important works by established historic artists Wadsworth Jarrell and Esther Mahlangu. From our established contemporary artists, we are pleased to present a neon by Lola Flash and three new paintings by Scott Fraser, one of which is part of the new Basel Exclusive initiative. From our younger artists, we are pleased to return to Basel with new paintings by Alex Jackson and Patrick Alston.

New to our Basel presentation, we are pleased to present works by Genevieve Gaignard, Didier William, Tariku Shiferaw, and Patrick Eugène—four artists whose respective practices pursue unique and unmistakable perspectives.