Art World Passport & Visas

The Art World Passport is a participatory art project by Richard Mudariki that reimagines the passport as a symbolic document of cultural belonging, artistic mobility, and shared citizenship within the global art world.

During Africa Basel Week, the first-ever Art World Passport Embassy opens as a space for encounter, exchange, and participation. Initiated by Richard Mudariki in collaboration with Africa Basel, the Embassy invites visitors to apply for their Art World Passport, receive official stamps, and take part in a playful yet meaningful reflection on mobility, identity, access, and cultural citizenship.

Visitors can personalise their passport through a selection of stamp options, each representing a different form of participation and belonging within the art world. These may include entry stamps, visitor stamps, collector stamps, artist stamps, curator stamps, gallery stamps, friendship stamps, and special Africa Basel Week stamps. Together, they create a growing record of encounters, movements, affiliations, and imagined citizenship within the global cultural landscape.

Conceived as a symbolic embassy for the global art community, the project marks the beginning of a journey across borders — real and imagined — connecting artists, collectors, curators, galleries, and audiences through the shared language of art.