Robbie Fitzpatrick is a gallerist and a co-founder of Basel Social Club. He also runs the nomadic Fitzpatrick Gallery.

My gallery applied to the Statements sector of Art Basel, having done that a few times. Then we got waitlisted and ultimately rejected from the main fair and considered bringing the project to Liste. Finally, we realized that we wanted to do something else.
Robbie Fitzpatrick, Robbie Fitzpatrick on Basel Social Club and Welcoming the Barbarians
The convention center’s architecture mutes the work into its stale visual language. It's not accommodating for the work or the viewer. It's hostile. And it's not curated.
Robbie Fitzpatrick, Robbie Fitzpatrick on Basel Social Club and Welcoming the Barbarians