Art Basel
Art Basel
Seventeen Gallery—who were presenting a solo show of work by Patrick Goddard at the fair—sold their entire booth to a single US collector by 2pm
The fair, which opens today, sees 156 galleries gather at the Grand Palais Éphémère
From recycling carpets to shipping booth walls across oceans, the industry's biggest trade events are striving to clean up their act—but are they doing enough?
The fair’s parent company MCH Group is developing "new digital formats" to support galleries
It might take a little longer in our world for the bad news to feed through, but feed through it will
Paris+ par Art Basel will include 156 galleries, 60 of which have a space in the French capital
Marc Spiegler remains global director of the Swiss fair and will oversee De Bellis—but will take on a more “strategic” position
The emergence of NFTs has ignited the concept of "platforms" in the art world, but they are already everywhere
UBS, the fair's lead partner, has this year dedicated its VIP lounge to the Swiss artist
From an explosive painterly sculpture to a work that evokes the West's tension with Russia
With a new Paris fair on the horizon, attendance figures are expected to rebound to pre-pandemic levels next week at the Swiss flagship event
Amid a crackdown on dissent, and the havoc wreaked by the pandemic, Hong Kong’s galleries have not just survived but thrived, with several new openings
Asian spending continues to grow, particularly at auction, while the UK’s market share shrinks to historic lows as Brexit woes linger
Paris+, by Art Basel is due to run until at least 2028
After Fiac is muscled out of Paris, just two big players are left in the Modern and contemporary events market
Of the 289 galleries participating in the June event, 19 are first timers
Fiac's eviction from the Grand Palais came as a shock to the French gallery scene—what was behind the move?
Daniel Hug posted that the Swiss company "is only interested in making money and keeping Art Basel the number one fair worldwide"
The French cultural body RMN put Fiac's October slot up for tender last year—now the Swiss firm MCH will launch a contemporary art fair, paying €10.6m for a seven-year contract
Well over half the galleries participating in the fair are opting for satellite booths as travel restrictions continue to disrupt large-scale events
Plus, Caribbean-British art at Tate Britain and Marco Brambilla's VR work at Pérez Art Museum in Miami
Those who participated benefited from a 35% reduction in booth fees during what Art Basel global director Marc Spiegler describes as a “rough year”
The commercial art world came back with a vengeance in September, but issues around sustainability and volatile prices still abound
Fair organiser is working with police and Swiss cyber security authorities to identify perpetrators of malware attack on 20 October
The fair company has already collaborated with Art Week Tokyo next week, and says its role is to help and "hold their hands"
Plus, Art Basel: are the buyers back? And Mary Beard on images of power
Despite the success of the fair's first post-pandemic edition, galleries are weighing up the future
Though Covid-19 travel complications have kept many US and Asian collectors away, dealers report brisk business from the VIP opening
Curator Giovanni Carmine walks through highlights among the 62 supersized installations presented at the fair