NewsArt Basel 2018
Galleries at Art Basel pay tribute to ‘generation of giants’
Works and archival material at several stands at the fair honour big names in the art world who have died this year
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Collector's Eye: David Brolliet
The Swiss collector discusses his love of Lichtenstein, his regret at not buying a Subodh Gupta when he had the chance and hanging art on his refrigerator
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Collector's Eye: Grazyna Kulczyk
The Polish art lover on her fascination with female artists and how she wishes she could have been seated at Judy Chicago's Dinner Party
PreviewArt Basel 2018
Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger: Where the wild things are
From getting fit to analysing your tears, Swiss artists’ installation at the Museum Tinguely invites visitors to dive right in
NewsArt Basel 2018
Chinese collector scoops up McArthur Binion painting at Unlimited
Nine other works by the US artist sold on Lehmann Maupin’s stand at Art Basel
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Theaster Gates: ‘There’s no better Madonna than my mother’
Artist sets up printing press in Basel to explore ‘Black Madonna’ theme
NewsArt Basel 2018
Done deals: what's selling in Basel this week
Follow our tweets tagged #TANsalestally for notable purchases from Art Basel and the surrounding fairs
NewsArt Basel 2018
Sugimoto to show works in gardens at Versailles
Japanese artist is following in the footsteps of Jeff Koons
NewsArt Basel 2018
How Art Basel can inspire the Venice Biennale
Artistic director likens fair booths to cabinets of curiosities
NewsThree to see
Three to See: Basel
From a gesamtkunstwerk designed to awaken the senses to a five-decade survey of Bruce Nauman
NewsArt Basel 2018
Controversial collection of early Basquiat drawings on show in Basel
Works were created by the artist when he was sleeping on a friend’s couch in Manhattan
BlogArt Basel 2018
A Russian artist with a really long cape and more Art Basel gossip
Plus, we fall head over heels for Vezzoli
Podcast
Podcast episode 36: Berlin Biennale and Art Basel
We explore the two big European art world events of the past week: Arsalan Mohammad is in Berlin with the curator Serubiri Moses and the critic and curator Annika von Taube, and Ben Luke speaks to Melanie Gerlis, writer for the Financial Times and The Art Newspaper, on the line from Basel.
BlogArt Basel 2018
When the love don’t last at Art Basel and more gossip
Plus, how Picasso kept Ernst Beyeler on his toes
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Sam Gilliam: a life beyond the frame
With a show of his unstretched canvases at the Kunstmuseum Basel, the lyrical abstractionist is enjoying a late resurgence in popularity
CommentArt Basel 2018
Could fairs publish sale prices? Don’t hold your breath
“For all the supposed desire for transparency, no one will make the first move”
NewsArt Basel 2018
Swiss galleries forge ahead despite the global squeeze
New initiatives, fair subsidies and a focus on Swiss artists help dealers to adapt
NewsArt Basel 2018
What are the limits of Art Basel’s Unlimited?
Sector has raised the bar for large works, but price and size do not always match
NewsArt Basel 2018
Liste feels the weight of Cuban history
Cuban artist uses exact amount of black ink used to write key parts of constitution for work
FeatureArt Basel 2018
Are art awards really worth winning?
Winning a prize can give an artist international exposure, but the question of who really benefits—critically and commercially—is an increasingly vexed one
FeatureArt Basel 2018
Match of the day: football vs art
The two may seem unlikely bedfellows, but plenty of artists are football fans—and they are making their allegiances known during this summer’s World Cup
CommentArt Basel 2018
Can the art market thrive in a sharing economy?
Melanie Gerlis on how millennials don’t seem to have the same collecting gene as previous generations
NewsArt market
Art Basel tests Turner Prize’s sway with foreign buyers
Is the UK’s premier award a big draw for international collectors?
PreviewArt Basel 2018
Basilea: Turn on, tune in and chill at the Messeplatz
Creative Time’s Art Basel project abounds with everything from gravel deposits to DJ-led meditations
BlogArt Basel 2018
Metallica bassist Jason Newsted gets first show in Basel and more gossip
Plus, Harry Potter gets cocky
NewsArt Basel 2018
Marshall arts: how collectors fell for Kerry James
Artist lands two big sales at Art Basel after record-breaking auction result
NewsArt Basel 2018
Multi-billion-dollar Picasso show heads to the Beyeler
The exhibition, which opens in February, will focus on Blue and Rose Periods
NewsArt Basel 2018
Artist paints Dana Schutz's child in response to controversial Emmett Till work
The Somali-Australian artist Hamishi Farah is showing the work in Basel at the Liste fair
NewsArt Basel 2018
Plastic fantastic at Art Basel
Don’t throw it in the ocean—hang it on your wall
NewsArt Basel 2018
In pictures: Disco balls and whale watching at Design Miami/Basel
This is what caught our eye
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Collector's Eye: Edouard Carmignac
The businessman, who just opened an art space on an island in the Mediterranean, on Alice in Wonderland and hanging out at Warhol's Factory
FeatureArt Basel 2018
Artists as cryptofinanciers: welcome to the blockchain
Curious new relationships between art and capital are being enabled by cryptofinance, which places “monetary value” at the heart of the creative process
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Etel Adnan: ‘This is the summit of my career’
The Lebanese-born artist and writer, who has a solo show at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, discusses her passion for the Swiss abstract artist.
NewsArt Basel 2018
William Kentridge honours Africans in the Great War
A taster of the artist’s latest project is on show at Art Basel ahead of its unveiling at Tate Modern in London
NewsArt Basel 2018
London's Whitechapel Gallery and Turin's Castello di Rivoli to hold joint Rakowitz survey
Artist to continue project reconstructing thousands of lost and destroyed Iraqi artefacts
NewsArt Basel 2018
Show and sell: the added value of a museum exhibition
How soon is too soon? Private collectors are selling off works as little as a few weeks after lending them to high-profile shows
NewsArt market
A word with Marc Spiegler
Art Basel’s global director on collector behaviour, auction price databases and the complexity of the art market
NewsArt Basel 2018
Olafur Eliasson’s Little Sun teams up with Ikea
Project aims to produce affordable, off-grid tools
NewsArt Basel 2018
Calvin Klein's barnstorming installation, plus more Art Basel gossip
NewsArt Basel 2018
Apartheid revisited: US museum snaps up South African photography project at Art Basel
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art “will be acquiring” a series documenting a Modernist high-rise apartment block in Johannesburg
NewsArt Basel 2018
Three cheers for Zeng Fanzhi
Hauser & Wirth will host concurrent exhibitions of the Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi this autumn in Zurich, London and Hong Kong
NewsArt Basel 2018
Giacometti’s chaotic Paris studio brought back to life
Reconstruction at heart of new research centre preserves spirit of artist’s cluttered creative space
NewsArt Basel 2018
In pictures: From treading on taxidermy to sounds from Basel's sewers
Parcours, the Art Basel section for public art projects, is "radically different" from previous editions, says its curator Samuel Leuenberger
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Lynn Hershman Leeson: Cool Science
The US pioneer of digital art discusses her passion for cutting-edge biology and its influence on her new multimedia exhibition, Anti-Bodies
FeatureArt Basel 2018
Is the biennial model busted?
Riga, Bangkok, São Paulo—every modern city wants a biennial. But is this good for contemporary art? Leading curators join the hot debate
InterviewArt Basel 2018
Collector's Eye: Ulla Dreyfus-Best
The Basel-based collector Ulla Dreyfus-Best on her "Wunderkammer", which mixes 11th-century Italian bronzes with pieces by Jeff Koons
NewsArt Basel 2018
Gender politics to the fore at Basel satellite fairs Liste and Volta
“The personal is political—this is a clear and present undercurrent,” says Volta artistic director Amanda Coulson
NewsArt Basel 2018
ShanghArt and Waldburger Wouters to open project space during Art Basel
This will be the first time a major Chinese gallery has opened a space in Europe
CommentArt Basel 2018
Rapper pays $18.5m for work at auction but the artist gets nothing—is the system in need of reform?
Anny Shaw asks if auction houses and dealers should pay their dues to the artists from whom they profit
Anny Shaw