Art Basel
Art Basel
Art Basel prepares for first fair under new team, while Volta Basel searches for a new director
New structure at Art Basel will see separate directors assigned to each show, while Volta Basel is without a leader after Kamiar Maleki’s departure for Photo London
Art Basel appoints Maike Cruse as fair director
The current head of Gallery Weekend Berlin will start in the newly created role in July and oversee the 2024 fair
Art for Tomorrow conference | What can art do for our democratically depleted, digitally distracted societies?
The role of art in a time of crisis was the subject of a three-day discussion between leading cultural figures in Florence last week
Global art market 'beginning to cool’, according to latest Art Basel/UBS report
Total sales grew just 3% in 2022, while China's zero-Covid policies saw UK overtake it as second-biggest market
Hong Kong is back with bang: Art Basel returns and M+ museum makes waves
Plus, art censorship online and Brenda L. Croft's photos of fellow First Nations Australian women
The 21 galleries making their Art Basel debut this year—and what they're bringing
This is the first edition of the Swiss fair under the leadership of new chief executive Noah Horowitz
The art market in 2022: art fair shake ups, single owner auctions and an NFT winter
Despite headline figures of record sales, is the art world's bull market coming to an end?
The last hurrah? Art world excess at Art Basel Miami Beach
Plus, UK culture cuts and Ukrainian Modernism in Madrid
Next year—for the first time—a Miami gallery is going to Art Basel in Switzerland
David Castillo Gallery will become the only local dealer to make the jump to the mothership in its more than 50-year history
Gossip from Miami Art Week: rapper Jadakiss performs in a synagogue and Pace gallery boss Marc Glimcher is the karaoke king
Plus, a pop-up casino in Art Basel Miami Beach, a drone-delivered birthday message, and a Joe/Joan Jonas mix up
'Art Basel has to keep changing': after 20 years, what is next for the fair juggernaut?
Noah Horowitz and Vincenzo de Bellis discuss their visions for the global fair brand and its flagship US fair in Miami
Art Week Tokyo’s perfectly orchestrated official launch leads some gallerists to ask—do we really need a fair?
As the city attempts to grow its position as a global art hub, some dealers express a preference for gallery-hopping events
Crisis, what crisis? Global import and export of art set to hit record levels by the end of 2022, according to Art Basel/UBS report
Demand from collectors remains “extremely resilient”—but survey asks how long can the current model be sustained?
Marc Spiegler steps down as Art Basel chief after 15 years—and is replaced by a familiar face
Noah Horowitz, formerly director Americas of the art fair brand, returns as chief executive following a brief stint at Sotheby's
'How dare YOU?': we speak to Just Stop Oil, the eco activists who threw soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Plus, Art Basel's inaugural Paris+ fair and an enigmatic Frank Bowling painting
International buyers, from US museums to Korean collectors, boost sales at Paris+ par Art Basel—but big crowds slow down deals
Staff from the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago were in attendance at the fair's inaugural edition
Paris+ par Art Basel's VIP opening: galleries report good sales, the right people and a clear step up from Fiac
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
Paris+ par Art Basel's director on his long-term vision for the inaugural fair—and how it compares to Fiac
The fair, which opens today, sees 156 galleries gather at the Grand Palais Éphémère
Are art fairs going green at last? We break down how Frieze and Art Basel measure up on sustainability
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?
Is Art Basel launching a year-round ‘marketplace’ for galleries? A recent spate of job advertisements suggests so
The fair’s parent company MCH Group is developing "new digital formats" to support galleries
Recession is likely—and the art market is not immune
It might take a little longer in our world for the bad news to feed through, but feed through it will
Art Basel announces galleries for its inaugural Paris fair—we look at how it compares with last year’s Fiac list
Paris+ par Art Basel will include 156 galleries, 60 of which have a space in the French capital
Art Basel creates new director role and appoints Walker Art Center curator Vincenzo de Bellis
Marc Spiegler remains global director of the Swiss fair and will oversee De Bellis—but will take on a more “strategic” position
Art Basel is not just an art fair, it is a technology platform
The emergence of NFTs has ignited the concept of "platforms" in the art world, but they are already everywhere
Sylvie Fleury picks her five favourite works at Art Basel
UBS, the fair's lead partner, has this year dedicated its VIP lounge to the Swiss artist
Making it big: six must-see works from Art Basel's Unlimited section for outsized art
From an explosive painterly sculpture to a work that evokes the West's tension with Russia
Art Basel plans comeback in Switzerland: but is it all business as usual?
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
Against all odds, Hong Kong’s gallery scene is on the up
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
Art Basel/UBS report: Global art market bounces back to above pre-pandemic levels—but recovery is uneven
Asian spending continues to grow, particularly at auction, while the UK’s market share shrinks to historic lows as Brexit woes linger
Art Basel reveals directors and name for new Paris fair in October
Paris+, by Art Basel is due to run until at least 2028