Art Basel 2025

Basel location provides a twist on Steve McQueen’s most abstract work to date

After it premiered at Dia Beacon in New York last year, ‘Bass’ takes on a completely different form at the Schaulager—but its essence remains the same

New dealer-run fair aims to fill gap left by Design Miami

Maze Design Basel is presenting works from 11 mostly French galleries, after Design Miami announced in February that it was dropping its Swiss edition this year

Limited-edition Labubu causes bedlam at Art Basel Shop

The figurine of a slightly sinister looking monster has been flying off the shelves

Liste and Volta, both stalwart Basel satellite fairs, celebrate major anniversaries

The two fairs mark a combined 50 years of showing contemporary art in the Swiss city

Art Basel gets go-going at Hauser & Wirth’s stand

Felix Gonzalez-Torres's 1991 silent-disco performance work is turning fairgoers' heads

In tough times for dealers, Art Basel debuts a section for new works

Exhibiting art made in the past five years, Premiere makes it easier for small to mid-sized galleries to show at the fair

In pictures: highlights from Art Basel's city-wide exhibition, Parcours

The exhibition's curator, Stefanie Hessler, picks out some of this year's must-see works

Katharina Grosse: ‘Imagination doesn’t have a scale’

The artist discusses the trajectory of her practice and her vast, unmissable commission for Art Basel, which covers the entire Messeplatz

Comment | I've researched the next generation of collectors—and here's why they are not like the last

The Art Newspaper’s editor-at-large on how millennials who collect art differ from previous generations—and what it means for the art market

‘The works I add to my collection need to give me goosebumps’: Nicola Erni on the art she collects and why

The super-private Swiss collector tells us about the Warhol she got and the Basquiat-Warhol collaboration she missed out on, plus her favourite view in Basel

Basel native Irène Zurkinden makes a long-overdue return

A new show at Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger is the often overlooked artist's first since the 1980s

With a new exhibition, Fondation Beyeler celebrates the 60-year career of Vija Celmins

The retrospective features the Latvian-born artist’s meticulous depictions of the natural world alongside her lesser-known interior scenes and sculptures

Art Basel exhibitors will show ‘the most ambitious works’ despite economic headwinds

Amid a drop in global sales and looming US tariffs, when Art Basel opens next week it will appeal to emerging collectors with a brand-new Premiere section for ultra-contemporary work, says the fair's director

Art Basel reveals a new section for fresh-to-market works

Premiere will be dedicated to art created within the past five years