Big excitement over bigger and bigger works

Art Basel Miami Beach '10 fair report

Established artists first to sell as collectors take their time over emerging talents

Are new media museums the future?

Who needs celebrities? It’s the serious collectors that count

New organiser discloses record 119 artists from 36 countries will be exhibited

As Art Basel looms large, Lowry weighs in on the best the region has to offer, citing the Bass Museum's "Creative Caribbean Network"

A new layout might have left collectors feeling bemused but, in the mid-range at least, they were prepared to buy

Fair director insists that there are still shortcomings to be addressed after discussions with dealers

As stands teem with the wooded and leafy, dealers try to explain the trend at this year's fair

A major redesign has increased the space substantially and produced a radically different layout

A loss of 60 galleries does not seem to have affected morale as the fair returns with redesigned space and more dealers

The gothic rock star reveals the inspirations and compulsions behind his new work on show in the Design District

Critics question their priorities, one city commissioner calling their plan to manage the venue “like the fox in the henhouse”

Has collectors' passion for Basel's protégés cooled?

Art Basel owners Messe Schweiz are in pole position to take charge of Miami venue

The cult film-maker shows off his skills as an artist with a new, atmospheric work in Miami in the Cartier pavilion

Most of the buyers were American private collectors and large-scale installation works were popular

Visitors, beware of the creepy crawlies

Concerns about the impact of the tumultuous economy seem unwarranted as buyers crowd Basel

Fair director Sam Keller believes his greatest achievement has been to combine culture with commerce

The duo have transformed discarded objects, amassed by gallery owner Ash Lange, into profit

The artist broadens her palate with a foray into wine making

Corbusier's favourite digital art

The fair, now backed by Art Basel’s owners, targets China

Former employee who facilitated the use of offshore accounts sentenced this month for “conspiracy to defraud” US and Internal Revenue Service

Pollock is forthright about her distrust of the current auction market in China

“It’s like a supermarket”

Most works sold on opening day and buyers came from all continents

Financial buyers have had a dramatic impact on the way the art market works