Art Basel/Miami Beach started as it meant to go on, a performance by the Scissor Sisters and "Art Loves Puppet Rock" attracting the art world's hip and happening

Young financiers want to build a diversified portfolio

Foreign collectors deserted the fair and the French only buy their own artists

Although only the second edition of this contemporary fair in a tent, global collectors flocked to it and sales were frantic

The fair will occupy the space in the fair calendar left bare by the now-defunct Cultura

Art Basel '04 fair report

Clear success for the first European crafts fair held at the Victoria and Albert Museum

The new location is drawing collectors into the Paris stock exchange

Exhibitors reported enthusiastic buying as collectors embraced new areas of the market

The market today requires that young artists have global representation, but unless they embrace Warholesque production techniques few can keep pace with the demand this entails

Enterprising dealers met collectors' demand for young and fashionable names

Art Basel Miami Beach '04 fair report

A successful vernissage shows quantity does not always trump quality

Asian bidding dominated the saleroom sessions

3 year run planned, inspired by US SOFA fair

Dealers are planning new, original display techniques

Paris auctions were poor except for Pre-Colombian works

Art Basel '03 fair report

Today’s print buyer is no longer a specialist collector

Works on paper did well at this major event

Trade was slow at these three very diverse events

It was inevitable that attendance and sales would be down with current economic instability, but overall sales were good and quality was high

Collectors braved the terrorist alerts and bought but at a lower level than in the past

A host of related events make this a “must” for drawings collectors

“Collectors want something new”

After his substantial contributions to Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach, Rudolf tries his hand at dmg

Buying mania at this new fair stripped some stands bare in 40 minutes

Prevailing gloom did not deter buying

Collectors were cautious as economic woes continue

Cultura Basel '02 fair report