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
PreviewThe Year Ahead 2020
Newcomers and stalwarts: highlights from the 2020 fair calendar
Art Basel celebrates its 50th anniversary and new fairs in London and New York join the fray
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2019
Art Basel helps Hong Kong exhibitors offset extra costs
Fair organisers says the discounts are not "incentive to do the fair" but are "part of an effort to mitigate their additional expenses"
NewsArt fairs
Art Basel cancels $15,000 per ticket Abu Dhabi conference
The first Art Basel Inside was due to take place in February 2020, over the same dates as Frieze Los Angeles
PreviewArt Basel
Venice Biennale is still ringing the Art Basel sales till
Artists showing in Venice are brought en masse to the fair as galleries leverage exhibition exposure
BlogIn the frame
Toddler sends €50,000 sculpture flying at Art Basel
BlogArt Basel 2019
Art Basel diary: Robert Indiana's spooky sculpture and a rogue rat
Plus, would Marcel Duchamp approve of a snow-globe urinal?
NewsArt Basel 2019
Artist Alexandra Pirici demands compensation for underpaid performers
The system of dividends is a way to address the "immense amounts of unpaid or underpaid labour" that support the art world, she says
NewsBauhaus
Big birthday is a boon for Bauhaus
How the market for artists associated with the German movement is hotting up in this centenary year
InterviewLawrence Abu Hamdan
Interview: Lawrence Abu Hamdan—a self-styled 'private ear'
Your voice reveals much more about you than you think—and the Turner Prize nominee is listening
FeatureArt Basel 2019
The human side of AI
How do algorithms see and shape the world? An exhibition at Basel’s HeK explores the often uncomfortable coexistence of humanity and AI
InterviewAndrea Bowers
Interview: Andrea Bowers discusses power dynamics post #MeToo
The artist, whose work is causing a stir at Art Basel, aims to keep alive conversations on the toxic nature of power that sparked the feminist social movement
BlogArt Basel 2019
Art Basel diary: celebrity-spotting, nimble octopi and a bratwurst that cuts the mustard
Plus, Alvaro Barrington has designs on Notting Hill Carnival
NewsCommercial galleries
Salon 94 gallery is moving to a huge property on Manhattan's Upper East Side
The founder of the art and design space plans to consolidate the gallery programme
InterviewWilliam Kentridge
Interview: William Kentridge on his life lessons
Self-interrogation is central to the work of the South African artist, whose latest piece on show at the Kunstmuseum Basel poses a series of questions that get half-answered
BlogArt Basel 2019
Art Basel diary: horseplay with Harry and Meghan and fairgoers prove it's never too old for swinging
Plus, bath time with a very young Jeff Koons
FeatureArt Basel 2019
Bringing up baby: making motherhood work in the art world
Being a mother has been cast as career suicide by Tracey Emin and Marina Abramovic. We speak to four women in the art world who beg to differ
BlogArt Basel 2019
Art Basel diary: crime, casinos and cocks
Plus, a pumped-up Mark Zuckerberg
NewsGagosian Gallery
Gagosian's pop-up gallery in Basel to become permanent
Mega-dealer says “world-class museums” and Ernst Beyeler’s legacy are behind the move
PreviewArt Basel 2019
Art meets dance in Alexandra Pirici's living time capsule at Art Basel
Sixty dancers will enact "performative environment" on the Messeplatz in Basel every day this week
FeatureClimate Change
How the art world is going green
Those within the art world who advocate for environmentally friendly practices are finding a sector willing to do its part.
NewsArt market
Gagosian to go off-piste with first pop-up show during Art Basel
Continuing Abstraction show will run off-site throughout the fair, featuring artists such as Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler and Theaster Gates
NewsArt market
Art Basel owner sells stake in Art Düsseldorf to fair organisers Sandy Angus and Tim Etchells
Angus says he is also keen to buy MCH’s share in the India Art Fair as the group divests its regional art fair portfolio
BlogIn the frame
Art Basel to unite across continents to celebrate 50th anniversary
Podcast
Art Basel in Hong Kong, Richard Lin and the Met’s World Between Empires
We talk to Marc Spiegler, global director of Art Basel; discuss the forgotten artist Richard Lin; and speak to the curators of a New York exhibition on the ancient Middle East. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
NewsArt Basel in Hong Kong 2019
Fair share: parity for Asia’s female artists gains ground at Art Basel in Hong Kong
While men still dominate the local market, there are signs of progress towards equality in Hong Kong this week
PreviewArt Basel in Hong Kong 2019
US-China tension creates buyer’s market in Hong Kong
Despite a burgeoning arts scene in the city, worries persist that the trade war and economic uncertainty could affect business at Art Basel in Hong Kong
NewsLaw
French court fines Art Basel backer UBS €3.7bn for tax evasion and money laundering
The conviction follows a seven-year investigation into the Swiss banking giant by French authorities
PreviewPolitics
Latin American galleries reassess sales strategies for Miami Art Week after border crackdown
Trump's decision to station 15,000 troops at the country's southwest border has further soured political relations between the US and its South American neighbours
NewsArt Basel
Art Düsseldorf exhibitors react to MCH Group's decision to sell stake in fair
Art Basel owner's move has divided the opinions of dealers, but Art Düsseldorf's founders remain optimistic
NewsArt market
Art Basel owner backs off from its regional fairs
MCH Group is selling its stakes in Art Düsseldorf and India Art Fair and will pull out of Singapore’s Art SG
NewsArt market
Art Basel introduces new booth pricing structure to subsidise younger galleries
Dealers say it is a ‘step in the right direction’ but acknowledge there is a long way to go to redress the balance
NewsExhibitions
Artists and projects announced for first Art Basel Cities Week in Buenos Aires
September event marks end of first year of the initiative overseen by Cecilia Alemani, the director of High Line Art, New York
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
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
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
NewsThree to see
Three to See: Basel
From a gesamtkunstwerk designed to awaken the senses to a five-decade survey of Bruce Nauman
BlogArt Basel 2018
A Russian artist with a really long cape and more Art Basel gossip
Plus, we fall head over heels for Vezzoli
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
NewsArt market
Art Basel tests Turner Prize’s sway with foreign buyers
Is the UK’s premier award a big draw for international collectors?
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.
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
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
NewsArt Basel 2018
In pictures: Disco balls and whale watching at Design Miami/Basel
This is what caught our eye
NewsArt Basel 2018
Plastic fantastic at Art Basel
Don’t throw it in the ocean—hang it on your wall
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
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
Marshall arts: how collectors fell for Kerry James
Artist lands two big sales at Art Basel after record-breaking auction result
BlogArt Basel 2018
Metallica bassist Jason Newsted gets first show in Basel and more gossip
Plus, Harry Potter gets cocky
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
CommentMotherhood
When life happens, just remember that art fairs will be 'fine without you for a while'
Melanie Gerlis asks whether the art world is compatible with parenting
Melanie Gerlis