Art Basel 2020
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
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
Chinese collector scoops up McArthur Binion painting at Unlimited
Nine other works by the US artist sold on Lehmann Maupin’s stand at the fair
Theaster Gates: ‘There’s no better Madonna than my mother’
Artist sets up printing press in Basel to explore ‘Black Madonna’ theme
In pictures: AA Bronson selects his favourite works at Art Basel
The artist, an Art Basel veteran of four decades, has championed female artists, including Sylvie Fleury, in his selection
A Russian artist with a really long cape and more Art Basel gossip
Plus, we fall head over heels for Vezzoli
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
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
Presidential portraits : All the president’s men (and one first lady) at Art Basel
Presidents past and present are a recurring theme at Art Basel this year; here is a selection of different takes on presidential portraits found at the fair.
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.
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.
Collector's Eye: Ulla Dreyfus-Best
The Basel-based collector Ulla Dreyfus-Best on her "Wunderkammer", which mixes 11th-century Italian bronzes with pieces by Jeff Koons
Save the date: Steiner & Lenzlinger to play in the Tinguely during next year's Art Basel
Basel museum plans survey on Swiss duo
Wolfgang Tillmans: ‘It’s the great album tracks that didn’t become singles’
The artist reveals the ideas behind his solo show at the Fondation Beyeler—the Basel museum’s first photography exhibition
In pictures: The Kiss, a crash and Bikini Atoll
Museum Tinguely director Roland Wetzler picks six highlights from Art Basel—and remembers Jean Tinguely's destructive legacy
Where does all the art go after a fair?
In an exclusive extract from her forthcoming book, Dark Side of the Boom, Georgina Adam discovers why most art is destined for a crate-filled, high-security storage facility
Art Basel diary: John Baldessari's crowd-pleasing pooches and down and dirty in Hamburg
Plus much more fair gossip
Why artists, even art fair-averse ones, are in Basel this week
Athens, Venice, ARoS, Kassel, Münster—and now in Art Basel
Wilhelm Sasnal returns to Basel with fond memories
Polish artist’s career took off in the Swiss city
Mood at Art Basel is upbeat as VIPs spend
Leading dealers report strong opening sales
Art Basel diary: urinary performance and Yves Saint Laurent's X-rated drawings
Plus more fair gossip
Bricks and mortar galleries: Art Basel holds the line
The shift to temporary selling spaces is a hot topic at this year's fair
In pictures: the ideal home, at Design Miami/Basel
The fair has a domestic vibe this year, from Jean Prouvé's house for wartime refugees to Max Lamb's metal-sprayed polystyrene furniture
Interview: Wim Delvoye digests the Tinguely Museum
Belgian artist’s shit-making machines join Jean Tinguely’s kinetic works
Interview: the name’s Charrière, Julian Charrière
The Swiss artist who brings an up-close view of Chernobyl to Art Basel’s Unlimited is not afraid to leave his comfort zone
Bern museum to open Harald Szeemann archive during next year's Art Basel
Fascinating insights expected from his personal correspondence with famous artists
Kasper König: in praise of an artists’ curator
The artistic director of Skulptur Projekte will be in conversation at Art Basel, celebrating five decades as a champion of public art
Power of pride: artists champion LGBT causes at Art Basel
Transgender empowerment among causes tackled at this year's fair
In pictures: Christmas comes early to Art Basel
Gianni Jetzer, the curator of Art Basel’s Unlimited sector, picks six highlights among the large-scale works