The painter, who features in a major Black figurative painting survey at the Kunstmuseum Basel, discusses his growing collection

Freewheeling art project has moved to a farm, while Art Basel repositions for a new generation of collectors

Plus: the lamp that thinks it's a tank, and art adviser diversifies into performance poetry

Peter Hujar, whose work is still being uncovered posthumously, is among artists receiving acclaim

With Euro 2024 kicking off this week and the Olympic Games in Paris just over a month away, there are plenty of works at Art Basel for sports fans to hop, skip and jump over to

The “silly but serious” artist’s experiences at the world’s largest particle accelerator at Cern have helped to shape her expansive retrospective at Museum Tinguely

The Geneva-based artist known for her pop culture references cannot get enough of glitzy 1970s American cars and 1980s fashion

Unlike museums, art fairs’ energy is focused on events lasting a few days a year—but Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other platforms give them a vital year-round presence

Hauser & Wirth sells Georgia O’Keeffe painting for $13.5m

Insiders say that today’s market is “hard to describe, very hard to decipher”

Dealers at Basel's emerging art fair voice concerns about slow start

Fairgoers flock to stand dedicated to the Surrealist artist after Sotheby’s sale of painting last month for $28.5m

As the milestone is celebrated with a joint commission, protestors attack UBS’s record on fossil-fuel investment

The design fair's Grela Orihuela picks out her favourites, from circular sofas to lost sheep

Plus our undercover gallerist spills the beans

The Scandinavian artist duo on a Berlin puddle, a phallic dedication and why missed purchase opportunities should be a reason for joy rather than regret

The imposing works by an artist who is not afraid to think big are brought together in a new book launched this week at Art Basel

The country is flexing its crypto-friendly credentials, while an art fair dedicated to all things digital is making its debut this week

VIPs prove that they came to town to buy, not just to “eat the sausage in the courtyard”

The two directors had come under fire from conservative critics over their avant-garde productions, including queer reinterpretations of classics

New directive aimed at aligning VAT rates, due to come into force at the beginning of 2025, could have a big impact on galleries in countries including France and Germany

Plus a peek behind the scenes with our undercover gallerist

Giovanni Carmine, the curator of the fair's section dedicated to monumental works, shares some of his favourites

The Kuwaiti-born artist, now living in Germany, has an exhibition at Kunsthaus Baselland during Art Basel that includes large-scale works referencing oil production and consumption

The German collector on how a sleepless night is a sure sign that an acquisition is imminent, and why she has a soft spot for Pieter Bruegel the Elder

A hack that caused huge disruption to the auction house is a wake-up call to galleries and art advisories of all sizes

Hopes are high that the fair will capitalise on the biennial's focus on under-represented groups, in particular from the Global South

Plus our very own undercover gallerist gives us the lowdown from behind the scenes

Mega-gallery has opened its 18th location just in time for the 2024 edition of Art Basel

Stefanie Hessler, the new curator for the fair's outdoor section, picks out her highlights along the city's Clarastrasse