Swiss fair was also delayed from June to September in 2020, before being cancelled altogether due to coronavirus

The initiative encourages property owners to lend their vacant spaces for free and offers $2,500 stipends to artists—but they may still need to pay rent

Local galleries have been invited by Art Basel to apply for participation in the November fair

The latest virtual fair, OVR:2020, limits 100 galleries to showing six works each, all produced this year—we pick our highlights

Covid-19 has forced galleries to cut staff by 33% on average as sales plummet 36% in the first half of 2020—and optimism is dwindling for next year

The fair's organisers say they have "no other option" as Covid-19 cases in Florida stay stubbornly high and US travel restrictions remain in place

Delayed by coronavirus, the new Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger has opened with the promise of free entry and catalogues for visitors

Media and entertainment investment firm Lupa Systems will become the events company's anchor shareholder, holding around a third of shares if approved on 3 August

Media and television mogul is reportedly in negotiations to take a stake in art fair's Swiss parent company MCH Group

Galleries no longer required to have a physical space, down payments cut from 100% to 25% of stand fees and automatic re-admittance for 2020 ABHK exhibitors

From a tribute to a guerrilla soldier and priest to an exploration of black female beauty, collectors snap up pictures on fair's VIP day

As Art Basel's online viewing room opens, Tracey Emin, Jim Shaw and Avery Singer speak about lockdown and creating for the digital sphere

Goodman Gallery is launching the video programme on 20 June—but you can watch Roja exclusively on The Art Newspaper website from tomorrow

Flagship fair will relaunch next June in Basel as organisers focus on delivering Miami Beach show in December

"People are hungry for art in the original and the online viewing room can’t replace the personal experience,” the dealer says

In frank letter, organisers scrap Monday deadline for exhibitors as Swiss authorities delay decision on large-scale events until 24 June

Art Basel's latest webinar featured David Zwirner, Sadie Coles and Jeffery Deitch talking about new plans for gallery collaborations

Opening 20 May, the online fair requires no upfront fee and features around 200 galleries, all of which will share their profits

In lockdown, many galleries have had a Damascene moment with online programming

Fair extends deadline to confirm participation until 1 June, but concedes "there are simply too many open questions" to know if the fair will happen at the moment

As coronavirus lockdowns are extended across much of the world, leaving galleries unable to trade, hopes are fading that autumn events will be able to go ahead

Future of the Swiss watch and jewellery fair, which is owned by Art Basel's parent company, now hangs in the balance

The fair will also launch a new online viewing room feature at no cost to planned exhibitors and will apply reimbursements to future editions

The move follows news that Art Basel will postpone its 50th anniversary edition until September and New York's major auctions pivot to June

Swiss art fair is the latest of numerous fairs to be moved to the autumn, as the pandemic decimates the art world calendar

A blow-by-blow account of the Hong Kong digital viewing rooms that launched this morning

We speak to Tate Modern curator Catherine Wood about the late Ulay, and to Marc Spiegler, Art Basel’s global director, about what happened in Hong Kong. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793

Chinese and British markets take a hit amid trade wars and political unrest

More than 20 galleries will take part in the flagship Swiss fair for the first time

Political upheaval across the region presents challenges—and opportunities—for artists and collectors