Art Basel
Art Basel
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
A lesson in attending Basel on a budget
Is it possible to attend an event where extravagant expenditure is commonplace without paying for the privilege?
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
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.
In pictures: hanging ghost ships and upside-down architecture at Art Basel in Hong Kong
Curator Alexie Glass-Kantor talks us through her selection of large-scale works at the fair this year
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
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
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
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
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
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 to 'to stabilise the company '
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
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
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
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
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
Three to See: Basel
From a gesamtkunstwerk designed to awaken the senses to a five-decade survey of Bruce Nauman
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.
When the love don’t last at Art Basel and more gossip
Plus, how Picasso kept Ernst Beyeler on his toes
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