Art Basel
Art Basel
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
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
Plastic fantastic at Art Basel
From Gursky to Barney, our pick of five plastic-related works at the fair
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
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.
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
London's Whitechapel Gallery and Turin's Castello di Rivoli to hold joint Rakowitz survey
Artist to continue project reconstructing thousands of lost and destroyed Iraqi artefacts
Show and sell: the added value of a museum exhibition
How soon is too soon? Private collectors are selling off works as little as a few weeks after lending them to high-profile shows
Olafur Eliasson’s Little Sun teams up with Ikea
Project aims to produce affordable, off-grid tools
A word with Marc Spiegler
Art Basel’s global director on collector behaviour, auction price databases and the complexity of the art market
Apartheid revisited: US museum snaps up South African photography project at Art Basel
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art “will be acquiring” a series documenting a Modernist high-rise apartment block in Johannesburg
In pictures: From treading on taxidermy to sounds from Basel's sewers
Parcours, the Art Basel section for public art projects, is "radically different" from previous editions, says its curator Samuel Leuenberger
Lynn Hershman Leeson: Cool Science
The US pioneer of digital art discusses her passion for cutting-edge biology and its influence on her new multimedia exhibition, Anti-Bodies
Three cheers for Zeng Fanzhi
Hauser & Wirth will host concurrent exhibitions of the Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi this autumn in Zurich, London and Hong Kong
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
Is the biennial model busted?
Riga, Bangkok, São Paulo—every modern city wants a biennial. But is this good for contemporary art? Leading curators join the hot debate
Giacometti’s chaotic Paris studio brought back to life
Reconstruction at heart of new research centre preserves spirit of artist’s cluttered creative space
Gender politics to the fore at Basel satellite fairs Liste and Volta
“The personal is political—this is a clear and present undercurrent,” says Volta artistic director Amanda Coulson
Why the new Tbilisi Art Fair restores pleasure to buying art
It’s affordable, good quality, unspeculative—and the wine is great
Should big galleries subsidise smaller ones?
David Zwirner's idea that art fairs tax top dealers to support younger galleries signals major concerns over the fragile ecosystem of the art market
Outsider Art Fair postones first Basel edition
Director Andrew Edlin says the fair is still a modest operation
Artists shortlisted for 2018 BMW Art Journey
Astha Butail, the winner of last year's prize, is previewing her upcoming project at Art Basel Hong Kong
Collector's Eye: William Lim
The Hong Kong-based architect tells us what art he's bought and why
Five minutes with... David Zwirner
Speaking in January ahead of his Hong Kong space's grand opening, the US and UK-based dealer explains the challenges and opportunities of the city
Must-see shows during Art Basel Hong Kong
From Doug Aitken harnessing Instagram to Jennifer Guidi's work with sand, our picks of the city's top exhibitions
Samson Young’s musical parlour soothes and disturbs in equal measure
The artist and musician is showing an expanded version of his Venice Biennale installation
Spotlight on... H Queen's
We take a closer look at Hong Kong's shiny new gallery hub
My Hong Kong: insiders reveal what to see in the city—and where to wind down—during Art Basel
Yang Yeung, William Zhao, Evan Chow, Tung Wing Hong and Samson Young give us their top tips for a hectic week
From Abramovic to Kapoor: how artists are making VR a reality
Pair are the latest big names to step into the sixth dimension, with their first works using VR tools on show at this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong fair