Basel

Artist, DJ and musician to hold rave at Art Basel

Event includes recording of Eleanor Roosevelt reading the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

How Liste has moved beyond its reputation as Basel’s ’young fair’

As the market catches up with the ultra-contemporary art championed by Liste Art Fair Basel for decades, the fair includes artists who have found success later in life

Art Basel Diary: mouse in the house, Kanye at Unlimited, and Cattelan's banana gets supersized

Plus: P•P•O•W's stand stays hydrated and Katharine Grosse's fabulous football

Before the fair rolls up: there is more to Basel’s cultural scene than one frenetic week in June

Art Basel may transform Basel during its annual summer spell, but the city’s art ecosystem exists long before the fair and its many satellites arrive—and continues long after they leave

In pictures: meet the newcomer galleries debuting at Art Basel

More than a dozen galleries are showing at Art Basel for the first time, all brimming with enthusiasm

So, after visiting Art Basel, you want to move to Switzerland—what next?

After a few days in peaceful, prosperous Basel, you might want to make your stay permanent. But becoming Swiss is no picnic

Art Basel Diary: star brings K-pop magic, scents and sensibility, and Liam Gallagher’s romantic side

Plus: Participative VR exhibition has big names queueing, and in Italy truffles come before art

New dealer-run fair aims to fill gap left by Design Miami

Maze Design Basel is presenting works from 11 mostly French galleries, after Design Miami announced in February that it was dropping its Swiss edition this year

‘The works I add to my collection need to give me goosebumps’: Nicola Erni on the art she collects and why

The super-private Swiss collector tells us about the Warhol she got and the Basquiat-Warhol collaboration she missed out on, plus her favourite view in Basel

Medardo Rosso, an often overlooked artist who ‘revolutionised’ sculpture, gets his dues at Kunstmuseum Basel

Medardo Rosso: Inventing Modern Sculpture offers a comprehensive survey of an artist whose influence is matched only by his remarkably persistent anonymity

Window of opportunity: the artists who worked in retail display

A show in Basel explores the art of window dressing, with works by artists from Andy Warhol to Marina Abramović at the Tinguely Museum and across the city

Monet in London, Matisse in Basel, Frankenthaler in Florence — podcast

A chat with the curator of a new show featuring Monet's Thames views—in the very room where many were painted, plus trips to Basel and Florence for 'Matisse: Invitation to the Voyage' and 'Helen Frankenthaler: Painting without Rules'

Art Basel diary: arty eating, the joy of sobriety and desperately seeking eternal life

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

Hauser & Wirth opens its Basel gallery with Hammershøi show

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

Hauser & Wirth to open in Basel—taking over Galerie Knoell's space in 2024

The mega-gallery will also welcome Knoell's founder as a senior director, in a move that will "extend its commitment in Basel"

Baselnews

Basel to get new cultural venue in former mayonnaise factory

Pop-up arts programme from Basel Social Club comes ahead of major regeneration initiative in the city

Basel auction house prepares for first sale after being acquired by Artcurial

Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer will offer a selection of works from the estate of Florence and Antoine Poncet

Art marketanalysis

Art Basel may be busy, but cautious sales reflect a complex market picture

Secondary market works are taking longer to place as art trade faces “a clear readjustment”

Epic drama: six of the best works in Art Basel's Unlimited section for large-scale art

Curator Giovanni Carmine walks us through some of his favourites for this edition

Is Liste art fair’s under-40s rule starting to feel its age?

Amid a market that increasingly worships the young while women and those from the Global South fight for a place at the table, the Basel fair’s policy faces calls for a rethink