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Art Basel holds the 53rd edition of its flagship fair this week (15-18 June), bringing the art world to Switzerland. Explore all our on-the-ground coverage of the fairs, exhibitions and events taking place.
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
Faces of refugees and locals to be pasted on Geneva building as part of JR photography project
As number of displaced people reaches record high, French artist's Inside Out initiative aims to bring Geneva community together
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”
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
Diary
Basel gossip: Marc Spiegler turns bartender, Fondation Beyeler gets the painters in, and visitors mistake activists for artists
Plus: German dealer reveals his naked ambition and Venice Biennale's new curator comes a-scouting
Art Basel gossip: Emmanuel Perrotin gives us the silent treatment, Laure Prouvost's watery work and gallerists don their bathers
Plus, fair guides take on the chatbots and Kosovan artist talks to the chickens
Art Basel gossip: Martin Creed is dressed to impress, Basel Social Club takes the wafer and diners are left red faced
Plus, Thomas Price makes a return journey and Cornelia Parker (finally) takes flight
Features
Art world moves in on the laid-back Balearic islands
With Hauser & Wirth's outpost on Menorca, new Ibiza gallery Can Garita and CAN Art Ibiza fair, the bohemian location is attracting art buyers
Resale rules have become the art world norm: what are they and are they enforceable?
Art sales contracts now often include terms stating when and how you can—or rather, how you cannot—sell a work on
Jean-Michel Basquiat: a buyer's guide
Basquiat's art market superstardom rose to dizzying new heights in 2021 but auction sales dropped by 50% in 2022
Blockchain platforms promise resale royalties and provenance tracking for physical artworks
After NFT boom, blockchain technology is increasingly being used to help solve art industry's practical problems
Artist interviews
High voltage: P. Staff on their show full of live wires, acid and blood at Kunsthalle Basel
The multimedia artist discusses their biggest show to date, including a series of unnerving interventions into the museum’s architecture
Cindy Sherman on AI experiments, lockdown pottery and being a woman in today's art market
Artist has created new body of work for solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth in Zurich
Pianos, asparagus and shame: Andrea Büttner mines philosophy and art history in Kunstmuseum Basel show
The Heart of Relations is the German artist’s largest solo exhibition so far, with almost 90 works from the past 15 years
'Feelings and emotions are dirty words in art': Doris Salcedo on her unflinching works that confront global crises
As her major retrospective opens in Basel, we talk to the artist about her gentle but brutal artworks
Fairs & Galleries
Our pick of Design Miami/Basel: from a €6 million donkey planter to a Surrealist cage bed
We choose six dreamy design displays at the fair
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
Gagosian appoints new director for Switzerland
Andreas Rumbler will be tasked with uniting the mega-gallery's Swiss spaces "under a common vision"
Comment
Rogues’ gallery? Three reasons why the art market is vulnerable to wrongdoing
Lavish lifestyles, misplaced confidence and the wish to keep up with billionaire clients can all wreak financial havoc
Exhibitions
Inside the Kabinett: our top five picks from the new Art Basel section
The mini-presentations, which launched in Miami Beach before heading to Hong Kong, aim to diversify what's on offer at the fair
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
Six must-see works in Art Basel's free-to-see public art programme
This year's Parcours sector reveals—to both visitors and locals—some of the Swiss city's hidden gems
Ten essential artworks to see in Basel
Off to Art Basel? From a Picasso harlequin to Jean Tinguely’s clanking sound sculpture, here are some of the masterpieces not to miss in the city’s bountiful museums
Best shows to see in Basel: from sound sculptures to a Basquiat bonanza
An interactive show of multimedia works has opened at Museum Tinguely while the Fondation Beyeler has reunited a series of Basquiat paintings
Collector's Eye
'I talk to artists a lot; it’s a great privilege': Shane Akeroyd on how art world friendships shape his collection
The Hong Kong-based FinTech entrepreneur and philanthropist explains why he is drawn to moving-image work and offers advice for the Basel newbie
'I decide to buy a work of art as soon as it aligns with my gut, heart and bank balance': James R. Hedges IV on his strategy for collecting
The leading Warhol photography collector explains why divorce papers stopped him buying a Vija Celmins painting and reveals Basel’s best party location
'We look, learn, and research over months and sometimes years': Mary Rozell on UBS's art collecting strategy
The head of the art collection of Swiss bank describes the joy of floating down the Rhine—and her soft spot for Nefertiti
'I tend not to wait around; I think it’s a millennial mindset': collector Fiorenzo Manganiello on ignoring the critics
The tech entrepreneur and blockchain professor has a passion for street and digital art