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Friday 12 Mar 10
Movie star Brad Pitt, moderately concealed behind oversize aviator sunglasses and a beige cap, zipped around Art Basel yesterday during the day-long VIP preview. He checked out stands and attracted a throng of giggling admirers. He paused long enough to purchase Neo Rauch’s 10-foot wide 1998 Etappe, from Zwirner Gallery (2.0/R4), depicting an... >>>
For visitors having trouble finding accommodation in Basel this year, Swiss artist Christoph Büchel’s Home (duplicate), 2009, at Hauser & Wirth (2.0/D1), (price undisclosed) could provide the answer. The piece consists of a set of keys to the artist’s Basel apartment and comes in an edition of two—the maximum number of duplicate security keys... >>>
The German advertising mogul Christian Boros has commissioned his own version of Tomas Saraceno’s vast installation of black elastic ropes that fills the central hall of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Venice, at the heart of Daniel Birnbaum’s “Making Worlds” exhibition at this year’s Venice Biennale. Speaking to The Art Newspaper in Venice... >>>
First unveiled to great acclaim at the Manchester International Festival two years ago and now at Art Basel in an expanded form, “Il Tempo del Postino” is a group show with a difference. Instead of the usual installation of objects arranged around a gallery space, each of the international line-up of 16 participating artists—including Olafur... >>>
