Art News Basel Archives

Massimo Agostinelli’s 55,000 Wishes at Art Basel’s 55th Anniversary*

23 June 2025 • Mark Westall

To commemorate Art Basel’s 55th anniversary in 2025, artist Massimo Agostinelli unveiled 55,000 Wishes

Art Basel in Basel 2025 marking 55 years.

23 June 2025 • Mark Westall

Marking 55 years of Art Basel, the fair concludes on a high note with strong sales across all segments, cementing its position as the premier event of the global art market

RM of BTS visited Art Basel in Basel 2025 in his role as a Samsung Art TV Global Ambassador.

19 June 2025 • Mark Westall

The appointment is one of RM’s official activities following his highly anticipated return from mandatory military service in Korea.

LISTE 30 Five to see…… ‘the Art Fair for Galleries of a New Generation’.

18 June 2025 • Toby Upson

Specifically young and emerging galleries — or those not as yet run ragged in an attempt to stay on the art world’s hamster wheel.

Rhea Dillon awarded the Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel, Statements

17 June 2025 • Mark Westall

Rhea Dillon (b.1996, London, UK) has been awarded The Baloise Art Prize

June Art Fair is my respite. Three to see …

17 June 2025 • Toby Upson

The perfect place to actually see and discuss the artworks on offer. Now I am no buyer, but if I were, June would be my place to splash out

5 Art Fairs to visit in Basel + a couple of other events.

12 June 2025 • Mark Westall

To help you navigate we’ve rounded up the art fairs you should visit, plus a couple of other events that sound a lot of fun, who could resist an OMG !

Art Basel Shop is back for Art Basel in Basel

12 June 2025 • Mark Westall

Art Basel Shop is back for Art Basel in Basel

Oscar Murillo creates global art installation for Art Basel Unlimited

11 June 2025 • Mark Westall

Oscar Murillo to stage a large-scale installation of a woven panorama of Disrupted Frequencies paintings for Art Basel Unlimited.

VOLTA Celebrates 20 Years at Its Basel Edition

11 June 2025 • Mark Westall

The milestone edition will feature 70+ galleries from 29 countries.

CLEARING celebrate 15 years with Maison CLEARING in Basel

10 June 2025 • Mark Westall

Maison CLEARING will feature an unexpected selection of works by an international and intergenerational roster of artists.

Liste 30 – the Art Fair for Galleries of a New Generation.

31 May 2025 • Mark Westall

Liste Art Fair Basel 30, begun in 1996 as a bold initiative by young gallerists now a leading international fair for contemporary art of a new generation.

June Art Fair 2025 participating galleries

28 May 2025 • Mark Westall

June Art Fair has revealed the exhibitors participating in its 2025 edition

Basel’s Digital Art Mile returns – with robots, MTV history & AI art

13 May 2025 • Mark Westall

Expect humanoid robots, autonomous AI agents, and Paintboxed,

Art Basel in Basel 2025 Highlights announced.

16 April 2025 • Mark Westall

289 leading galleries from 42 countries and territories, presenting an extraordinary array of works across all media

The Fondation Beyeler to premiere Little Room, a new VR installation by Jordan Wolfson.

13 March 2025 • Mark Westall

This immersive work at the Fondation Beyeler, invites visitors to step into an experimental environment where they play a central role in the unfolding experience.

Art Basel in Basel 2025 – 291 galleries

13 February 2025 • Mark Westall

Art Basel in Basel 2025 to present 291 premier international galleries from 42 countries and territories

Legendary Swiss concrete artist + graphic designer Richard Paul Lohse gets exhibition.

11 February 2025 • Mark Westall

A leading representative of the Zürcher Konkrete movement, Lohse was a radical thinker who combined a belief in the expressive power of color with the democratic potential of art

Shop Windows in The City, Basel

21 January 2025 • Toby Upson

I want to focus on one para-exhibitionary example of the fusion of art and life which suffuses Basel

VOLTA moves to new 43,000+sqft space for Basel fair.

12 December 2024 • Mark Westall

VOLTA is moving to a new 43,000+ sqft space just 200m from the heart of Art Week and the central Messe in Basel.

Two to see at Liste Art Fair, Basel.

13 June 2024 • Toby Upson

Writing from this year’s Liste Art Fair, Basel two booths, each featuring a single series of artworks, presented artists who embrace the formalities of their chosen media to shine a new light on the flows of quotidian life and the habitation of domestic space.

6 Art Fairs to see in Basel.

7 June 2024 • Mark Westall

Art Basel in Basel opens next week (sneak peeks on Sunday for the few) as well as the mighty Art Basel featuring 287 galleries there’s a digital fair along the Rebgasse a design fair and a fair on 50 hectares of farmland.