Industry | Art |
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Founded | 1970Basel, Switzerland | in
Founder | Ernst Beyeler, Trudl Bruckner and Balz Hilt |
Number of locations | 4 (2024) |
Products | Art fairs |
Art Basel is a for-profit, privately owned and managed, international art fair staged annually in Basel (Switzerland), Miami Beach (USA), Hong Kong (China) and Paris (France). Art Basel provides a platform for galleries to show and sell their work to buyers, and works in collaboration with host cities' local institutions to help grow and develop art programs
Art Basel was started in 1970 by Basel gallerists Ernst Beyeler, Trudl Bruckner and Balz Hilt. [1] In its inaugural year, the Basel show attracted more than 16,000 visitors who viewed work presented by 90 galleries from ten countries. 30 art publishers also participated. [2] [3]
Under the direction of Samuel Keller between 1999 and 2006, Art Basel created Art Unlimited, a section for monumental artworks in the field of sculpture, installations, video art and performances in the newly built Hall 1. The first curators in charge of this very large section were Simon Lamunière (2000–2011), Gianni Jetzer (2012–2019) followed by Giovanni Carmine (since 2021).
Art Basel Miami Beach was first introduced in 2002 under the direction of Sam Keller. [4] In 2007, Ocean Drive launched the Art Basel Magazine (with Cultured's founder Sarah Harrelson as editor-in-chief). [5] In 2008, MCH Group, Angus Montgomery Arts and events organiser Tim Etchells launched Art HK, sparking investor interest in Hong Kong. MCH bought it out in 2013 to create Art Basel Hong Kong, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. [6] In 2015, Art Basel Hong Kong moved its office to Shui On Centre, with their new office designed by OPENUU. [7]
The 2019 show in Miami Beach saw Maurizio Cattelan's exhibition of the infamous Comedian art piece, a banana duct-taped to a wall and sold $120,000. [8] All the 2020 Art Basel editions (Basel [9] , Miami [10] , Hong Kong [11] ) were cancelled.
Art Basel's 2022 expansion included Paris+ par Art Basel, replacing the long-standing Fiac art fair. [12] [13] [14]
Art Basel is a group of international annual art fairs focused on contemporary art. The fair is originally organized in Basel, Switzerland, and has been extended to Miami Beach (since 2002), Hong Kong (since 2013), and Paris (since 2022).
A committee of four dealers review art dealers' plans and select the winners in a four-day session several months ahead of each fair. [15] As of 2019, the smallest galleries pay CHF 760 per square meter for a booth at Art Basel, and the largest galleries will pay CHF 905 per square meter. Prices rise relative to each additional square meter. [16]
UBS is the lead partner of the fair in Basel since 1994, the lead partner of Art Basel Miami Beach since its inception in 2002, and the lead partner of Art Basel Hong Kong since its inception in 2013. [17] [18]
Year | Location | Visitors | Exhibitors | Countries represented |
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1970 | Basel [2] [3] | 16,000 | 90 | 10 |
1975 | Basel | 37,000 | 300 | 21 |
2019 | Basel [28] | 93,000 | 290 | 35 |
Miami [29] | 81,000 | 269 | 29 | |
Hong Kong [30] | 88,000 | 242 | 35 | |
2021 | Basel [31] | 273 | ||
Hong Kong [32] | 104 | |||
2022 | Paris [13] | 156 |
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