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Art Basel 2021

Collectors and gallerists are flying in from around the world as the in-person edition of the prestigious art fair returns

© Bendt Eyckermans/Carlos Ishikawa; Kees van Dongen/Galerie Thomas; Luiz Zerbini/Stephen Friedman Gallery

Art Basel returns with galleries and collectors hungry for connection
The art fair’s 51st edition will have 272 exhibitors and a more local feel
‘I was always in love with Asian art’ — collector Désiré Feuerle
The German art-lover discusses his collection of ancient sculpture and contemporary art housed in a wartime bunker
Unlimited ambition at Art Basel’s section for outsized work
Monumental pieces burst out of the usual confines and, curator Giovanni Carmine claims, provide ‘a mirror of the art world’
Drift and Superblue offer experiential art at Design Miami/Basel
There is now strong commercial interest in high-tech art installations
Plants, poisons and power — the art of Kapwani Kiwanga
The Franco-Canadian tackles today’s questions of identity and justice by looking at resonant episodes from the past
Close up and personal with female artists at Fondation Beyeler
As Art Basel opens, the Beyeler highlights artists from Berthe Morisot to Cindy Sherman who shatter preconceptions
Cecilia Bengolea brings Jamaican dancehall to Art Basel
The Argentine artist uses her deep engagement with the cultural form to explore the boundaries of being human
Is the art world ready for radical action to fight climate change?
With a business model which includes jetting off to global art fairs, the industry is facing a reckoning over its environmental harm