Art Basel gives the public rare physical proximity to the places where contemporary art is priced, ranked, and consecrated. The harder question is whether that proximity also becomes access.
By Chiara Gelmini
Seeing the market, encountering art, crossing the city
During its preview days (16-17 June) and public days (18-21 June), Art Basel 2026 attracted 90,000 visitors. In the halls of Messe Basel, 290 galleries from 43 countries and territories gathered alongside collectors, curators, museum directors, artists, and representatives of more than 270 international institutions. During the fair’s opening hours, Hauser & Wirth sold Pablo Picasso’s Le peintre et son modèle dans un paysage (1963), offered with an asking price of $35 million.
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