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Art Basel is a for-profit, privately owned and managed, international series of art fairs whose annual flagship event has long been considered the largest and most prestigious fair of the contemporary and modern art market. Art Basel started in Basel, Switzerland in 1970. Since then, it has added annual satellite fairs in Miami Beach in the United States; Hong Kong, and Paris. Starting in February 2026, it will also host its first Art Basel event in Doha, Qatar.
The annual fairs bring together galleries, collectors, curators and artists for exhibitions, sales and programming. They also serve as an anchor for numerous other art fairs that simultaneously operate in parallel in the host cities.
Art Basel's parent company is MCH Group a Switzerland-based marketing company. Over recent years, the organization has adopted a strategy of moving Art Basel from being a series of industry fairs to being a lifestyle brand.
The flagship Art Basel was started in 1970, but then extended additional art fairs to Miami Beach starting in 2002, Hong Kong starting in 2013 and Paris starting in 2022. Art Basel Qatar is scheduled to begin February 2026.
While the exhibition halls host many of the meetings between gallerists and prospective buyers, much of the activity around an art fair is understood to take place through social activities like private dinners, cocktail parties and late-night hotel gatherings.
The flagship Art Basel art fair takes place over a week in late June, and is centered at the Messe Basel exhibition center, in Messeplatz, with other activities scattered around the city. The fair usually begins with an invite-only private viewing days open to VIPs and high-end collectors, followed by days accessible to the public by purchased tickets.
Parallel but alternative art fairs that take place concurrently in Basel include Liste Art Fair Basel, which was founded in 1996; Volta, which was founded in 2005; Photo Basel, I Never Read, Art Book Fair, Basel Social Club., June Art Fair, AfricaBasel and AfrinovArt.
As of 2025, Art Basel launched the Art Basel Awards, which honors a range of people in the art world, including those who perform a supportive role for the actual creative individuals. In addition to artists, it recognizes curators, institutions, philanthropists, journalists and fabricators.
Art Basel
Art Basel is a for-profit, privately owned and managed, international series of art fairs whose annual flagship event has long been considered the largest and most prestigious fair of the contemporary and modern art market. Art Basel started in Basel, Switzerland in 1970. Since then, it has added annual satellite fairs in Miami Beach in the United States; Hong Kong, and Paris. Starting in February 2026, it will also host its first Art Basel event in Doha, Qatar.
The annual fairs bring together galleries, collectors, curators and artists for exhibitions, sales and programming. They also serve as an anchor for numerous other art fairs that simultaneously operate in parallel in the host cities.
Art Basel's parent company is MCH Group a Switzerland-based marketing company. Over recent years, the organization has adopted a strategy of moving Art Basel from being a series of industry fairs to being a lifestyle brand.
The flagship Art Basel was started in 1970, but then extended additional art fairs to Miami Beach starting in 2002, Hong Kong starting in 2013 and Paris starting in 2022. Art Basel Qatar is scheduled to begin February 2026.
While the exhibition halls host many of the meetings between gallerists and prospective buyers, much of the activity around an art fair is understood to take place through social activities like private dinners, cocktail parties and late-night hotel gatherings.
The flagship Art Basel art fair takes place over a week in late June, and is centered at the Messe Basel exhibition center, in Messeplatz, with other activities scattered around the city. The fair usually begins with an invite-only private viewing days open to VIPs and high-end collectors, followed by days accessible to the public by purchased tickets.
Parallel but alternative art fairs that take place concurrently in Basel include Liste Art Fair Basel, which was founded in 1996; Volta, which was founded in 2005; Photo Basel, I Never Read, Art Book Fair, Basel Social Club., June Art Fair, AfricaBasel and AfrinovArt.
As of 2025, Art Basel launched the Art Basel Awards, which honors a range of people in the art world, including those who perform a supportive role for the actual creative individuals. In addition to artists, it recognizes curators, institutions, philanthropists, journalists and fabricators.
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