Around 100 scholars have signed a petition to the city’s mayor arguing that Marc-Olivier Wahler is not the right person to run the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire

The design fair has launched a new partnership in Doha

At the design fair, contemporary designers are creating collectible rarity through the judicious use of discarded and salvaged material

Plus, Art Basel: are the buyers back? And Mary Beard on images of power

The first edition of Art Basel to take place since the onset of the global pandemic is full of new works created in the midst of lockdown

As a major show of his work opens at the Migros Museum in Zurich, the Thailand-born artist discusses his latest video works, which he created shortly after his grandfather's death

A host of artists and activists have followed in the footsteps of the pioneering artist who would have turned 100 this year

In this adapted excerpt from her new book, The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum, Georgina Adam examines the motivations of collectors who founded their own art spaces

The collector tells us what he has bought and why

Close-Up charts the evolution of portraiture from 1870 to the present through the work of nine female artists, from Berthe Morisot to Elizabeth Peyton

Despite the success of the fair's first post-pandemic edition, galleries are weighing up the future

Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale is part of a drive to promote the cultural credentials of the middle Eastern kingdom

Outside the Messeplatz, the Scandinavian duo have installed a car with a tender surprise inside

Though Covid-19 travel complications have kept many US and Asian collectors away, dealers report brisk business from the VIP opening

New deputy director Naomi Beckwith says 'we can re-centre where the stories of art are told'

Curator Giovanni Carmine walks through highlights among the 62 supersized installations presented at the fair

Asian buyers are now the biggest spenders at international auctions and these digitally-native collectors are happy to splurge online

In this adapted extract from his new book Van Gogh’s Finale, Martin Bailey examines the portrait of Marguerite Gachet in the Kunstmuseum Basel

Opening on 9 October, the major building project turns the Kunsthaus into Switzerland’s largest art museum

The French-Algerian artist discusses how Goya’s Black Paintings provided inspiration for his latest piece in Switzerland

The Basel-based collector tells us what he's bought and why

Exhibition dedicated to the Spanish artist opens next month with a display of 75 paintings including a prized painting from Madrid’s Prado museum

The satellite fair Photo Basel is also offering digital photographic NFTs for sale

Art Basel has lent expertise to Art Week Tokyo, but does this indicate further involvement?

This major exhibition comprises nearly 200 works by the multicultural artist who remained an outsider in Paris despite his central role in the movement

The fair may be smaller than usual this year but Jennifer Roberts says she has never known the collectible design market to be in such rude health

The latest UBS Art Basel report finds that top jobs are finally going to women—even at the mega galleries

Non-EU visitors will have to apply for Swiss Covid-19 certificate before attending and, with certain vaccines not recognised, some will have to take tests onsite