The Art Basel took place in June 16 to 19, and it was a tremendous success.
This annual event has earned the cliché distinction “Mother of all fairs”, says CNN.
Insiders will know that by the time the doors open to the public, most of the works have already sold. In the days before the official opening, the collectors were always attentive to the most have contemporary art.

They were spent reportedly $ 3.4 billion worth of art. And if it’s anything like it was last year, it will draw a crowd of more than 92,000 people over the course of the week-long event.ArtBasel is the art fair that brings together what is best of modern and contemporary art.

Now I’ll talk about the hot art items and exhibitions that you can’t miss.

Herzog & de Meuron – Aluminum-clad construction which is designed exposure. It is Unlimited sector.
The fair describes as a “platform for projects that transcend the limitations of a classical art-show stand.”

Julius Von Bismarck –
This Berlin artist created a mundane performance that it’s happening on the slopes of a giant spinning concrete bowl, where centrifugal forces are all that’s holding the furniture in place.
This unlimited installation is called “egocentric System”

Ryan McGinley –
This photographer pasted 500 images on the walls and ceilings of a room to make “YEARBOOK,” an all-encompassing, pop-hued collage of sexy young things in the nude.

David Shrigley –
It is a Scottish artist that set up a circle of chairs and easels so that visitors can pull up a seat and sketch “Life Model,” a three-meter tall.
The naked Pinocchio is like sculpture that blinks and urinates intermittently.

On the Unlimited showroom floor, there are screenings of films by artists including Ed Atkins, Sarah Morris, and Wu Tsang.

This image belongs to the film artist Wu Tsang.

Art Basel is the sector of art where 223 exhibitors are showing works from the 20th and 21st century that span painting and sculpture to video and digital. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and editioned works. In short, you will find a lot of art diversity.
Other sectors include Parcours, large-scale, site-specific works installed around the historic Münsterplatz; Statements, a space for emerging artists; and Feature, where the booths are curated presentations on single artists or themes.

ArteBasel is more that a enclosed space.  In the streets, the art is plentiful.

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