Observer connected with the director to better understand the fair's evolving role in the global portfolio and to learn more about what sets the 2025 edition apart, from monumental installations ...

Art Basel has revealed the first cohort of medalists to be honoured with its newly-launched annual award series, selecting 36 leaders from across the contemporary art community. Winners include ...

By Scott Reyburn Art Basel, the world’s largest organizer of modern and contemporary art fairs, will hold a new event in Doha, Qatar, in February 2026, according to a statement on Tuesday from ...

Since the announcement of the first global Art Basel Awards earlier in 2025, there has been much anticipation about who will get the nod. Today (15 May), the winners – 36 ‘Medalists’ – have been ...

Art Basel has announced that it will open a new art fair in Qatar—ending months of speculation about potential collaborations between the Swiss fair behemoth and different sites in the Middle East.

Art Basel is expanding its brand to the Middle East, launching its fifth fair—this time in Doha, Qatar. The inaugural edition will take place in February 2026. The first iteration—tightly ...

US efforts to rein in the Basel Committee’s focus on climate risks were met with a rare show of resistance this week, according to people familiar with the matter. At a closed-door meeting that ...

While various national regulators have backed away from implementing the final Basel III capital reforms, global policymakers are continuing to push for the full adoption of those final measures. The ...

At first glance, Basel is just another quiet, Germanic city straddling the Rhine River. Crossing the border from France and driving in, there is nothing particularly eye-catching, nor are there ...

Former regulators are urging the US to continue active participation at the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, arguing that membership has consistently served US interests. The stance comes as ...