Focus on Art Fairs Art Basel 2011

A view of Art Basel via the New York Times

DAY 13 Today is Friday, June 17,^th and Art Basel 42 opens this weekend! Spend the next day or two following the opening festivities

by examining the official website and following blogs or live reports from ArtForum International, the Wall Street Journal, arttactic.com

or another reputable resource. Choose a gallery, an artist or an exhibition for your report, noting specific marketing strategies, collector rela-

tions, reviews, or notoriety in the contemporary art world. You may refer to the work that you did for the opening of the Venice Biennale

by covering the same artists, should they be exhibited/represented by a dealer or gallery at Art Basel. After perusing the Art Fair Calendar,

comment on the profusion of art fairs around the globe and the frequency of their occurrence. 

Art Basel 42 Websites and related links:

Check out the following web page for Art Basel 42:

http://www.artbasel.com/go/id/ss/

Art Fair Calendar, 2011:

http://www.artvista.de/

Readings

Read the selected excerpt from Sarah Thornton's Seven Days in the Art World: 

Thornton_Fair.pdf

Read Pacco Barragan's "the Art Fair Age," in Metropolis M. Metropolism, 2008:

http://metropolism.com/magazine/2008-no3/the-art-fair-age/

Individual Contributions

Consider & comment:
What did you think of today's readings and wiki features? What issues if any did they raise for you? How did the audio visual material provided support your understanding of this topic? Comment on your classmates' posts. Leave your comments in the box below.