Art Basel

Art Basel, the world's most prestigious art venue for showcasing contemporary art, opens today and runs through the weekend. Over 2,500 artists are represented by roughly 300 galleries who are selected by an international panel of gallerists, curators, and dealers. Those selected compete for the attention of the 50,000 + visitors who attend Art Basel each year. The artists represented are a mixture of the best-known of our day to relative newcomers who are receiving critical attention.

Each summer, art takes over the Swiss city of Basel. The fair is divided into "sectors." For the Art Parcours sector, museums and institutions lend their spaces for installations, performances and site-specific works. For the Art Public Sector, 14 works of art are installed in front of the venue. Art Film is a film series of new films by artists such as Shirin Nesbat.

Here's to a great Art Basel 41!