Thursday, June 14, 2007

Art Basel, the annual contemporary art fair

The doors to Art Basel, (Art Basel Miami Beach) the annual contemporary art fair, opened promptly at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Collectors, curators and dealers began the journey last week at the Venice Biennale. Some are headed to Germany, first to see the Documenta art fair in Kassel and then Sculpture Projects in Münster. From there London beckons, with the Impressionist, modern and contemporary art auctions and a bevy of museum and gallery exhibitions.

By the time the fair ends on Sunday some 60,000 visitors will have flocked there to see an international array of some 300 galleries showing more than 2,000 artists.

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