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The Turner Prize-nominated artist filmmaker discusses their current solo show in Rome and award-winning solo stand at Art Basel

After an underwhelming series of auctions in New York in May, dealers exhibiting at this year’s Art Basel fair in Switzerland — which opened

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The Basel contemporary art fair this week defied forecasts of a market slowdown, with wealthy collectors buying works with seven or eight-figure price tags.

The Basel contemporary art fair this week defied forecasts of a market slowdown, with wealthy collectors buying works with seven or eight-figure price tags.

Dealers were hoping to send positive signals in the face of a possible downturn, but the Swiss fair’s bustle didn’t always translate into sales.

The Basel contemporary art fair this week defied forecasts of a market slowdown, with wealthy collectors buying works with seven or eight-figure p

The Basel contemporary art fair this week defied forecasts of a market slowdown, with wealthy collectors buying works with high price tags.

The Basel contemporary art fair this week defied forecasts of a market slowdown, with wealthy collectors buying works with seven or eight-figure price tags. Some 284 galleries representing more than 4,000 artists are represented at the fair in the Swiss city, which for one week every year becomes the centre of the global contemporary art market.

See the ten artworks that caught they eye of Artnet News's editor-in-chief, Andrew Goldstein, at the Swiss art fair.