Basel Fair

Basel Fair. Like every year, we visited this fair and the thing that immediately caught our eyes was that there wasn't the general public of other years and, on the other hand, some gallery owners weren't satisfied with the sales. The impression is that there were no American buyers while there weren't even a shadow of Chinese buyers and so did the Russians for obvious reasons. However it is a fair where it seems that there is the artist of the year. This year the pre-eminent artist was Basquiat who was not seen at all in other years. Works by him were exhibited in many stands, perhaps too many for an artist who died at the age of just 28 years. In general, the important galleries did not lack works by Picasso and Fontana above all, but then also Boetti and Castellani and, to a lesser extent, Griffa, Biasi and Isgrò to speak of those we know. For the rest, with a few exceptions, a large waste of works and artists who, were it not for the fact that they are Anglo-Saxon, should not have citizenship in such an important fair.

Tags: Basel Fair - Picasso - Fontana- Boetti - Castellani - Griffa - Biasi - Isgrò