‘Hanging Piece’ - Kendell Geers
 
An estimated 60,000 people will attend this year’s Art Basel fair, which opens Wednesday until June 19. Art Basel is considered the world’s top fair for modern and contemporary art, with 300 galleries displaying more than 2,500 artists, with an estimated combined value of nearly $2 billion.

Art Basel is important as it gives a better idea of the international art market than other fairs, which tend to be dominated by galleries from the host country. This year Art Basel has 73 galleries form the USA, 50 from Germany, 32 from Switzerland, 31 from England, and 23 from France. The still-emerging markets of India, Brazil, China and Russia are less well represented, with a combined total of 12 galleries, while Hungary, Thailand, and Lebanon represented for the first time.

Here’s a selection of some of this year’s exhibits, more of which can be seen here.
 

‘Fall’ - Jonathan Monk
 

‘Untitled’ - Keith Haring
 

‘Blah, Blah, Blah’ - Mel Bochner
 

‘Untitled’ (to Barry, Mike, Chuck and Leonard) - Dan Flavin
 

‘Untitled’ - Tom Friedman
 

‘Young Self’ - Evan Penny
 

‘Push Pull’ - Anish Kapoor
 

‘Booby Trap’ - Luc Mattenberger
 

‘Black Dome’ - David Nash
 

‘Untitled’ - Zink Yi
 

Various exhibits from Andy Warhol
 
Via the Daily Telegraph