Art Basel, Paris

Art Basel made its Parisian debut in October 2022. The city’s rich art history colored this star-studded blowout with big sales of works from George Condo, Rashid Johnson, and Avery Singer by well-known art collectors like Maja Hoffmann, Alain Servais, Xavier Niel. This year’s event, the first in a seven-year contract with the French capital, was designed to draw from the energy of the country’s strong cultural industries like fashion, design, film, and music. The first day of sales included $4.5 million for Joan Mitchell’s Border (1989), $3 million for Robert Ryman’s Untitled (1963), and $1.35 million for Luc Tuymans’ Bouhouche (2007). “We aim to build on Paris’s unparalleled standing as a global metropolis to help create a vibrant week that even further amplifies the city’s international resonance as a cultural capital,” says Art Basel global director Marc Spiegler. artbasel.com