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Art market growing as annual extravaganza opens in Basel

Prices for big-name artists holding firm, say experts.

14/06/2019

Switzerland

Watch: Art Basel opens with Picasso painting on sale for €28 million

While stock markets have slowed globally, the ultra-high end of the art market has grown to €59 billion.

12/06/2019

World

Basel Art Fair Preview: Who will grab the headlines in 2019?

The world's largest art fair

11/06/2019

Living

Baselworld: saving the world one watch at a time

Luxury watchmakers committed to nature conservation, sustainability and saving the environment.

25/03/2019

Focus

Baselworld 2019 : watches that combine luxury with innovation

Since 1917, Baselworld fair has showcased the latest luxury watches, high jewellery, loose diamonds and gems. This year's fair in underway with a glimmering selection at Basel, Switzerland.

21/03/2019

Switzerland

'Ready to die' - Australia's oldest scientist arrives for Swiss assisted suicide

104-year-old David Goodall has landed in Switzerland ahead of his planned euthanasia this week

08/05/2018

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The Basel carnival and the traditional Morgenstraich

The Basel carnival started this morning at 4 am with the traditional Morgenstraich. In the old town of Basel, all the streetlights and other lights are cut down after the countdown at 4 am. Then the procession of lanterns starts moving.

19/02/2018

Switzerland

Decades-long mummy mystery linked to Boris Johnson

A centuries-old mummified body has been linked to the UK Foreign Minister.

25/01/2018

Cult

Art Basel Unlimited 2017 takes a fresh look at the 1970s along with today's artists

Art Basel Unlimited takes a dip in the 1970s this year with 13 major worls from the decade.

13/06/2017

Switzerland

Two killed in Switzerland cafe shooting

At least two people have been killed one seriously injured in a shooting at a cafe in Basel

10/03/2017

Cult

A White House in Basel: Ai Wei Wei installation looms large at Swiss art event

Ai Wei’s Wei’s temple-like ‘White House’ is one of the main attractions of Art Basel’s Unlimited section, a space focusing on big art, featuring massive sculptures and paintings, video projections, la

16/06/2016

Sport

Federer restores supremacy over Nadal after taking Basel title

Roger Federer ended a three and a half year-long losing streak against Rafael Nadal on Sunday when he beat the Spaniard to lift his seventh ATP Basel

01/11/2015

No Comment

Carnival night procession illuminates the streets of Basel

24/02/2015

Sport

Win or bust for Liverpool in Champions League showdown with Basel

Juventus and Atletico Madrid battle it out on Tuesday (December 9) evening in the Champions League in an attempt to top Group A before the knockout

08/12/2014

Culture news

Super rich descend on Miami Beach for Art Basel Fair

The super-wealthy have descended on Miami Beach for the Art Basel fair, a spin-off of the contemporary art fair held each June in Switzerland

05/12/2014