Art Basel
Artists and WritersBasel-stadt, Switzerland1001-5000 Employees
Art Basel is a Basel, Switzerland-based organization that stages international art fairs for modern and contemporary works. Founded by gallerists in 1970, it operates editions in Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, and Paris, with each show defined by its host city and region. The organization brings together leading galleries, distinctive exhibition sectors, and parallel programming developed in collaboration with local institutions, providing exposure to new ideas and opportunities within the art world. It is headquartered at 10 Messeplatz Basel, Basel-stadt 4005, Switzerland, and employs a workforce in the thousands, reflecting its scale as a global art fair operator.