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Article: THE HEART OF ART.(Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Swiss News
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- June 1, 2001
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The international art world descends on Basel June 13 18 for the 32nd edition of Art Basel, indisputably the world's most important fair for modern and contemporary art.
More than 50,000 visitors--gallery owners, artists, media representatives (1,000 of them), museum curators, collectors and the merely curious--will circulate through Basel Messe in search of trends and tantalising treasures. And simply to be part of what has become a late-spring ritual, enhanced this year by the opening of the Venice Biennale the previous weekend. "Every thing has been done to ensure that the 32nd edition of Art Basel exceeds all its pre decessors in terms of quality," enthuses ...