A post shared by Nicole Trilivas (@nicoletrilivas)“This is the mother of all fairs, so it is only right that the painting debuted here, rather than anywhere else,” says a curator on the de Weghe stand.
By the time I visit the stand, it has already long been sold. When I ask Johann Koenig – the German founder of the Koenig Gallery – why that is, he laughs.“The VIP preview is not really the first day,” he explains. “The ultra-VIPs get a sneak peek on the Monday beforehand.
Although if you’re really powerful, you get a curator to walk you around via Zoom on Sunday, so you can buy the very best pieces before anyone else even knows they’re on display.”Art Basel launched in 1970 and now also has editions in Miami Beach and Hong Kong.
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