Photos: Quck view: Art Basel 2016 Pope L, Mitchell Innes and Nash Hide Caption 1 of 9 Photos: Quck view: Art Basel 2016 Tracey Emin, Lehmann Maupin, White Cube, Xavier Hufkens Hide Caption 2 of 9 Photos: Quck view: Art Basel 2016 Dan Graham, Lisson Gallery Hide Caption 3 of 9 Photos: Quck view: Art Basel 2016 Ding Yi, ShanghART Gallery, Waldburger Wouters Hide Caption 4 of 9 Photos: Quck view: Art Basel 2016 Frank Stella, Dominique Levy Gallery, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Sprüth Magers Hide Caption 5 of 9 Photos: Quck view: Art Basel 2016 Hans Op de Beeck, Galerie Krinzinger, Galleria Continua, Marianne Boesky Gallery Hide Caption 6 of 9 Photos: Quck view: Art Basel 2016 Thomas Bayrle, Gavin Brown's enterprise Hide Caption 7 of 9 Photos: Quck view: Art Basel 2016 Paul McCarthy, Hauser and Wirth Hide Caption 8 of 9 Photos: Quck view: Art Basel 2016 Bernar Venet, von Bartha Hide Caption 9 of 9Schiff, art adviser and founder of There-There, chose a 1956 Pierre Soulages painting housed in the Dominique Levy booth. Story highlights Art Basel is an annual event held in Basel, Switzerland in JuneEvery year thousands of collectors, artists, gallery-owners and art lovers attendIt's regarded as one of the most important art gatherings in the worldIts sister fair Art Basel Miami closes the calendar year in early December(CNN) Cutting through the noise at Art Basel is easier said than done. Trapping them on an escalator, we interrogated five of Art Basel's most scrupulous pairs of eyes: Gianni Jetzer, Samuel Leuenberger, Lisa Schiff, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and JJ Charlesworth. Meanwhile Charlesworth, publisher of ArtReview magazine, cited the political work of Wolfgang Tillmans (above right) and Kader Attia. So perhaps it was naive of us to ask critics and curators what their favorite artworks were.

Source: CNN June 28, 2016 10:30 UTC