How this Swiss town became the center of the art world

Thanks to Art Basel, the third largest town in Switzerland has come to dominate the art world.
Here's a look at its history and how it became so important.
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[@star_wars_miniatures]

Fantastic video as always!! Looking forward to the next one! 👌🏻👌🏻

[@christopherwestpresents]

Always appreciate your kind words. Thank you!

[@jonnypiehair]

We attend Art Basel HK every year. It’s an incredible event. Hong Kong people love art and come in droves. I believe most of the buyers though are mainland Chinese. Seems to me that buying blue chip art at Basel is a good way to convert CNY to an easy to flip asset and resell for Euro or USD.

[@christopherwestpresents]

Jealous you’ve been to ABHK! And I’m sure what you say has/is happening. But there are also huge transportation/storage/insurance costs associated with art. That just seems, particularly today, pretty damn risky and not worth it.

[@missinglink9973]

very informative and well produced video. would love to one day attend Basel Basel

[@christopherwestpresents]

You need to go! If not Basel, at least one of the big art fairs.

[@mmmbiscuits1211]

100k channel views incoming FAST.

[@christopherwestpresents]

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[@Nashvillain10SE]

Welp, there goes another item into my Bucket List! Great essay!!

[@christopherwestpresents]

There’s also good fairs in Chicago and LA if that’s any easier. But there’s no better place to see a TON of art.

[@Nashvillain10SE]

@@christopherwestpresents Born in LA and been to Chicago, so I'd HAVE TO do the Art Basel Basel!! Thanks!

[@kickingronja1]

I wished your videos were even longer. Could listen and watch for hours in a row ❤

[@christopherwestpresents]

@@kickingronja1 thank you so much! If they didn’t take so long to do I’d try to make them much longer!

[@Romelefty]

Julie Mehretu? Maybe not made in in 1979, she was only 9 years old then.

[@christopherwestpresents]

Well you’re exactly right - it’s from 1999. I’ll update the show notes. Thanks!

[@libertyfilm4096]

What about artworks sold of artists alive ?

[@christopherwestpresents]

I know there have been a lot, but those were just the first confirmed sales at the time I recorded this.

[@samlyons3552]

Maybe some revolutionary artist will make something that hangs on a wall & dispenses drinks. ..... Balls Hilt ( ? )

[@christopherwestpresents]

Well, Cattelan did tape a banana to the wall 😉

[@TheSSEssesse]

Money laundering. The answer is money laundering.

[@christopherwestpresents]

Tax evasion certainly. Money laundering is a pretty difficult thing to do in the art market.