{"id":12079,"date":"2020-06-18T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T07:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loconteandpartners.it\/?p=12079"},"modified":"2020-06-19T10:17:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T08:17:20","slug":"art-basel-online-our-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loconteandpartners.it\/en\/press-review\/art-basel-online-our-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Basel Online: Our top picks from the VIP preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Elisa Carollo<\/p>\n

ARE YOU READY FOR ART BASEL (ONLINE)?<\/strong>
\nIn this article by our Art Advisor Elisa Carollo on \u00a0ART SHE SAYS<\/a>\u00a0a short overview and a selection in “pink” from the preview days, \u00a0to help you navigate the + 4.000 works and 282 galleries included in this year art fair online.
\nEnjoy!<\/p>\n

“After its postponement, we were waiting for Art Basel<\/a> in IRL (in real life) in September, and all top collectors and dealers had already booked their usual room at the Le Trois Rois<\/em>.<\/p>\n

However, between podcasts and webinars where the art world discussed if and how it will survive and whether collectors are now familiar with buying online, eventually Art Basel was forced to cancel this year\u2019s edition and postpone its 50-years celebration hopefully under Miami palms, once these \u201cchallenging times\u201d are over.<\/p>\n

So Art Basel (Basel) opened once again only as a virtual fair, starting yesterday with 2 days of VIP previews preceded by a \u201cvirtual welcome reception\u201d on Zoom with the directors Marc Spiegler, Noah Horowitz and Adeline Ooi.<\/p>\n

No champagne, physical human contact, or networking, but the art fair added new features on its platform, making it much easier to navigate, including interactive content such as videos of art or artists explaining their works, providing framework to the 4000+ artworks to browse through, otherwise art dealers and collectors would be at an endless scroll.<\/p>\n

Still, as the director Marc Spiegler said to the Financial Times, this \u201cAmazon art world sounds more like hell than heaven. It is a world with no power to move our souls<\/em>,\u201d and he hopes to come back soon in welcoming physical visitors to the<\/p>\n

You can read the full article at this\u00a0LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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