Commentary: Art Basel, ‘the Super Bowl of art fairs,’ is selling Black artists short
Razzle-dazzle, Basel. I was back once again for Art Basel, the 21-year-old phenom of an art fair that takes over Miami and Miami Beach every December.
Art Basel is the “it show” of the arts world. The international confab has brought massive cultural and economic change to once-sleepy South Florida. The annual show has been dubbed the “Super Bowl of all art fairs.”
I have been attending Art Basel since its start in 2001. That is, a false start. The first Basel, originally planned for the first week December 2001, was canceled on the heels of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
