Art as a World Power by Nancy Nesvet Exciting, innovative, confrontational art covered six halls and exhibition spaces at ArtBasel, the world’s biggest art fair, held in Basel, Switzerland from June 11-19, and artscope was there. Over 200 galleries showed work by contemporary, practicing artists in every art form, along with work by earlier artists. The Parcours sector included performance and site-specific installations around the medieval Cathedral Square; the Liste art fair exhibited young artists’ work, and the Volta art fair held emerging artists’ solo exhibitions, providing a comprehensive look at worldwide art currently produced. Art Basel 2016 was a testament to the power of art to engage and create awareness of our world, its issues, our place in it and the image we, as individuals and artists, show to the people of the world. As noted in its end-of-show report, … [Read more...] about Artscope @ Art Basel