Overview

• The 2024 floor plan returns, placing younger galleries at the entrance and pushing blue-chip dealers further inside.
• Focus gains a rotating entrance presence, with Soft Opening, Portas Vilaseca and The Pit taking prominent stands this year.
• Echoes in the Present debuts under curator Jareh Das, tracing artistic ties between West Africa, Brazil and their diasporas across about eight exhibitors.
• Simon Fox pitches a potential "Barbenheimer moment" as collectors pair London with Art Basel Paris.
• The fair opens in a cooling market, with the Art Basel–UBS report showing a 12% contraction in 2024 and Hauser & Wirth reporting a 90% profit drop.